Wonder Magazine 17 – Monster Kid Special: the children’s magazine for grown-ups

It’s AUTUMN at Wonder magazine and that means maximum activation of the spooky gene! This issue includes our extensive interview with Daniel Roebuck – You may know him from The Fugitive, Rivers Edge, Matlock, and Lost, but did you know he is a diehard classic monster film and Halloween fan? We did! Listen as Dan shares memories of Pulley’s Five and Dime, Don Post monster masks, trick or treating in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, visits with Forry Ackerman of Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine, meeting master makeup artist Dick Smith, and fun with Bob Burns, who, with the help of Hollywood professionals like Rick Baker, put on the most amazing neighborhood Halloween walk-throughs imaginable! Also, check out John W. Morehead’s review of the restored Invaders from Mars, Micah S. Harris’ look at a newly published foray into the Big Bug movies of the Fifties, Lint Hatcher’s perusal of the massive Phantom Stranger Omnibus and uber-authentic Absolute Swamp Thing from DC comics, and Rod Bennett’s gigantic survey (only part one) of “Fireside Science Fiction” films in which Victorian professors take leave of their London laboratory for adventures in hitherto unknown worlds! Also, Mickey Gunter explores the origins of Ray Bradbury’s Something Wicked This Way Comes (the book and the Disney film) only to discover it all depended upon the amazing friendship between Bradbury and Gene Kelly. Plus, Halloween memories from our readers. Over 90 pages and all in full color! Give it a go, why don’t you?