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S.R. Bissette’s TYRANT® presents PALEO POP!™ Volume One—a lavishly illustrated illumination of the weirdest, wildest, & most wonderful portrayals of prehistoric monsters in 20th century international cinema, comics, & pop culture. This first-ever collection of articles excavated from the pages of the celebrated Kronos Productions fanzine MONSTER! is a guaranteed gourmet-feast for dinosaur film fans & scholars.<br/><br/>The debut volume offers the insights of Stoker-Award-winning author, Rondo Award Monster Kid, & Eisner Hall of Famer Stephen R. Bissette (author, artist, self-publisher of the 1990s serialized dinosaur graphic novel Tyrant®). For over 100 jam-packed pages, Bissette rocks the most loved (& unloved) living fossils, from Gertie to Gorgo, from Kong to Kaiju.<br/><br/>Meet the Japanese Giants who celebrated America’s Bicentennial back in 1976; track Eugene Lourié’s Trilogy of Titans, THE BEAST FROM 20,000 FATHOMS, THE GIANT BEHEMOTH, and GORGO (in an enlightening, entertaining essay that was nominated for a Rondo Award); the mongrel monster-menagerie of the worst dinosaur movies ever made; concluding with the definitive Big Dig into the Prehistory of Paleo Pop.<br/><br/>All this & more awaits you in Volume One of S.R. Bissette’s TYRANT® Media Guide, curated for the curious creature-lovin’ 21st century dinosaur-devotees craving new vistas via this new book series dedicated to the beloved beasts & behemoths brought to life time & time again in PALEO POP™. Designed by famed zinester & MONSTER! co-founder/co-editor Tim Paxton, featuring illustrations by Denis St. John, PALEO POP™ Volume One is just the beginning…<br/>____