Coincidence? You tell me!
For totally unknown reasons, I once again thought about a similarity I'd noticed years ago between the REVENGE OF THE CREATURE half-sheet and a very Famous Monster magazine that shall go unnamed. Of...
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I'm too lazy to post it, but the poster to How To Make A Monster has an even more similar look. Which came first - FM or the movie?
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FXRH wrote:I don't know that the HOW TO MAKE A MONSTER is closer than the CREATURE font, but it IS pretty close.
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HOW TO MAKE A MONSTER was released a few months after the first issue of FAMOUS MONSTERS. Perhaps a preview poster was around, but otherwise.... Mirek
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There are only so many ways to write MONSTER in wiggly letters . . .
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A-HA! If AIP "borrowed" the FM logo, it's really funny because Verne Langdon told a story about how he "borrowed" the Monsters logo from FM, and James Warren called him up, saying he stole his...
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rvoyttbots wrote:Wow, you people are going off the deep end.Well, I learned my lesson years ago when diving into the shallow end.
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PhantomXCI wrote:Well, the exceptions prove the rule. The latter two are blobby and thick; and the M's differ wildly from the original two logos; the lower tags of the E and R are not feathered out...
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There are only so many ways to write MONSTER in drippy letters . . .
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Ted Newsom wrote:I think Ernie's original point is a valid one.Ted, Thanks for the double compliment. I appreciate that you see a resemblance in the logos. And I appreciate even more that you think...
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I appreciate the gracious patience in my mistaken identity gaffe, Sam. It also frees me up from having to needle you about saying Otis the Drunk wrote a giant octopus movie.
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There are even fewer ways to write MONSTER in wavy, drippy, garishly-colored letters . . . ah, never mind!
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