Quite by chance, the result of a chat with author and ComicSceneUK writer Martin Dallard, I came across The Fantastic Fifties magazine published by Hemlock Books, which has been going for a while now.
A magazine for lovers of retro cinema, The Fantastic Fifties is exclusively devoted to what the publishers describe as one of the richest and most exciting periods in the history of the movies.
Issue 7 – available now – included features such as “Teen Screams”. “Rebels Without a Cause” and “Beware the Blobs” while Issue 8, on sale soon, is very much a Hammer Horror special, with features on Dracula and Hammer Films Glamour Girls.
Neither Hemlock Books nor the magazine have much of a social media presence, with accounts rarely updated and some Facebook pages branded with the magazine’s logos but run by entirely separate entities who apparently no longer have any involvement with the title. Your best point of information is the Hemlock Books site itself.
• The Fantastic Fifties is available in the UK from Hemlock Books direct – and on sale via Amazon (Affiliate Link) | Available in the United States from MyMovieMonsters.com
With thanks to Martin Dallard
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John is the founder of downthetubes, launched in 1998. He is a comics and magazine editor, writer, and Press Officer for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He also runs Crucible Comic Press.
Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine and Overkill for Marvel UK, Babylon 5 Magazine, Star Trek Magazine, and its successor, Star Trek Explorer, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics; and has edited several comic collections and graphic novels, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”, and Hancock: The Lad Himself, by Stephen Walsh and Keith Page.
He’s the writer of comics such as Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs”, with Dave Hailwood.
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