Category Archives: Pictorial art

The Lost Thing… Animated

Posted on Wednesday, December 3, 2008 by Robert Hood

The work of Shaun Tan — The Rabbits, The Arrival, The Lost Thing, The Red Tree and most recently the superb Tales from Outer Suburbia — are brilliant, good-natured yet edgy, quirky and luminous — a bit like Shaun himself. … Continue reading →

Posted in Animation, Books, Film, News, Pictorial art | 2 Comments

Update: More Images of Gualagon

Posted on Sunday, November 30, 2008 by Robert Hood

The makers of the in-progress daikaiju-inspired audioplay Gualagon have sent us some more images created to accompany the audioplay when it is completed. They are, I think you’ll agree, rather spectacular. And for a change, the monster’s military opponents: Source: … Continue reading →

Posted in Audio, Daikaiju, Giant Monsters, Pictorial art, Update | 2 Comments

Update: Mortis Rex

Posted on Thursday, November 27, 2008 by Robert Hood

Bloody Disgusting.com has posted some new concept images from the Ancient Romans vs Giant Monster movie, Mortis Rex, which is currently in production. The film concerns the adventures of a disgraced Roman war hero who comes face to face with … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Giant Monsters, Pictorial art, Update | 1 Comment

Creature Paparazzi

Posted on Monday, November 24, 2008 by Robert Hood

The Creature from The Creature From the Black Lagoon (US-1954; dir. Jack Arnold) is one of US cinema’s most iconic monsters. I remember watching it in the early 1960s on our then-newish black-and-white TV set, when it was screened as … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Horror, Pictorial art | 6 Comments

King Komodo, Trapped!

Posted on Wednesday, November 19, 2008 by Robert Hood

Todd Tennant has sent along a new, spectacular image of King Komodo, created as part of the ongoing comic serial that he produces with Mike Bogue. Todd says, “I’m just calling this one ‘The Cage’.” Click here to see a … Continue reading →

Posted in Comics, Daikaiju, Giant Monsters, Pictorial art | 1 Comment

Super Zombies

Posted on Tuesday, November 4, 2008 by Robert Hood

What if the Justice League of America got turned into zombies? These model kits (available here [Sorry, the link has apparently been shutdown — ed.]) do for DC characters what Marvel did for their own characters in the wonderfully splendid … Continue reading →

Posted in Pictorial art, Superhero, Zombies | 5 Comments

MegaFrog vs Giant Serpent

Posted on Tuesday, November 4, 2008 by Robert Hood

This epic struggle between a mighty frog and a giant snake is in fact about a thousandth of the scale necessary for a “real” giant monster tussle. The photo won its photographer the 2008 Wildlife Photographer of the Year award. … Continue reading →

Posted in Daikaiju, Giant Monsters, Pictorial art | 1 Comment

Classic Album Cover Riot

Posted on Thursday, October 30, 2008 by Robert Hood

This cracks me up, in a surreal Terry Gilliam kind of way! … though, of course, those who (sadly) aren’t familiar with the classic rock album covers concerned probably won’t be as amused. Source: LikeItHateIt via Cat Sparks

Posted in Animation, Music, Pictorial art | 1 Comment

Kaiju Picture Set

Posted on Friday, October 24, 2008 by Robert Hood

Check out this excellent set of kaiju illustrations, featuring Godzilla, Gamera and their over-sized mates. The artistic style is consistent throughout so I assume the pictures are by the same artist, and the indications are that he is Japanese and … Continue reading →

Posted in Daikaiju, Giant Monsters, Giant Squids, Godzilla, Pictorial art | 2 Comments

Doctor Grordbort’s Contrapulatronic Dingus Directory (Catalogue Edition)

Posted on Monday, June 16, 2008 by Robert Hood

A catalogue of wondtabulous merchandise has just become available. Produced by the good folk at WETA studios (SFX creators for such films as Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy and King Kong), in conjunction with Dark Horse Books, it … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Graphic novels, News, Pictorial art, Robots | 2 Comments