After Warren went out with a whimper with FAMOUS MONSTERS OF FILMLAND #191 in 1993, monster fans were without the venerable tome stewarded by Forrest J Ackerman and they wondered, what now? Well, it didn't take long for a few new magazines to appear, including a string that Ackerman himself was involved in. For my money, though, the best of the post-FM revival mags was MONSTERSCENE. It had the vibe of FM with a little more sophistication to it without losing the fannish edge. This, the third issue, is a good example.
MONSTERSCENE
Vol. 1 No. 3
Fall 1994
Gogo Entertainment Group
Publishers: Stephen D. Smith; William N. Harrison
Editor: Stephen D. Smith
Cover: Basil Gogos
Pages: 68
Cover price: $5.95
I did not know that Batton Lash's Wolff and Byrd had appeared in this kind of magazine. Makes perfect sense, but I only knew of them from the comics. Those are funny books indeed.
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