Dinosaurs Attack: Day Thirty-One

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"Hey," I can hear you exclaim as you sit in front of your screen today. "What's this? I thought you already ran all of the cards. What gives?" Well, my friend, you are right, I did finish posting the entire "Dinosaurs Attack!" set, but these are bonus cards printed on the back cover of the graphic novel that I've been spotlighting for the last few days. There are four total, and you may notice that the first one is a "preview" card for a sequel story! I put the word "preview" in quotations because there was never meant to be another series of cards as far as I know, but they thought it would be fun to tease the readers with what might have been.

The rest of the bonus cards fit within the existing story, and it's kind of a shame they didn't make it into the set, as they are quite memorable. But then, a bonus is something good that's extra, and these fit the bill!

The rest of today's post consists of three more pages from the comic, painted by Earl Norem. Every panel is a joy to view in close-up detail.

More chaos and carnage to come on the morrow!

Dinosaurs Attack: Day Thirty

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Three more dino-riffic pages from the graphic novel adaptation of "Dinosaurs Attack" by Earl Norem, one of my favorite artists as a kid and young adult. He still is, of course; but it was during that time he made such a big impact with the many covers of the various magazines I bought back then... Planet of the Apes, Monsters of the Movies, The Deadly Hands of Kung Fu, and so on. Between him and Bob Larkin, my magazine shelf is full of memorable genre images.

As the dinosaur materializes completely, it begins to wreak havoc with the lives of everyone in the area. LIttle do they know that the sceanario is being replayed all over the world as the Time-Scan goes wrong, actually bringing the prehistoric creatures into our time, rather than only allowing us to view them. Talk about a miscalculation!

I love the touch in the page above, as we see the flying disembodied hands of the trucker, still clutching the steering wheel in a death grip.

Dinosaurs Attack: Day Twenty-Nine

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The synopsis /checklist card #55 completes the entire run of "Dinosaurs Attack!" and I hope you have enjoyed the up-close look at the artwork for this under-rated and mostly unknown set. (For collectors I do have some duplicates if you need some to complete your set; just email me and we'll talk about it.)

I know; pretty boring stuff so far, huh? You came here for your dinosaur gore fix and all you got was a checklist. But wait, that's not all! As you might have noticed, I've been adding bonus images all along from the 1991 graphic novel that adapted the storyline and expanded upon it. Sadly, due to low sales I suppose, further issues were not forthcoming. For some reason which few can explain, the cards just never caught on as hoped. The graphic novel used several artists, with select pages by one of the major card artists on the set, the venerable Earl Norem. Norem's art stands out as the best, and are painted like his card art. Below are three awesome pages for you to enjoy, with more coming in following days. In the scene, a carefree teen, drinking and driving, pays for his recklessness and wasteful dissipation by getting instantly aged to death as he passes through an arriving time-shifting dinosaur.

Next: Like A Bridge Over Troubled Waters...