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HAUNTED THRILLS Video Archive Part Three: Kinstler on Avon Books and Comics, selling original art at the SDCC, art techniques and printing, hanging out with James Cagney and Frank Sinatra. Part three - the last part of the unedited archive video of my interview with pre-code horror comics master and illustrator Everett Raymond Kinstler originally conducted for the documentary HAUNTED THRILLS.

Watch the original video here - https:...

HAUNTED THRILLS Archive Video Part One: Pre-Code HORROR COMICS Master Everett Raymond Kinstler

Unedited archive video of an interview pre-code horror comics master and illustrator Everett Raymond Kinstler who drew comics during the 1940s and 50s working for Avon, Ziff Davis, and Western Printing.

Video Archive Part One - Kinstler on illustrating pulp magazines and comics during World War II and the 1940s in general.

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ROOM 101 EP 1 REVISITED: George Orwell, Aldous Huxley, and Jack Finney Walk into a Bar...

We take a look at how George Orwell's 1984, Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, and Jack Finney's The Body Snatchers correlate to our current reality.

From the original video published Jan. 2022 - watch it now-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WewUYZo2gM

This is the first episode of a series examining science fiction and speculat...

Rewind: Horror Mike at MEGACON Orlando 2022

"Just a quick vid to say that I will be at MEGACON Orlando thru Sunday. My doc HAUNTED THRILLS plays Saturday afternoon BLOCK 4 of the film festival and then I will be doing a panel on STAN LEE'S Horror Comics Empire on Sunday."

Watch the original video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c465pQmVBro

See more video of MegaCon 2022 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IU3G_x-PDk

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In this episode of Pre-code Horror Comics Reprints, we look at Comic book artists Dave Stevens, Bernie Wrightson, Alex Toth, Reed Crandall, and many others who lent their considerable artistic skills to the folks at Eclipse comics to bring you the great Seduction of the Innocent Series featuring six full color issues and two 3-D issues.

Watch original video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkpDa4MPJkM

The title was taken from the ...

In part three of our series on pre-code horror comics reprints we take a look at the great late 80s - 90s reprints from NEC New England Comics called TALES Too TERRIBLE To TELL.

Watch the original video here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzNgNphzfx8

The brainchild of editor in chief George Suarez, a leading authority on pre-code horror comic books, Tales too Terrible to Tell not only presents many color and black and white ima...

We look at Nueva Frontera Spanish Issue of Metal Hurlant #12 (1983) with the only known cover collaboration by Philippe Druillet and Jean Giraud "Moebius." This cover first appeared in the 1980 edition of the original French Metal Hurlant #57 (special edition).

Watch the original video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Enups06vrac

Other artists in this issue included Voss, Morisi, the incredible Bihannic, and an episode o...

Pre-Code HORROR Comics Reprints Part Two: Eerie Pubs and Stanley Morse

We take a look at the original reprint publishers including Myron Fass of Eerie Publications and Stanley Morse and the race to publish EERIE Magazine.

Watch original video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0y5_KjcV6DI

Magazine titles include WEIRD, Tales of Voodoo, Chilling Tales of Horror.

"The Horror! The Horror!: Comic Books the Government Didn't Wan...

Pre-code HORROR Comic Book Reprints and Free Digitized Comics Online Part One

Many people love the classic pre-code sci-fi and horror comic books but continuing popularity for collectors has caused prices to soar and put them out of range for most fans.

But there is good news! There are a gazillion companies who have reprinted these terrifying four color horrors over the last 60 years or so and this series is dedicated to those rep...

Part one of a series on both Metal Hurlant and Heavy Metal illustrated science fiction and fantasy magazines.

Highly recommended book: Métal Hurlant 1975 to 1984 - https://amzn.to/3uYbY2c

Métal Hurlant was formed in France in 1974 by Moebius, Druillet, Dionnet, and Farkas aka Les Humanoides Associes. Two years later, National Lampoon would publish Heavy Metal magazine which more or less reprinted the comic book stories from Metal ...

Horror Mike presents: METAL Hurlant From Page to Screen: How Heavy Metal Magazine Influenced Science Fiction Cinema. This podcast is also available on video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVbzQvhWu8s Many influential artists from both Heavy Metal and Metal Hurlant illustrated sci-fi and fantasy magazines were involved in numerous film productions and their contributions shaped the world of science fiction cinema forever. We exam...