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Re: Famous Monsters and other film magazines -- Tim, 20:10:19 04/22/08 Tue [1]
That is true, Dan, there were a number of monster/film publications back in the 1960s. You mentioned Horror Monsters and Mad Monsters, others included Fantastic Monsters of the Films, For Monsters Only and Shriek.
Like Famous Monsters of Filmland, Monster World was a Warren publication edited by Forry Ackerman. Collectors usually consider it as issues 70 to 79 of the Famous Monsters run.
The two most important and influential titles of the bunch were Famous Monsters and Castle of Frankenstein, in my opinion.
The 1970s would see more monster/film related publications launched, including Cinefantastique, The Monster Times (a tabloid style publication) and Monster World (not the Warren one from the 1960s).
Starlog (1976) and Fangoria (1979) quickly became successful and important film magazines, and both continue to this day.
You're right Tim, I thought FMoF and CoF were the most important too.
I do have some of those other mags you mentioned.
Fantastic Monsters and For Monsters only. I'll have to go through my collection because I don't know how many issues of these two I have? I don't have any of the Shriek mags.
I have some of the 70's stuff.
Cinefantatique: Two I think?
Monster Times: About 8 or more?
Monster World: 4 or more?
Also have most of the later FJA Mag called:
"Famous Monsters" - minus the, "of Filmland"
I Never got into "starlog" or "Fangoria."
The latest horror mags I continue to get is "Scary Monsters."
I haven't seen any new issues of CoF. or JoF. in a couple of years now?
