by LARRY TODD
THE MONSTER TIMES is for multi-media maniacs… for fans of monsters and science fiction, for fanatical enthusiasts of comic art, for old time radio buffs, movie serial freaks, and others like that. We cater to many tastes, and are a grab-bag of weird stuff.
In short order, we shall be establishing a MONSTER TIMES FAN CLUB, with sporadic special news releases, buttons, posters, T-shirts, and all sorts of other interesting paraphernalia. Not just the usual fan club, either. We’re pretty disappointed by most so-called monster products and gizmos currently being marketed, and so are pioneering whole new lines of our own nerve-numbing nick-knacks.
On page 29 we have a CONVENTION CALENDAR, listing a few upcoming fan conventions for next few months. You’ll find pertinent info about the STARTREK CON (Jan 21-23)-and we’d like to urge you here to attend, if you in any way like STAR TREK (it’s being re-run on local TV stations until 1975).
The theme of our entire next issue will be STAR TREK, incidentally, and will be released January 19th. We’re skipping our continuing articles begun this issue to our third ish, to make room enough for: an interview with William Shatner (Captain Kirk), a portrait of Leonard Nimoy (Mr. Spock) stills of the show’s monsters, special effects, production secrets, little-known info and other spell-binding curiosities, not to mention dozens of their stunning scenes in great photos, a specially-commissioned Gray Morrow poster in color,-and a treat-a special spoof photo-comic made from stills of the show. And an article on writing the STAR TREK comics by the guy who writes em; Len Wein. And much, much more.
By the way, there are such things as fan-zines (fan-made-magazines) and we’ll be doing more reporting and reviewing of them, showing their nifty far-out comic art and illustration. They’ve got interesting articles as well as great un-seen comix, and are well worth your more-than casual attention.