Monster Zero x SciFi Japan - Archive Only

Just received both books and oh my god they're gorgeous!

^ I KNOW! RIGHT?!

Seriously, these books belong on every monster fan's shelf, every comic fan's shelf and every bibliophile's shelf. gorgeous indeed.

Other companies put out more scholarly and authoritative comics collections, but Yoe just has a knack for making every aspect of a book fun.

Just finished Gorgo. A whole lot of fun, I mean, how couldn't it be? Ditko is awesome. Giant monsters are awesome. Simple math. I noticed that Ditko adopted a more simplistic style as time went on (I imagine the demands of Spidey and Strange were the reason), but at various times - especially in the earlier issues - I feel the art is a strong as anything he ever did, especially in the terrific issue #2.

Though the stories are pretty standard for their time I think the mother/son relationship between Gorgo and Mama Gorgo really worked well.

^^ That cover is from Konga #23, published 11/1965. Might it be an homage, with its very interesting similarities to the Godzilla representation shown on the 1956 US Gigantis #1 lobby card (and art poster), especially the nostril flames and triangular dorsal fins?

Both of these spectacular HC collections are 40% off at Midtown Comics today (Black Friday sale)

I need to pick up the Konga collection. I hope one day they release the full collections of both series...I was pretty disappointed to realize the Gorgo set is ONLY the issues Steve Ditko worked on. :/ Ditko's awesome, but I'd like to read the WHOLE series...

For what it's worth, the Konga volume is even larger than the Gorgo one. I was very impressed!