It’s Basil Gogos birthday today, though our crack reporter skills have failed us — we have no idea which birthday the master illustrator will be celebrating. Basil Gogos is mum as a mum…

Warren Publishing Company Publisher: James Warren Editor: Forrest J Ackerman February 1958 - March 1983 The Return of Gogos! Absent since no. 24, Basil Gogos returned to do a special cover for the Boris Karloff tribute issue (no. 56) and stayed on as a regular contributor, turning out many classic covers. Ron Cobb would turn in his final cover. In Sep. 1969, Warren sent a memo to all employees announcing that FM's numbering would jump from no. 69 to no. 80, so that FM would reach it's 100th issue that much sooner. Between 1962 and 1971, Warren published a series of 10 FM "yearbooks". After the initial volume, each succeeding yearbook would feature next years date on the cover. No. 51Cover Art by Basil Gogos No. 52 No. 53Cover Art by Basil Gogos No. 54Cover Art by Ron Cobb No. 55Cover Art by Harry Schaare (Aurora box art) No. 56Cover Art by Basil Gogos No. 57Cover Art by Vic Livoti (movie poster) No. 58Cover Art by Basil Gogos No. 59Cover Art by Basil Gogos No. 60Cover Art by Basil Gogos No. 61Cover Art by Peter Green No. 62Cover Art by Basil Gogos No. 63 Cover Art by Basil Gogos No. 64Cover Art by Basil Gogos No. 65Cover Art by Basil Gogos No. 66Cover Art by Basil Gogos No. 67Cover Art by Vic Prezio No. 68Cover Art by Vic Prezio No. 69 Cover Art by Basil Gogos No. 80 No. 81Cover Art by Harold Shull No. 82 No. 83Cover Art by Basil Gogos No. 84 No. 85 No. 86(movie poster art) No. 87Cover Art by Ron Cobb No. 88 No. 89 No. 90 Cover Art by Ken Kelly (movie poster) No. 91 Cover Art by Ken Kelly No. 92 Cover Art by Barry Morgan No. 93 Cover Art by Luis Dominguez No. 94 Cover Art by Sanjulian No. 95 Cover Art by Luis Dominguez No. 96Cover Art by Vic Prezio & Ron Cobb No. 97 Cover Artist Unknown No. 98Cover Art by Randy Counts No. 99Cover Art by Basil Gogos No. 100Cover Art by Basil Gogos FM Yearbooks 1962 Yearbook 1964 YearbookCover Art by Basil Gogos 1965 YearbookCover Art by James Bama 1966 YearbookCover Art by Vic Prezio 1967 YearbookCover Art by Vic Prezio 1968 YearbookCover Art by Ron Cobb 1969 YearbookCover Art by Basil Gogos 1970 YearbookCover Art by Basil Gogos 1971 YearbookCover Art by Basil Gogos 1972 Yearbook

In it’s late ‘50 to early ‘70s heyday, Famous Monsters of Filmland became legendary. Though it thoroughly covered the horror film scene, it did its job with a surfeit of cheek that made it accessible to younger readers, making it a semi-serious film rag that appealed to the MAD magazine demographic. (Its publisher, Warren Publishing, was also home to MAD visionary Harvey Kurtzman’s Help!.) It spawned imitations, and soldiered on for over a decade past its useful life, to fold in 1983. The mag was revived in 1993, and after some legal contention, it continues today as a web site and a bimonthly print publication. Between MAD magazine and Playboy, there was Famous Monsters of Filmland. For kids growing up in the late 1950s and early 1960s, it was one of the landmarks of adolescence; something that was frowned upon or simply beyond the comprehension of their parents; something that was uniquely their own. It was Forrest J. Ackerman’s genius to recognize that kids would love exploring the worlds of horror and science fiction and it was Jim Warren’s genius to grasp that by making the magazine scholarly but humorous, it would diffuse the subject matter’s dark...

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Warren Publishing Company Publisher: James Warren Editor: Forrest J Ackerman February 1958 - March 1983 The End of FM! Nearly all photo covers the last few years of the Warren FM. The Gogos "Phantom" makes his 3rd appearance, along with three older, previously unpublished Gogos paintings. A Sanjulian "Mummy", an unknown "Frankenstein" and "ET" and finishing up with a new cover painting by Bill Selby on #191. Also shown are the 1974 and 1975 FM Convention programs and the 1982 Famous Monsters Game Book, made up of reprinted material from FM and a reused cover from Creepy #1. No. 151 No. 152 No. 153 No. 154 No. 155 No. 156 No. 157 No. 158 Cover Art by H. R. Giger (movie production art) No. 159 No. 160 (movie poster art by Robert McCall) No. 161 No. 162 No. 163 No. 164 No. 165 No. 166 No. 167 No. 168 No. 169 Cover Art by Basil Gogos No. 170 No. 171 Cover Art by Basil Gogos No. 172 No. 173 No. 174 No. 175 No. 176 Cover Art by Basil Gogos No. 177 No. 178 No. 179 Cover Art by Basil Gogos No. 180 Cover Artist Unknown No. 181 No. 182 No. 183 No. 184 No. 185 Cover Art by Sanjulian No. 186 No. 187 No. 188 Cover Art by Gogos/Sanjulian/Gogos No. 189 Cover Artist Unknown No. 190 (movie poster art by Roger Kastel) No. 191 Cover Art by Bill Selby FM Convention Programs 1974 Cover Artist Unknown (movie poster art by "Mac" Gomez) 1975 Cover Art by Ken Kelly Famous Monsters Game Book 1982 Cover Art by Jack Davis

This is a Famous Monsters #168 Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind Warren Magazine 1980 VF- 7.5. The mag is complete with the center page attached and the inside pages are nice and clean. There is creasing along spine. See scan for more details. I WILL COMBINE SHIPPING ON MULTIPLE LISTINGS. All of my listings are set up to combine shipping automatically when added to your cart. If you have any problems with your order let me know and I'll do what I can to make it right. Thanks for Stopping we will have a lot more coming up on ETSY Toys magazines some comics. Any problems with your order please let us know and we'll do what we can to make Currently we ship to US and Canada only. 1EtsyMM

Trying to find copies of Famous Monsters when domiciled 3,000+ miles away from the action was a tad frustrating, more so when the series jumped from #69 to #80 in one month. It was only years later I discovered that the jump was to help the magazine reach #100 sooner. I would suggest … Continue reading "The Horror, The Horror! Classic Covers to Famous Monsters of Filmland"