Philosophy
A fun periodical from the past and related models of monsters.
Bob Rehak...
This is the first of a series of posts on a new project of mine exploring movie-monster fandom and “kid culture” in the U.S. from the early 1960s onward. My focus will be less on monster movies themselves than on the objects that circulated around and constituted the films’ public — and personal — presence: model kits, toys, games, and other paraphernalia. Approaching media culture through its object practices, I argue, reveals a dynamic space of production in which texts, images, and objects translate and transform one another in flows of commodities, collectibles, and creativity.
Modeling Monsters [in three parts]
Famous Monsters of Filmland [Wikipedia]
History of Famous Monsters
Deceased--Forrest J Ackerman
Forrest J. Ackerman's collection to be sold
- Lake Monsters And Science Museums
When we were up in Burlington, we took the kids to ECHO, the science museum and aquarium, at the Leahy Center for Lake Champlain. It's wonderful with lots of hands-on, active engagement activities for kids. There are great displays on the ecology,...
- Chinese Scale Models...tiangong
"Toys for Tiangong" by Morris Jones August 9th, 2011 Space Daily Wanna buy a spaceship? No, you can't have the real thing. But you can buy a model at a reasonable price. That's been the driving force behind a strongly entrenched...
- "monsters From The Id"--reinvigorate Interest In Science
An event coming mid March at South By Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival in Austin, Texas...David Gargani's Monsters From The Id...and attempt to visually recall the 1950's and 1960's push to get the youth of America interested in science and...
- Forrest J. Ackerman's Collection To Be Sold
"Ackerman sci-fi, horror collection up for sale" by John Rogers February 4th, 2009 The Associated Press He always vowed that he wouldn't die unless he could take it with him. But now that Forrest J Ackerman really is gone, the grand old man of science...
- Deceased--forrest J Ackerman
Forrest J Ackerman November 24th, 1916 to December 4th, 2008 No, Forrest J Ackerman was not a scientist but promoter and custodian of all that dealt with science fiction or as he coined "sci-fi" from the literary to motion pictures--an adult with a little...
Philosophy
"Famous Monsters of Filmland" and monster models
Bob Rehak...
This is the first of a series of posts on a new project of mine exploring movie-monster fandom and “kid culture” in the U.S. from the early 1960s onward. My focus will be less on monster movies themselves than on the objects that circulated around and constituted the films’ public — and personal — presence: model kits, toys, games, and other paraphernalia. Approaching media culture through its object practices, I argue, reveals a dynamic space of production in which texts, images, and objects translate and transform one another in flows of commodities, collectibles, and creativity.
Modeling Monsters [in three parts]
Famous Monsters of Filmland [Wikipedia]
History of Famous Monsters
Deceased--Forrest J Ackerman
Forrest J. Ackerman's collection to be sold
- Lake Monsters And Science Museums
When we were up in Burlington, we took the kids to ECHO, the science museum and aquarium, at the Leahy Center for Lake Champlain. It's wonderful with lots of hands-on, active engagement activities for kids. There are great displays on the ecology,...
- Chinese Scale Models...tiangong
"Toys for Tiangong" by Morris Jones August 9th, 2011 Space Daily Wanna buy a spaceship? No, you can't have the real thing. But you can buy a model at a reasonable price. That's been the driving force behind a strongly entrenched...
- "monsters From The Id"--reinvigorate Interest In Science
An event coming mid March at South By Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival in Austin, Texas...David Gargani's Monsters From The Id...and attempt to visually recall the 1950's and 1960's push to get the youth of America interested in science and...
- Forrest J. Ackerman's Collection To Be Sold
"Ackerman sci-fi, horror collection up for sale" by John Rogers February 4th, 2009 The Associated Press He always vowed that he wouldn't die unless he could take it with him. But now that Forrest J Ackerman really is gone, the grand old man of science...
- Deceased--forrest J Ackerman
Forrest J Ackerman November 24th, 1916 to December 4th, 2008 No, Forrest J Ackerman was not a scientist but promoter and custodian of all that dealt with science fiction or as he coined "sci-fi" from the literary to motion pictures--an adult with a little...