Monday, February 21, 2011

1974 FM cover article on Christopher Lee

Welcome back! I've been so busy lately, that this blog kind of got neglected. But hopefully I can update it regularly for awhile now. Thanks for hanging around (like a vampire bat.)

From the March 1974 issue #105 of the beloved Famous Monsters, comes a 12 page article and interview with the Prince of Darkness himself, Chris Lee. We start with the awesome cover by the legendary Basil Gogos...

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and the article itself... enjoy!























Bonus: the Lee-as-Dracula cover from issue #84, which, oddly enough, does not feature anything significant about Lee inside; so I thought it would go nicely here. What a great photo, that made a striking cover!

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5 comments:

  1. CalFebruary 27, 2011 at 7:54 AM

    Out of Lugosi and Lee I alaways prefferred Lee's Dracula he could be both charming and vicous which i never thought Lugosi could- that said Lee's Dracula would be nothing if it were not for the obvious insperation he got from Lugosi

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  2. Matt BradshawMarch 16, 2011 at 6:24 PM

    I had that issue #105 back in the day. I always preferred the painted Famous Monsters covers over photos. Lee was my favorite Dracula. He had an imposing physical presence that Lugosi lacked.

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  3. FredMarch 18, 2011 at 8:14 AM

    I have both issues stashed away in the basement. Thanks for printing the article from 105 and saving me the trouble of digging through boxes to find it!

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  4. Rai_Yan@yahoo.comApril 10, 2011 at 5:33 PM

    My Top 5 Infectious Monsters...

    5. Aswang
    4. Zombie
    3. Werewolf
    2. Vampire
    1. ?????

    http://topfiveawesome.blogspot.com/2011/04/top-5-monsters-that-can-turn-you-one-of.html

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  5. The Age Of ConsentMay 31, 2011 at 1:40 PM

    great article!!!!!

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