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King Schlock!

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Live from APF comes a kooky kind of Kong…

Spider Kong!

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For some reason, the new Amazing Spiderman one-sheet is giving me a slicker, tinglier King Kong flashback…

The Künstler Adventures!

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A reader commented that it was American Civil War artist, Mort Künstler — not John (“King Kong“) Berkey — who created the key art for The Hindenburg. This, of course, led me to uncover the full arsenal of Künstler’s explosive, action-packed 1970s one-sheets.

John Berkey (1932-2008)

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Considering yesterday’s tragic killer whale attack at SeaWorld, it brought to mind the work of John Berkey, a fantastic sci-fi illustrator who specialized in Star Wars concept art and disaster movies. Unfortunately, Mr. Berkey passed away in 2008, but his terrific terrifying images will live on to terrorize us all…