Thursday, September 21, 2017

MONSTERS A GOGOS

RIP to Basil Gogos, passed on at 88. The Egyptian-born Greek illustrator painted many covers for the  classic vintages of Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine, bathing his gruesome ghouls in vivid, indeed lurid colors. An example...

Monster-of-the-Week: ...is this week's honoree, a handsome portrait by Gogos of the title character...


...played by Robert Clarke in the 1959 shocker The Hideous Sun Demon.

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