An EXCLUSIVE two-page preview of MONSTROUS: THE KAIJU ISSUE
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A new all-star anthology featuring MONSTROUS Kaiju is going live on Kickstarter, just in time for the global celebrations of Godzilla's 70th anniversary!! Bram Stoker Award-winning editor and writer James Aquilone's Monstrous Books is launching a new campaign for Monstrous: The Kaiju Issue, a new oversized magazine that includes a brand-new Kaiju called Zarigazami from manga artist Itaru Kinoshita.
We are excited to announce that we have a TWO-PAGE EXCLUSIVE LOOK at James Aquilone, Ev Cantado, and Tom Napolitano's MEGASQUATCH comic.
MONSTROUS: THE KAIJU ISSUE features a fantastic line-up including:
“The Colossus From the Crater," a brand-new sci-fi short story set on a remote moon and featuring a giant alien mummy, penned by novelist Greg Cox, who wrote the official prose adaptations for Godzilla (2014) and Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019).
An all-new Konga vs. Gorgo comic, featuring the creatures from the cult 1960s American International Pictures movies and Charlton Comics, written by James Aquilone and illustrated by Dave Swartz (Confederate Monster)
Three iconic covers — including a Konga vs. Gorgo cover by Larry Tuason (Knightingail: The Legend Begins) and a MegaSquatch cover by EV Cantada and colorist Zac Atkinson.
Just like the creatures themselves, this magazine (previously digest size) will be enlarged to a full-size 8.5-x-11-inch format.
“When I decided to do a Kaiju issue of MONSTROUS MAGAZINE I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to do a Kaiju-size magazine, so we’re going from 5.5 x 8.5 to 8.5 x 11 inches,” said James Aquilone. “And that’s just the beginning. We’re resizing the MONSTROUS MAGAZINE back issues, too, and now, for a limited time, they will be available in the new collectible, oversized Kaiju format.”
Previous issues of MONSTROUS MAGAZINE, feature a mix of comics, prose stories, and articles. The debut issue includes:
A collectible cover by Colton Worley (Kolchak: The Night Stalker 50th Anniversary Graphic Novel, The Shadow)
An essay by Elvira Mistress of the Dark writer David Avallone about the legacy of his father, pulp legend Michael Avallone
A reprint of pulp legend Michael Avallone’s first short story "The Man Who Walked on Air, " originally published in Weird Tales in 1953
The very first Dead Jack comic, "Dead Jack and Oswald Meet Frankenstein," written by James Aquilone and illustrated by J.K. Woodward
"Monster Rally," a comic story by Nancy A. Collins with art by Zac Atkinson
Other rewards for the MONSTROUS: THE KAIJU ISSUE campaign include the debut issue of MONSTROUS PRESENTS, a 32-page comic reprinting “Rise of the Morlocks” and “Dead Jack and Oswald Meet Frankenstein,” both by James Aquilone and artist J.K. Woodward.
ABOUT MONSTROUS BOOKS
Monstrous is an independent publisher focused on dark fiction and action-packed stories. Owned and operated by Bram Stoker Award-winning editor and writer James Aquilone, Monstrous Books is dedicated to creating high-quality print and digital comics, graphic novels, and prose books that aim to entertain with its stories and delight with its aesthetics. Monstrous is the new home of Kolchak: The Night Stalker. Its other titles include Monstrous magazine, Dead Detectives Society, Shakespeare Unleashed, and The Omega Eleven.
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