PRESS RELEASE: IDW Releases Hardcover Collection of Steve Ditko's GORGO Comics

PRESS RELEASE: IDW Releases Hardcover Collection of Steve Ditko's GORGO Comics

Did you know that at almost the exact same time as Steve Ditko was co-creating a certain webslinger, he was also helping chronicle that rarest of beasts - the British Kaiju. Only one was known to exist, appearing in the film GORGO in 1961, and shortly after that a comic of the same name. Ditko provided the art for that book, producing over 200 pages of giant monster mayhem. Now, 50 years later, IDW is giving a new generation of fans the chance to enjoy it.

By RoNiNKSpCtre - Nov 07, 2012 09:11 PM EST
Filed Under: Comics

OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE:

This January, the world is set to come under vicious attack. As ocean waters tremble and churn, undersea volcanoes violently erupt, and the giant lizard monster Gorgo rises once again to terrorize a woefully unprepared populace!

IDW Publishing and Yoe Books are thrilled to announce DITKO MONSTERS: GORGO! The first in a series, to be followed by DITKO MONSTERS: KONGA!, this volume collects the complete run of Ditko’s Gorgo: over 200 pages of explosive, destructive Gorgo action. This hardcover volume is absolutely packed with towering monster art by the inimitable comics legend STEVE DITKO!

Drawn at the same time Ditko was doing landmark work on Spider-Man and Doctor Strange, Gorgo was ripped from the reels of its cinematic origins and thrust into the pulpy comics spotlight. Seemingly unstoppable, Gorgo takes all comers as he stomps across the globe in adventures penned by fan-favorite writer Joe Gill with book design and an introduction by Eisner Award-winner, Craig Yoe.

“This is the third Ditko book I've had the great pleasure to produce, the first two were The Art of Ditkoand The Creativity of Ditko,” says Yoe. “As proud of I am of those, this one may be the most F-U-N fun yet, because it's all about a ginormous, scaly-skinned, dinosaur-like, anti-social, city-smashing MONSTER. Ditko obviously had a blast doing these mad-cool comics, smashingly putting the "GO" in Gorgo!”

A bona fide art legend, a vicious monster laying waste to highly populated urban areas, and an oversized, full-color hardback? Ladies and gentlemonsters, DITKO MONSTERS: GORGO! has it all!

DITKO MONSTERS: GORGO! (FC, 224 pages, $34.99) is in stores 1/30/13.

ASTONISHING X-MEN And PLANETARY Artist John Cassaday Has Passed Away Aged 52
Related:

ASTONISHING X-MEN And PLANETARY Artist John Cassaday Has Passed Away Aged 52

X-MEN: GRAND DESIGN & RED ROOM Writer/Artist Ed Piskor Passes Away From Apparent Suicide
Recommended For You:

X-MEN: GRAND DESIGN & RED ROOM Writer/Artist Ed Piskor Passes Away From Apparent Suicide

DISCLAIMER: ComicBookMovie.com is protected under the DMCA (Digital Millenium Copyright Act) and... [MORE]

ComicBookMovie.com, and/or the user who contributed this post, may earn commissions or revenue through clicks or purchases made through any third-party links contained within the content above.

XxComablackxX1937
XxComablackxX1937 - 11/7/2012, 9:54 PM
Gorgo kicks ass! I actually own the movie.
View Recorder