{"id":12242,"date":"2012-05-16T19:11:47","date_gmt":"2012-05-16T08:11:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/?p=12242"},"modified":"2012-05-16T19:16:02","modified_gmt":"2012-05-16T08:16:02","slug":"american-godzilla-94-returns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/2012\/05\/16\/american-godzilla-94-returns\/","title":{"rendered":"American Godzilla ’94 Returns"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kaiju artist and Backbrain buddy Todd Tennant has finally hit us with the news we’ve all been hoping for — not simply the return of his long-time online project to create a graphic novel of the rejected American Godzilla 1994 script, but also the proposed official production of that graphic novel as a legit publication.<\/p>\n

How did it come about? Here’s the news from Todd himself:<\/p>\n

“Terry Rossio contacted me in regards to my American Godzilla ’94<\/em> graphic novel, and told me he was a fan (Terry is co-author with Ted Elliott of the 1994 rejected TriStar Godzilla<\/em> screenplay, which you can actually read here<\/a>. They also wrote the screenplays for Aladdin<\/em>, Legend of Zorro<\/em>, and the entire Pirates of the Caribbean <\/em>series, among others). Now Terry has asked me to finish the G’94 graphic novel — and how could I refuse such an offer?<\/p>\n

“Publication possibilities are being looked into, but job number one for me is getting it all finished.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Todd has even sent the Backbrain some new artwork: three images of Godzilla rampant from page 80.<\/p>\n

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Great stuff!<\/p>\n

For those who don’t know, Todd’s graphic novel adaptation has been running on his American Kaiju website for a long time, finally reaching as far as page 78. You can check it out here<\/a> — and if you haven’t, you should. How can you resist reading 78 pages of a Godzilla graphic novel? Free!<\/p>\n

More News from Todd: American Kaiju<\/strong><\/p>\n

In June 2011, Todd announced that he’d been contracted by Bluewater Productions to produce a series of American Kaiju comics<\/a> — an ambition he’d been fostering for years. Some of his work toward it appeared in the subsequent articles American Kaiju: Aligon Attacks!<\/a> and Gigante vs King Komodo, and The Big Eight<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This project continues apace — and you can follow developments on Todd’s blog<\/a>. Meanwhile here are some images from this original — and awesome — comic series. This first one is PETT:<\/p>\n

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In this one, New York City prepares for the worst:<\/p>\n

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What is the worst? Something like this:<\/p>\n

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You can click on any of these to see them bigger.<\/p>\n

Just so you know, Todd, I can’t wait for both these series to arrive!<\/p>\n