Cultural Paleontology, comics (and movies)
Gorgo 1, May 1961
Charlton Comics’ adaptation of the British dinosaur film ran for an unlikely 23+ issues, some of them drawn by the amazing Steve Ditko. Charlton’s sister company was Monarch Books which published this sexy novelization.
THE MONSTER FROM THE SEA!
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Supernatural Collective Nouns! (Click through to make bigger.)
An epicness of win.
[partial transcript]
THE STOAKES-WHIBLEY NATURAL INDEX OF SUPERNATURAL COLLECTIVE NOUNS:
Spectral Class
Heavenly Class
Monster Class
Wildlife Class
Demon Class
Human Class
Elven Class
Mechanical Class
Psychotic Class
Undead Class
Foreign Class
Irregular](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksbyf1eRqm1qzxtb2o1_500.gif)
Supernatural Collective Nouns! (Click through to make bigger.)
An epicness of win.
[partial transcript]
THE STOAKES-WHIBLEY NATURAL INDEX OF SUPERNATURAL COLLECTIVE NOUNS:
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Clip + Save of the Day: Common Methodologies of Monster Vanquishing.
Quite possibly the most useful chart ever.
Embiggen.
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Clip + Save of the Day: Common Methodologies of Monster Vanquishing.
Quite possibly the most useful chart ever.
[via.]
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Anatomy of Japanese folk monsters ::: Pink Tentacle
Doro-ta-bō [+]
The Doro-ta-bō (”muddy rice field man”), a monster found in muddy rice fields, is said to be the restless spirit of a hard-working farmer whose lazy son sold his land after he died. The monster is often heard yelling, “Give me back my rice field!” Anatomical features include a gelatinous lower body that merges into the earth, a ‘mud sac’ that draws nourishment from the soil, lungs that allow the creature to breathe when buried, and an organ that converts the Doro-ta-bō’s resentment into energy that heats up his muddy spit. One eyeball remains hidden under the skin until the monster encounters the owner of the rice field, at which time the eye emerges and emits a strange, disorienting light.](http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krq2h4hwQh1qz5q5oo1_500.jpg)
Anatomy of Japanese folk monsters ::: Pink Tentacle
Doro-ta-bō [+]
The Doro-ta-bō (”muddy rice field man”), a monster found in muddy rice fields, is said to be the restless spirit of a hard-working farmer whose lazy son sold his land after he died. The monster is often heard yelling, “Give me back my rice field!” Anatomical features include a gelatinous lower body that merges into the earth, a ‘mud sac’ that draws nourishment from the soil, lungs that allow the creature to breathe when buried, and an organ that converts the Doro-ta-bō’s resentment into energy that heats up his muddy spit. One eyeball remains hidden under the skin until the monster encounters the owner of the rice field, at which time the eye emerges and emits a strange, disorienting light.
