Aurelia S Svehla

This graphic novel, based on Spawn of Skull Island: The Making of King Kong, details the real-life exploits of daredevil filmmakers Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack. The graphic novel begins with their heroic WWI adventures, their quest to film sights never been seen by civilization and continues with the filming of the remarkable documentary Grass and their first feature film The Four Feathers.

Each Christmas we shamelessly wallow in sweet sentiment brought to us courtesy of Hollywood, a glittering Tinsel Town filled with holiday spirit. It wouldn't seem like Christmas if we didn't spend some quality time with Jimmy Stewart and the folks of Bedford Falls or the March sisters--Jo, Beth, Meg and Amy. Scrooge is always a welcome guest in our home during the festive season, as well as newcomers such as the seemingly cursed but eternally optimistic Clark Griswold in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation and Ralphie and his quest for a BB gun in the seminal A Christmas Story, a film that has justifiably attained classic Christmas status. Our love of Christmas movies goes back to our childhood as many of the chapters in this volume relate. Christmas is our favorite time of year, a time people seem a little friendlier, children more closely resemble angels and family ties are a little more important. We decided it was time we share our love of the season and our favorite Christmas movies with other holiday cinema fans

Fantastic Journeys is comprised of FANEX film convention guest talks and question and answer sessions, which were held over the past 16 years. We have also included lists of Top 5 Sci-Fi Faves contributed by our loyal readers and writers, along with our own series of sci-fi lists. Ray Harryhausen, John Agar, Samuel Z. Arkoff, Richard Gordon, Acquanetta, Russell Johnson, Robet Wise and Kevin McCarthy are some of the sci-fi masters whose genre movie memories are included in this tribute to sci-fi films, past and present. We also include our Favorite Science Films by Decade, plus much more. Reading this loving sci-fi movie tribute will inspire you to reach for those dusty DVDs and rewatch your favorite out-of-this-world movie favorites.