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Amra, one of the earliest fantasy fanzines from the 1950s. It was one of the most professional and admired in the field.
One of the key traits of fantasy fandom in the 1950s (before the hippies and Tolkien came around) was that it was sometimes hard to tell where fantasy started and horror ended. Early fantasy definitely had an influence from the Harold Lamb-style oriental arabesques of the 1910s-1920s published in magazines like Adventure.
Game players #82, March 1996 - @Rareltd’s ‘Killer Instinct 2′ preview.
Ron Walotsky
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In Japanese folklore, Gashadokuro, also known as Odokuro, are giant skeletons, fifteen times taller than an average person, and are constructed from the bones of people who have died from starvation. Their bones are collected into this giant skeleton creature which is filled with intense anger and a thirst for human blood. He wanders around at night, grinding his teeth and making a “gachi gachi” sound. The giant skeleton towers so high above the ground and walks so quietly that he can be almost invisible. The only warning you get when the giant skeleton is near is a strange and inexplicable ringing in your ears.
If the Gashadokuro finds you, he will reach down with his bony hand and snatch you off the ground. Then he will pluck your head off and suck the blood out of your headless body until his thirst is quenched.
Japanese folk lore is fucking brutal holy shit
Wayne Barlowe, Sargatanas
Volume 1 concluded with a confrontation with A-さん. Now for Volume 2 of Kiseijuu (寄生獣), with the lovely but deadly Tamiya Ryouko (田宮良子) on the front.
Koichi Ohata drawing scenes from the alternate ending to Little Shop of Horrors where Audrey II kills everyone and takes over the world.
SMH Vol. 11, 1998.
Red Sonja by Joe Jusko
PEOPLE PUPPETS … IN COLOR!
1969.
Heavy Metal
