 Meg: Legacy is a collection of all the Meg novels (7), novellas (3), and a prequel collected in one set or available as individual books. The sets retail for $508.83, and each individual volume retails for $72.69. The individual books will release over time. Check out some of the details below, and follow Steve's Facebook page for all things Meg releated. MEG: LEGACY is a seven volume Collector’s Edition set of (faux) leather-bound hardbacks with all the extras, available in three amazing colors (Trench Black, Blood-Red & Ocean Blue.), LEGACY will not be sold in stores or on amazon; each volume must be pre-ordered at SteveAlten.com. These are NOT standard hardbacks, they are thick, built-to-last tombs of entertainment, only 5,000 sets of which will be printed. We hope to send Volume One to the printer mid-June, allow 8-10 weeks for delivery. The next Volume will then be made available for pre-order every 3-4 months, (or you can also pay for the entire series all at once). From Steve Alten "Why I decided to create MEG LEGACY:.. -- has as much to do with the future of the franchise as the past. When I wrote the first book (MEG: A Novel of Deep Terror) I knew I would eventually write a sequel (The Trench) that focused on the captive pup (Angel). Four years separate the two storylines in order to give the Meg sufficient time to grow before she reached her first stage of estrus (heat) – the urge to mate sending her crashing through the canal doors to escape, where her instincts guide her back to the Mariana Trench. Years later I would write the first novella (Angel of Death: Survival) which covers the young shark’s battle to survive other creatures stalking her in the half-finished Tanaka Lagoon. Book three (Primal Waters) adds a teen daughter (Dani Taylor) and young son (David) to the cast – seventeen years separating books 2 & 3. That’s a big span of time. What was Angel doing all those years? Was her presence a threat to another apex predator? That’s where Angel of Death-2: Apex Predator fills in that gap. Four more years separate PW from MEG: Hell’s Aquarium – leaving room for a third novella. MEG: Nightstalkers picks up right away, then Generations and finally Purgatory (figure mid-2024). What MEG: LEGACY allows me to do is take this giant shark tale that spans 7 novels, 3 novellas, and a prequel over 4-5 decades and re-edit everything so that instead of uneven roads and detours there is one smooth superhighway where everything flows past to present – including the Hero’s Journey – all leading to the shocking ending. Throughout that epic journey there will be author commentary and new artwork, and special bonus features that deal with the FACTion that all came true (like hydrothermal vents in the Mariana Trench and glowing albino sharks, and lost seas and ancient aquifers existing miles beneath the sea floor, harboring… While the novels inspired the movies, I see MEG: Legacy as an episodic TV series that takes itself very seriously and (more important) has the time a TV series offers to develop the characters – including the Meg characters – each shark having its own distinct personality."   
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 Godzilla And Godzilla Raids Again Paperback
by Shigeru Kayama (Author), Jeffrey Angles (Translator) The first English translations of the original novellas about the iconic kaijū Godzilla Godzilla emerged from the sea to devastate Tokyo in the now-classic 1954 film, produced by Tōhō Studios and directed by Ishirō Honda, creating a global sensation and launching one of the world’s most successful movie and media franchises. Awakened and transformed by nuclear weapons testing, Godzilla serves as a terrifying metaphor for humanity’s shortsighted destructiveness: this was the intent of Shigeru Kayama, the science fiction writer who drafted the 1954 original film and its first sequel and, in 1955, published these novellas. Although the Godzilla films have been analyzed in detail by cultural historians, film scholars, and generations of fans, Kayama’s two Godzilla novellas—both classics of Japanese young-adult science fiction—have never been available in English. This book finally provides English-speaking fans and critics the original texts with these first-ever English-language translations of Godzilla and Godzilla Raids Again. The novellas reveal valuable insights into Kayama’s vision for the Godzilla story, feature plots that differ from those of the films, and clearly display the author’s strong antinuclear, proenvironmental convictions. Kayama’s fiction depicts Godzilla as engaging in guerrilla-style warfare against humanity, which has allowed the destruction of the natural world through its irresponsible, immoral perversion of science. As human activity continues to cause mass extinctions and rapid climatic change, Godzilla provides a fable for the Anthropocene, powerfully reminding us that nature will fight back against humanity’s onslaught in unpredictable and devastating ways. About the Author Shigeru Kayama (1904–1975) was a science fiction writer and scenarist whose early stories about monsters and mutated sea creatures attracted the attention of Tōhō Studios, who asked him to draft the first two Godzilla films. The film Half Human by Tōhō Studios was also based on one of his stories, and he contributed to the screenplay for the Tōhō film The Mysterians. Jeffrey Angles is professor of Japanese at Western Michigan University. He is author of Writing the Love of Boys (Minnesota, 2011) and award-winning translator of Orikuchi Shinobu’s The Book of the Dead (Minnesota, 2017) and Hiromi Ito’s The Thorn Puller. Product details
 The Godzilla Art of Yuji Kaida
Flexicover volume featuring full-colour graphic art of Godzilla and other Toho movie monsters by renowned artist Yuji Kaida. For fans of big-screen monster films, Yuji Kaida is a very well known name. Best known for his vivid illustrations of Godzilla and other popular Toho kaiju, some of Mr KAIDA's most beautiful work is presented here in this full-color flexicover volume. This book's 128 pages are packed with lush artwork, including a brand new piece showing Godzilla in London, created especially for this book. Whether you are an admirer of this Japanese master's work or just a fan of monster movie art, this book is an essential purchase! Pages: 128 Language: English Release date: Oct 12, 2021 Retail price: $24.95 Amazon pre-order here.  MAD #20
stories and art by THE USUAL GANG OF IDIOTS ON SALE 6/8/21 $5.99 US | 56 PAGES | FC This issue, it's Gagzilla vs. King Kong Ball! Filled with more gags than you can shake a Fay Wray at, MAD #20 is a monstrous smack down salute to Godzilla and King Kong! We searched the deep jungles of the archives for issues that time forgot and captured some wily witticisms from the Usual Gang of Idiots. Witness the beastly works of Mort Drucker, Dick DeBartolo, Sergio Aragonés, Angelo Torres, "Duck" Edwing, and many more. Parodies include "King Korn," "Gotsilly," and "Son of Mighty Joe Kong." And a new Fold-In that eats itself by writer/artist Johnny Sampson.  Dinosaurs: A Smithsonian Coloring Book
IDW Publishing JUL200539 (W) Rachel Curtis Dinosaurs come to life-with your help! The Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History and IDW Publishing present a fascinating new coloring book that provides a beautiful and informative tour through the prehistoric world of dinosaurs. With this exquisitely designed coloring book, dinosaur lovers of all ages can explore millions of years of animal wonders, guided by experts from the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History and the artistic wizardry of Rachel Curtis (The Princess Bride: A Storybook to Color). These lush pen and ink illustrations invite you to step into captivating scenes featuring the herbivorous Stegosaurus, the sea-dwelling Hesperornis, the giant sauropod Camarasaurus, the mighty Tyrannosaurus, and many more. Fans of dinosaurs, coloring books, and natural history will find an enchanting world to unlock with their own creativity. Each page of Dinosaurs: A Smithsonian Coloring Book not only stands alone as a work of art, but is also accompanied by brief and fascinating insights from the museum's Paleontology experts about each dinosaur and its world, ensuring that time spent coloring is also time spent learning. This book's deluxe ivory paper allows for a variety of artistic media like pen, pencil, or even watercolor, to ensure your creative vision comes to life just the way you wantlasts for years to come. Officially licensed by the Smithsonian and developed in collaboration with experts from the National Museum of Natural History. In Shops: Oct 14, 2020 SRP: $16.99  Amazing Figure Modeler's new issue is full of great kaiju related content, check of all the details and order link below. Amazing Figure Modeler #69 This issue: AFM’s gone Kaiju Krazy!! Look who’s out to burn down our epic new issue—it’s none other than the King of Monsters himself, Godzilla! It’s true Slappy-san, Japan’s favorite radiated son is set to way waste to the pages of AFM in epic fashion with a foam-rubber suited lineup of some of Toho Pictures’ most memorable Kaiju! Articles include dioramas of the “Big G” centering on mass destruction and all the modeled havoc that ensues. The history of Godzilla Super-Deforms kits will are revealed with an amazing look at all the biggest, little kits you’ve ever seen. Next, take a tour of Japan with a unique diary photo journal that escorts you from Osaka to Tokyo with a stopover at their world famous WonderFestival Convention. This issue contains two artists profiles! First, we throw the spotlight on Resin Chef’s sculptor, Bill Gudmundson and his menagerie of offbeat, Toho Kaiju kits. Then we talk with Takuji Yamada, one of the world’s finest diorama masters. You will be blown away by the talent on display this issue; all this and so much more destruction awaits you in our newest foot-stompin’, city smashing issue of Amazing Figure Modeler! AFM #69 retail price: $10.00 To order click here. GIGAN
GODZILLA 1954
GLUZILLA
GODZILLA RAIDS (YET) AGAIN!
AFM ARTIST PROFILE: BILL GUDMUNDSON
AFM ARTIST PROFILE: TAKUJI YAMADA
WISH YOU WERE HERE!
BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE!
KAIJU KAWAII!
GODZILLA 1989
         Official Warner Bros GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS Ack-Ives Variant Cover
Apr 2, 2019 | Featured, FM Magazine | Just when you thought the first volume of the ACK-IVES couldn’t get any more exciting… We have officially teamed up with Warner Bros Pictures for a special newsstand edition of Famous Monsters Ack-Ives: Godzilla! This variant edition features an exclusive cover created by the team at Art Machine for Warner Bros and inspired by the highly anticipated new MonsterVerse picture GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS, which is due to hit theaters on May 31, 2019! The variant issue will be available on newsstand shelves on May 7 to give you just enough time to peruse it… before the movie swallows you whole. It is also available for preorder on our web store NOW, so don’t wait! GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS comes on the tail successes of Legendary and Warner Bros’ GODZILLA (2014) and KONG: SKULL ISLAND (2017), the latter of which contained a post-credits scene foreshadowing the debut of MonsterVerse creatures Mothra, Rodan, and King Ghidorah. These three famous kaiju star alongside Godzilla himself in the new movie — though as friends or foes, it’s not entirely clear. In addition to over 100 pages of long out-of-print content from Famous Monsters’ 60+ year history, Famous Monsters Ack-Ives: Godzilla also contains an up close and personal interview (sneak peek below) with GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS director Michael Dougherty. Dougherty is an admitted lifelong fan of the big green beast, and he talks to FM about what fans can expect from the movie — as well as details of his own semi-embarrassing fandom history, which may or may not involve doodling in the pages of his elementary school Bible. Check out the official cover art above, and don’t forget to go see GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS on May 31! Order here. ***** Director Michael Dougherty on Putting the “God” in GODZILLA Feb 15, 2019 | Interviews | The anticipation for Legendary’s new MonsterVerse picture GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS has reached a pointed peak and is now teetering rather gleefully over the edge. Fans all over the world are being treated to brand new posters, teaser trailers, and toy reveals, and the much-delayed release of the movie is finally on the horizon: May 31, 2019. Godzilla freaks are already marking their calendars, but with a new director on board in Michael Dougherty and three new monsters to contend with since GODZILLA (2014), what should the average monster kid be expecting? “The approach that my writing partner Zach Shields and I took was that Godzilla, the MUTOs, Mothra, Rodan, King Ghidorah — they’re a super-species,” Dougherty explains in a new FM interview. “These creatures were worshipped as ancient gods; they are the reasons we have stories about dragons and giants and titans. Because if you look at the entire world’s collection of ancient myths, you realize that they all have stories about monsters. What we’re trying to establish is the idea that Godzilla and his brethren are the reason for that.” Might that give the giant green lizard some religious implications? “There’s a reason that Godzilla is called Godzilla,” he laughs. “Humans understood once — these guys are the bosses, we need to live under them. But then that relationship was severed. That covenant was broken, the creatures went into hibernation for a long while, and humanity forgot that connection. This film is really about mankind trying to rekindle that relationship, to understand that humans are no longer at the top of the food chain.” The message seems similar that to 1954’s Gojira: a historic cataclysm come to life as a monster, terrorizing and humbling the human race. “I think the human species is overdue for a humbling,” says Dougherty. Many would agree with him. GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS opens in theaters everywhere on May 31, but you can read all about him and his foes — as well as our full interview with Michael Dougherty — in the inaugural edition of the Famous Monsters Ack-Ives, released on May 8!  Drew Brockington, creator of the CatStronauts series, makes his picture book debut with a send-up of Godzilla movies that also tackles a relatable toddler topic: the crankiness that comes from an empty stomach!
When a young lizard monster gets a hankering for his favorite hot dog spot, he takes the train all the way to the city--only to find that the place is closed for vacation. But when this little monster gets too hungry, he starts to get angry. And when he gets hangry, this poor city is at risk of a full-scale monster attack. As his rage swells, so does he, until he's the size of a skyscraper, and it falls to the citizens to find him some food--and fast! In a hilarious story about a hunger-induced tantrum, Drew Brockington uses speech bubbles and sight gags to bring a smile to the face of any little monster. By Drew Brockington Hardcover: 40 pages Publisher: Little, Brown Books Release date: June 4, 2019 Price: $17.99 (Digital: $9.99)  Introducing the Famous Monsters ACK-IVES!
Feb 11, 2019 | Featured, FM Magazine | The rumors are true, boys and ghouls and ghosts: in May 2019, Famous Monsters will debut a brand new series of print reference guides, each dedicated to a subject revered by horror and Sci-Fi fandom! These “Ack-Ives”, thus named after FM’s longtime Editor-in-Chief Forrest J Ackerman, will consist of carefully curated selections from the magazine’s 60-plus year history, from the classic “Filmbooks” to more current interviews. Each volume will boast brand new covers and at least one as yet unpublished feature, bringing monster fans up to date on a veritable smorgasbord of topics. The Ack-Ives are much more than simply reprints of old material. We will look at FM coverage through a historical lens, presenting “fun facts” and comparing dates of publication, as well as marking the debut of certain collectible items in Captain Company’s monstrous mail order back catalogue. This May, we present to you the Famous Monsters Ack-Ives: Godzilla. The choice of subject for our first volume was a no-brainer. Godzilla has dominated the pages of Famous Monsters since his first appearance in Issue 30 back in 1964 (“Giants from Japan”). Famous Monsters Ack-Ives: Godzilla includes over 100 pages of essential Godzilla coverage from FM’s archives, as well as an exclusive new interview with Michael Dougherty, the director of Legendary’s landmark MonsterVerse picture GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS. For the first cover, we asked our maestro Sanjulian to paint his own interpretation of the original cover to Issue 114, which was FM’s first all-Japanese monsters issue, and features Godzilla and Rodan destroying a city. Rodan has a rather prominent role in the upcoming KING OF THE MONSTERS movie, and Michael Dougherty had some pointed things to say about his loyalties and popularity in our new interview! Forthcoming editions of the Ack-Ives promise retrospectives on all manners of beasties, from black and white classics to color-drenched gore. We’ve got plans, dearies. Oh so many plans. Famous Monsters Ack-Ives: Godzilla Quick Stats: -120 SKREEOONNKing pages -Price: $16.99 -Sanjulian Cover Art -Exclusive New Interview with Michael Dougherty -Our first-ever GODZILLA filmbook from 1965 -Vintage writeups on all the original Godzilla film releases -New FM era articles by Bob Eggleton, Hajime Ishida, and August Ragone -Editor Commentary Sign up to be notified when FAMOUS MONSTER ACK-IVES: GODZILLA is available for pre-order here!  Dark Horse Invites You to Color the Rich Settings of “Jurassic Park” and “Jurassic World” MILWAUKIE, Ore., (July 24, 2018)—With the 25th Anniversary of Jurassic Park opening in theaters and the recent release of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Dark Horse is excited to join in the evolution of one of the world’s most beloved franchises with two new coloring books! From Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment, Jurassic World immerses audiences of all ages in a new era of wonder and thrills where dinosaurs and humankind must learn to coexist. Jurassic World is more than a film franchise. At every turn, the film series delivers a larger-than-life destination for exploration, discovery, and epic adventure, intrigue, danger, and delight in ways no other franchise can. Dinosaurs live again, and they live in Jurassic World. The Jurassic Park and Jurassic World adult coloring books each feature forty-five pages of brand new, beautifully detailed black and white artwork you won’t be able to wait to get your claws on! Travel back to Jurassic Park and color your way through with line art of your favorite dinosaurs, iconic park imagery, and astonishing action. Then experience all of the epic film moments from Jurassic World: the beautiful and fun-filled park featuring the Gyrosphere Valley and the Petting Zoo, to dinosaur ravaged Main Street, and color the epic showdown between T. rex and the terrifying hybrid, Indominus rex! Fans of the franchise and art lovers alike will not want to miss this incredible collection! Jurassic Park Adult Coloring Book TPB and Jurassic World Adult Coloring Book TPB go on sale October 31, 2018. Both are 10" x 10", 96 pages, and retail for $14.99.  |
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