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Exclusive Preview: It’s Konga vs. Gorgo in Monstrous: The Kaiju Issue

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Bram Stoker Award-winning editor and writer James Aquilone’s Monstrous Books has celebrated the traditions of pulp fiction and classic movie monsters with Monstrous Magazine, an acclaimed black-and-white magazine-format  comic book anthology which features some of the most interesting and inventive genre writers being published today. Monstrous Magazine will look east for the inspiration for its next all-star anthology: Monstrous: The Kaiju Issue will celebrate the legendary monsters from Japan, just in time for the ongoing global celebration of Godzilla’s 70th anniversary.

The Monstrous: The Kaiju Issue is live so check out the exclusive below and make sure to back it before time runs out.

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 adaptation of Godzilla (2014), soon to be reprinted in a new omnibus edition.
  • An all new kaiju design by Dinosaur Sanctuary mangaka Itaru Kinoshita
  • 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)
  • The first appearance of the Kaiju MegaSquatch, in a comic book story by James Aquilone and EV Cantada (Joe Ledger, Grimm Fairy Tales) 
  • Three iconic covers — a Konga vs. Gorgo cover by Larry Tuason (Knightingail: The Legend Begins), a MegaSquatch cover by EV Cantada and colorist Zac Atkinson and a Godzilla cover. 

Just like the creatures themselves, this magazine (previously digest size) will be enlarged to a full-size 8.5-x-11-inch 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
  • 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.

Check out an exclusive preview of Konga vs Gorgo, previously revealed covers, and renowned manga artist Itaru Kinoshita’s new Kaiju, then go and support Monstrous: The Kaiju Issue now!

Exclusive: Monstrous Books’ Kaiju Challenge Coins Revealed for Monstrous: The Kaiju Issue!

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Bram Stoker Award-winning editor and writer James Aquilone’s Monstrous Books has celebrated the traditions of pulp fiction and classic movie monsters with Monstrous Magazine, an acclaimed black-and-white magazine-format comic book anthology which features some of the most interesting and inventive genre writers being published today. Monstrous Magazine will look east for the inspiration for its next all-star anthology: Monstrous: The Kaiju Issue will celebrate the legendary monsters from Japan, just in time for the ongoing global celebration of Godzilla’s 70th anniversary.

The Monstrous: The Kaiju Issue is now live so check out the exclusive below and make sure to back it before time runs out.

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 adaptation of Godzilla (2014), soon to be reprinted in a new omnibus edition.
  • An all new kaiju design by Dinosaur Sanctuary mangaka Itaru Kinoshita
  • 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)
  • The first appearance of the Kaiju MegaSquatch, in a comic book story by James Aquilone and EV Cantada (Joe Ledger, Grimm Fairy Tales) 
  • Three iconic covers — a Konga vs. Gorgo cover by Larry Tuason (Knightingail: The Legend Begins), a MegaSquatch cover by EV Cantada and colorist Zac Atkinson and a Godzilla cover. 

Just like the creatures themselves, this magazine (previously digest size) will be enlarged to a full-size 8.5-x-11-inch 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
  • 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.

Check out the exclusive reveal of the Kaiju Challenge Coins then back Monstrous: The Kaiju Issue now!

Exclusive Preview: Darkest Depths, honoring the late Taylor Grant

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Monstrous Books and Crystal Lake Publishing will soon launch the Kickstarter campaign for Darkest Depths, a new black-and-white comic anthology series devoted to extreme horror and bringing new voices into comics. The project has been planned for quite some time and was a joint project between Crystal Lake, James Aquilone, and Taylor Grant. Sadly, after Taylor fell ill, the campaign was put on hold. Taylor, who was a development executive at Stan Lee Media and Head of Global Animation at Wattpad WEBTOON Studios, ultimately passed away from cancer in September 2024. 

Darkest Depths will serve as a tribute to Taylor and feature the last comic story he wrote, “It Lives in Darkness.” Profits from the crowdfunding campaign will be donated to his son.

The plan is to continue to honor Taylor by leaving submissions open for additional stories, the number depending on the campaign’s final funding level. The hope is that Darkest Depths will be the launching pad for many aspiring comic book writers.

The first volume of the anthology already boasts a stellar lineup — including Nick Roberts, Candace Nola, John Durgin, and James Aquilone. Artists include J.K. Woodward, Robert Hack, Vanessa Cardinali, EV Cantada, and Zac Atkinson.

Darkest Depths, which will feature unflinching horror stories, will be available in a trade paperback and a digital edition and will launch May 19 on Kickstarter.

Check out the cover by J.K. Woodward and an exclusive look at unlettered preview pages from a story by James Aquilone and Woodward and sign up now so you don’t miss it when it launches!

Power Rangers meets Aliens in Unborn from Frank Gogol, Ev Cantada, and Source Point Press

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Source Point Press is proud to bring Unborn – the newest title from Frank Gogol and Ev Cantada – to worldwide distribution this September. In Unborn, Power Rangers meets Alien in a hybrid sci-fi actioner injected with Gogol’s signature human intrigue.

On a strange world, five explorers mine for super fuels in a last-ditch effort to save a collapsing Earth, but the mission goes to hell when they are overrun by a hostile alien species. With humanity’s survival hanging in the balance, the crew must eradicate the deadly horde and salvage the mission. But what if the monsters aren’t the only things they have to worry about? What if the most dangerous threat facing the crew is each other?

Unborn is written by Gogol, with art by Ev Cantada, covers by Maan House, Simone Ragazonni, and Ivan Tao, and letters by Sean Rinehart.

Unborn will be available in comic shops and online at sourcepointpress.com on Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2021.

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