Sunday, May 2, 2010

Famous Monsters of Filmland 4

Warren Publishing Company
Publisher: James Warren
Editor: Forrest J Ackerman
February 1958 - March 1983

The End of FM!

Nearly all photo covers the last few years of the Warren FM. The Gogos "Phantom" makes his 3rd appearance, along with three older, previously unpublished Gogos paintings. A Sanjulian "Mummy", an unknown "Frankenstein" and "ET" and finishing up with a new cover painting by Bill Selby on #191.

Also shown are the 1974 and 1975 FM Convention programs and the 1982 Famous Monsters Game Book, made up of reprinted material from FM and a reused cover from Creepy #1.

No. 151










No. 152










No. 153










No. 154










No. 155










No. 156










No. 157










No. 158
Cover Art by H. R. Giger
(movie production art)








No. 159










No. 160
(movie poster art by Robert McCall)









No. 161










No. 162










No. 163










No. 164










No. 165










No. 166










No. 167










No. 168










No. 169
Cover Art by Basil Gogos









No. 170










No. 171
Cover Art by Basil Gogos









No. 172










No. 173










No. 174










No. 175










No. 176
Cover Art by Basil Gogos









No. 177










No. 178










No. 179
Cover Art by Basil Gogos









No. 180
Cover Artist Unknown









No. 181










No. 182










No. 183










No. 184










No. 185
Cover Art by Sanjulian









No. 186










No. 187










No. 188
Cover Art by Gogos/Sanjulian/Gogos









No. 189
Cover Artist Unknown









No. 190
(movie poster art by Roger Kastel)









No. 191
Cover Art by Bill Selby










FM Convention Programs

1974
Cover Artist Unknown
(movie poster art by "Mac" Gomez)








1975
Cover Art by Ken Kelly










Famous Monsters
Game Book

1982
Cover Art by Jack Davis
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6 comments:

  1. AnonymousMay 7, 2010 at 5:36 AM

    Cool, thanks for posting the remaining covers.

    Still some nice covers in the last set, and few they have re-used, i:e I think #171 has been used quite a few times.

    I that #1 to #50 are the best, that was the golden age of FM

    cheers

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  2. Mike ScottMay 7, 2010 at 11:41 AM

    The Gogos "Phantom" on #171 was previously on the covers of #16 and the 1969 yearbook.

    Overall, I think the earlier issues were the best, but there were many fine covers after that. #58-68 and #99-135 had a lot of great covers by Basil, Ken Kelly and others.

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  3. GSWFebruary 22, 2014 at 8:19 AM

    I can help you with 3 cover artists.

    #74 - Macario "Mac" Gomez (from the Spanish movie poster for "Twins of Evil")

    #190 - Roger Kastel

    #160 - Robert McCall

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  4. Mike ScottFebruary 22, 2014 at 12:17 PM

    GSW, thanks so much for identifying the 5 poster artists here and in FM gallery #3! How did you come by your vast knowledge? :)

    I'm a big movie poster art fan, myself, though mostly silents thru 1950s.

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  5. GSWFebruary 22, 2014 at 6:53 PM

    Hi Mike. You are very welcome.
    I am a huge fan of movie poster art and the only thing I can tell you about my knowledge is years of research, research, research and being able to decipher scribbled signatures, lol.

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  6. Mike ScottFebruary 23, 2014 at 12:47 AM

    Well, all that research paid off today. Thanks, again!

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