Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Black and White Wednesday: Tony Isabella's Monster(ous) Essays

What it is, Groove-ophiles! Groove-ophile Mike Mikulovsky has suggested that Ol' Groove share the eerily educational frontispieces from Monsters Unleashed #'s 6-10. These fillers were written by sometimes editor Tony Isabella and sported art by Ernie Chan (then Chua), with the last couple being illustrated by Arvell Jones/Duffy Vohland and Pablo Marcos. Tony did a great job of cramming lots of info into such a short space, and the art was extremely good. I think Mike's right--you're gonna dig these!


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  1. Mike MikulovskyJanuary 12, 2011 at 2:21 PM

    Hey Groovster! Thanks for posting these. I remember as a kid/ young teen I really dug these. I especially like the mountain gorilla one. It makes you think how many creatures/animals might have been mistaken as monsters. Causing them to be hunted to extiction. Saddly just because they might have been weird or ugly looking to humans.

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  2. Tony IsabellaJanuary 12, 2011 at 7:47 PM

    I'm glad you guys enjoyed them. They were fun to do.

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  3. The Groovy AgentJanuary 12, 2011 at 7:56 PM

    I bet they were! Thanks Tony!!

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  4. Mike MikulovskyJanuary 13, 2011 at 2:26 AM

    Thanks Tony! For all your hard work over the years. Great reading your comments here & Rich's saturday bogs. I've been forwarding these links onto John Romita SR, Rich, Herb Trimpe, Mark Sinnott/Joe's son & Roy Thomas. To name a few to hopefully get their post a comment here.

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