Countdown to All Hallow's Eve Day 31: HE WHOSE LIMBS SHATTER MOUNTAINS AND WHOSE BACK SCRAPES THE SUN

If there is a King of the Kirby Monsters, FIN FANG FOOM is that king! He is like unto Godzilla that way, and so he is the final of the monsters I decided to show you. You know, I refer to them, as do many, as "Kirby Monsters", but here especially, we have to give Stan Lee his credit. The name FIN FANG FOOM by itself is impossible to forget even before we see the beautiful creature Kirby came up with to represent that name.
I kept attempting to draw this guy on the same sketchpad I'd been drawing all the others on, but Fin Fang Foom was having none of it--he was too big in my mind to even fit on regular paper. Finally, I squeezed him onto a sheet of cardboard and still had to extend his horns in PS to make them work right. (Click on him to get all the hideous detail in FOOM-O-VISION!)

STRANGE TALES #89--Chan Liu Chow had heard rumors of the Communist Chinese invading his homeland of Formosa and decided to make a last ditch effort to save his homeland from the plague of Communism. He knew of the legend of the dragon FIN FANG FOOM, so he headed to the site of the crypt in China where the dragon is said to still slumber to this very day.


There he discovered the legend was true and so he used a sacred herb to awaken the dragon from his sleep. He then lured it toward the troops and ships of the Red Chinese force. Fin Fang Foom destroyed the army and it's weapons and ended the threat of invasion. Chan then lured the creature back to his crypt using another special herb which caused the monstrous dragon to sleep again.


Take note TV viewers, TCM's treats for your Halloween Day:
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 31st (HALLOWEEN)
6:15AM--FREAKS
7:45AM--MARK OF THE VAMPIRE
9AM--THE DEVIL DOLL
10:30AM--THE TERROR
12:15PM--A BUCKET OF BLOOD
1:30PM--TOWER OF LONDON
3PM--THE TINGLER
4:30PM--THE MAD MAGICIAN
6:15PM--HOUSE OF WAX
8PM--HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL
9:30PM--THE HAUNTING
11:30PM--POLTERGEIST
1:30AM--THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
3:15AM--A QUIET PLACE IN THE COUNTRY

I leave you with this Halloween Wish:

Countdown to Hallow's Eve Day 30: BOMBU THE WITCH MAN

The tiki-faced, mullet-haired, scaly-skinned, creature you see above is BOMBU, the Witch Man. He is today's Kirby Monster. He is probably one of the more powerful of these monsters, even though he doesn't look like it--weighing in at a mere 5'6"-5'10" and about 160 lbs. He's just not that smart or careful of his own power...read on:

Take note, fair reader, the being who appears on the cover of JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #60 looks nothing like the creature known as BOMBU. Puzzling, no? And if he's not Bombu, then who the heck is he? Well then that is our contest: NAME THAT KIRBY MONSTER! The first responder will get an illustration of that monster (whatever you name him) by me as your prize!


The immortal being known as Bombu settled his spaceship in the Amazon to gather information for his invasion of the planet. Bombu soon insinuated himself into a group of natives, becoming their “witch doctor” after providing examples of his powerful “magic”.

Two men from the outside world crash their plane in the jungle and become captives of Bombu’s tribe. These men were brought before Bombu who reveals his plans for our world and demonstrates his powers to them. The witch man summons forth a powerful storm and is soon struck down by a lightning bolt from his very storm. The two men then learn that the hideous mask the invader “wore” was actually his REAL FACE!!!!


ATTENTION HORROR MOVIE LOVERS:
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30th on TCM (TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES)
6:15AM--THE DEVIL COMMANDS
7:30AM--THE GHOUL
9:15AM--THE WALKING DEAD
10:30AM--THE BOWERY BOYS MEET THE MONSTERS
11:45AM--THE OLD DARK HOUSE
1:30PM--13 GHOSTS
3PM--HOMICIDAL
4:30PM--DR. SARDONICUS
6:15PM--STRAIT-JACKET
8PM--THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME
10:15PM--WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE?
12:45AM--MAD LOVE
2AM--CAT PEOPLE
3:30AM--MARTIN SCORSESE PRESENTS, VAL LEWTON: MAN IN THE SHADOWS
5AM--THE LEOPARD MAN

And now for a last minute Halloween Greeting featuring a contemplative witch:

Countdown to Halloween Day 29.5-- DIABLO the DEMON from the FIFTH DIMENSION

Diablo is today's Kirby Monster and he was a bit of a pushover as monsters go. Nonetheless, he is intimidating and the fact that he's a black smoke monster made me think "LOST". He's so vague he's kind of fun to draw. Above, I kind of reinterpret the cover of TALES OF SUSPENSE #9 as you'll see below. Started as a simple pencil sketch, but finished up in Photoshop.

TALES OF SUSPENSE #9--Diablo left his home Dimension promising his people that when he returned, he would hve a new world for them to conquer. For hundreds of years, he journeyed through space until he came to Earth and landed in Mexico. There he stayed for a very long period of time gathering strength from the elements and observing the human race. Aztecs became aware of Diablo and believed him to be a demon.

Stories of this “smoke demon” reached an adventurer who went on a search for the creature. After finding it and hearing it’s talk of world conquest, the adventurer was able to scare Diablo away from the Earth by simply blowing away the smoke from the flame of his cigarette lighter.

As revealled in the MONSTER HUNTER FILES, the unnamed adventurer was retconned to be none other than ULYSSES BLOODSTONE!

IF YOU'RE NOT WATCHING TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES CHANNEL TODAY, YOU ARE MISSING OUT:
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29th
6AM--DR. X
7:30AM--MYSTERY OF THE WAX MUSEUM
9AM--THE VAMPIRE BAT
10:15AM--THE APE
11:30--ISLE OF THE DEAD
1PM--THE CORPSE VANISHES
2:15PM--DEVIL BAT
3:30PM--WHITE ZOMBIE
4:45PM--I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE
6PM--CURSE OF THE DEMON
8PM--CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN
9:30PM--REVENGE OF FRANKENSTEIN
11:15PM--FRANKENSTEIN CREATED WOMAN
1AM--FRANKENSTEIN MUST BE DESTROYED

And now, a visit from our friendly Halloween Man: