Tag: Godzilla
Toku Tuesday Catch-Up
2021 has been a difficult year to say the least; having had a serious stroke in September of 2020 this entire year thus far...
Toku Tuesday: Godzilla Monsters and Protectors #1
When I was looking forward to kaiju in 2021 I had somehow completely left off IDW’s new ongoing comic book written by Erik Burnham,...
Upcoming Tokusatsu and Kaiju Media in 2021
We are entering an unprecedented era of tokusatsu media. Whether it be books, movies, or TV Series, the remainder of 2021 has some huge...
Monster Madness
Thrifting is one of my favourite pastimes. Specifically when it comes to looking for books. Spending hours in some dusty basement of a store...
A kaiju author’s travel memoir: HOW TO HAVE AN ADVENTURE IN NORTHERN JAPAN by...
Travel is one thing that no responsible person is participating in this year. However, just because you are trapped inside does not mean your...
NOTZILLA (2019): King of the Kaiju Spoofs
Kaiju parody has been done a lot. Whether it is minor snippets of other spoof movies such as the truly dreadful ‘Spermzilla’ from Chillerama...
Recommendations from the Non-Fiction Godzilla Library
Getting accurate information and history for giant monster films is difficult. There are a lot of voices out there and many of those voices...
Kaiju Con-Line
The virus is for now here to stay and with that all of the common summer hobbies we’ve all grown to love have been...
Kaiju Fandom Survives the Quarantine
The Quarantine and Stay at Home orders have affected the entire world. The Tokusatsu and Kaiju Genre is no different. This has led to...
Get Down with Godzilla: Big G’s Music Video Appearances
Godzilla has meant a lot of things to a lot of people. If his recent appearances in the realm of music videos are of...
Exploring Eugene Lourie’s The Giant Behemoth (1959)
The Giant Behemoth (1959) is the third giant monster flick by filmmaker Eugene Lourie. Lourie is much more well known for The Beast from...
Canada’s Kaiju: An Exploration of the Great White North’s History of Giant Monsters
Canada is the second largest country in the world, as such if giant creatures were to exist you'd expect for at least a few...
Replanting Godzilla Vs. Biollante (1989)
Originally the Big G was intended to sit out of this column for quite some time, as there have been a copious amount of...
A Beast Called Gorgo: Exploring the King Brothers’ Kaiju Comic
Gorgo is a 1961 monster film funded by King Brothers Productions after they had a huge success distributing the American version of the Japanese...
6 Things I Learned Writing In the Shadow of Extinction
You can learn a lot writing a book. Learn something about yourself, your understanding of genre, and maybe hopefully how to be a better...
An Apocalypse of Our Own Design; or, Designing the Apocalypse.
In years past, apocalyptic scenarios were most commonly seen in cult classics and midnight drive-in movies. These pieces of art could be incredibly influential,...
Finding Inspiration in International Art
We’re always looking for new, amazing art to inspire us. Your favorite author has a new book coming out, that experimental weirdo director you...
Shinichi Sekizawa and Flipping Formula On Its Head
I’ve got kaiju on the brain. At the time of this writing, the Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) SDCC trailer is a hot topic...