ARE YOU LOOKIN' AT ME?

"BOO!"

ROBERT DE NIRO as the FRANKENSTEIN MONSTER? Don't make me laugh! There's only one person who ever pulled off that gig, and that's KARLOFF THE UNCANNY! Boris - or as he was known to his pals - BILL PRATT (his given name being William Henry Pratt) - has never been bettered in his portrayal of the much-misunderstood and maligned monster, in my humble opinion. (Although GLENN STRANGE and LON CHANEY Jr. gave honourable impersonations. The less said about BELA LUGOSI's portrayal, the better.)

Art & logo by Kid Robson

Regarding the image to the right, I originally drew the face freehand (using a photo as reference) back in about 1981/82. In 1985 I was contributing to HUGH CAMPBELL's fanzine called FUSION, and I decided to knock up a cover for it. I hand-lettered the logo, added some Letratone, drew the shoulders, then cut out a photocopy of my drawing of the head and stuck it down. (I wasn't drawing all that again.) The above scan comes from a poor photocopy of the original finished cover. I can't remember if I ever sent it to Hugh (perhaps Fusion had folded before I got around to it), but it was never printed. You're seeing it here for the very first time. (Actually, I had used the head to produce a cover for RON BENNETT's catalogue, SKYRACK's FANTASY TRADER first, but I never got around to sending that either.)