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Learning to Love the Monster: Tadd Galusha’s Cretaceous

23 Wednesday Jun 2021

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book review, cretaceous, dinosaur, dinosaur comics, indie box, Indie Comics, Oni Press, tadd galusha, tyrannosaurus rex

The Cretaceous graphic novel is the most recent addition to my collection of pure dinosaur comics, and it is non-stop awesome. Like Ricardo Delgado’s Age of Reptiles series, it is a wordless dino adventure, though Tadd Galusha does drop in the occasional text-based sound effect or growl. Cretaceous delivers a wildlife documentary from hell, with nearly every page being full of brutally violent dinosaur fights and dinos eating other dinos. This tale of carnage and mayhem is not a cute book for toddlers!

If you’re like me, you wish that Godzilla movies and comics would just get rid of all the stupid human parts and show more monster battles. Galusha—who worked on some Godzilla comics for IDW—must feel the same way, because Cretaceous is all killer and no filler. Early on, I wondered if the book even had a plot, or if it was just an endless stream of savagery, with different dinos weaving in and out of each other’s lives on the way to their doom.

Although that’s a fairly accurate statement about Cretaceous, a plot does emerge. The protagonist is an adult male Tyrannosaurus Rex, a fearsome monster who, in the first scene, attacks a herd of Parasaurolophus and slaughters one of them. He carries the fresh corpse back to his home, where the meat feeds his juveniles first and then his wife. The mother Rex waits patiently while the children feed, and this detail of her characterization takes us on the first step down the path of learning to love these murderous beasts. Yes, they are killers, but within their family unit is affection, devotion, and tenderness.

But not even these rulers of prehistory can escape the eat-and-be-eaten web of life, especially when smaller predators have developed the skill to hunt in packs and accomplish what a lone individual cannot. Tragedy befalls the Rex family, and the remainder of the book resembles an old-fashioned revenge tale. A classic Western, almost.

The daddy Rex hunts his enemies and searches for his surviving child. The perpetual horror he encounters earns him our sympathy, and his mastery of unarmed combat earns him our respect. Step-by-step, as we follow him through the forest primeval and other resplendent landscapes brought to life by Galusha’s pen and colors, we learn to love this monster.

The environment is so much a part of the action that it’s practically a character itself. Galusha doesn’t just draw pretty backgrounds. The earth, the trees, the fog, the ocean—they are all more than mere settings. They are both friends and foes to the dinosaurs, often at the same time. Plus, their visual splendor is a counterpoint to the sheer terror that drives Cretaceous. And is that any different from our real lives? We are fragile creatures, even the toughest of us, inhabiting a beautiful universe where life often feels like a relentless string of one ugly event after another.

Yet life goes on, and though we know exactly how all our stories will end, we persist. By boiling down the dinosaurs’ lives into their most primal aspects, Cretaceous seems to comment on our human lives. Galusha presents an unflinchingly brutal vision of life and death, a narrative of ceaseless struggle illuminated occasionally by the moments of hope, triumph, and even love that keep us going—despite knowing all too well the cards are stacked against us. We come to love the monstrous Rex, because the monster is us, and everything around us. His quest is ours.

Cretaceous blew my mind and earned a spot among my all-time favorite dinosaur comics, a pantheon which includes Ricardo Delgado’s Age of Reptiles, Steve Bissette’s Tyrant, and Jim Lawson’s Paleo and Loner.

You can find Cretaceous on Amazon in paperback or Kindle/Comixology ebook formats.

black-and-white art from Illustration Age’s Tadd Galusha page.

T. Rex Generations: a book review

28 Friday Dec 2018

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book review, dinosaur, dinosaur books, dinosaur comics, graphic novel, rextooth studios, t rex generations, ted rechlin, tyrannosaurus, tyrannosaurus rex

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T. Rex Generations stars four young rexes we meet under the watchful eyes of their parents as they hatch from eggs. In their youth, the rexes learn to survive, scavenge, and hunt. They meet a beautifully illustrated assortment of cretaceous creatures they must battle or escape. Author and artist Ted Rechlin creates even more dramatic page and panel layouts than in his 2017 brontosaurus book, which makes for great fight scenes. And in a world of monsters just as fierce as they are, not every rex will survive.

This book will delight dinosaur enthusiasts and comic book fans, and though it has a lot of physical conflict, it isn’t graphic or gory. Adults and kids can enjoy this all-ages action-packed story together.

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My dislikes are mostly minor details: seeing the same double-splash page of empty landscape repeated where more story pages would be welcome; anachronistic phrases such as “so the siblings ease off the gas” that seem out of place millions of years before cars; and a couple spots of clunky exposition such as saying “as was previously noted…” when repeating something from a few pages prior.

My only major concern: why do the young rexes not get named until the final page? Characters we care about in a story usually get identified by name right away, and the parent rexes are identified just after the babies hatch. It isn’t clear why the younger rexes don’t get names until late in their adolescence, unless we see their climactic edmontosaurus kill as a rite of passage into adulthood. But even though a caption describes that as a “first kill”, it seems more likely that a predatory reptile who has been larger than a pickup truck for years has killed more than a few things. After a wild romp in the cretaceous, the last page left me with more confusion than conclusion.

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None of that stopped me from enjoying this adventurous addition to my library of dinosaur books and comics. T. Rex Generations is a fun read and a joy to look at. The full-page and two-page illustrations of the rexes and dakotaraptor, edmontosaurus, and ankylosaurus would make great prints or posters.

Get some dinosaur in your new year at Ted Rechlin’s store or on Amazon!

Big thanks to Smith Publicity for the review copy of T. Rex Generations, and to Comicon.com for the images in this post.

Matthew Kalmenoff painted dinosaur postcards

07 Sunday Jan 2018

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ankylosaurus, brachiosaurus, brontosaurus, dinosaur, dinosaur books, Matthew Kalmenoff, ornithomimus, painting, plateosaurus, postcards, tyrannosaurus rex

Ankylosaurus (Cretaceous period) - for web

Reader Ed Dietrich sent us these postcards as a follow-up to what we’ve shared of the late Kalmenoff’s artwork for The Golden Stamp Book of Animals of the Past and Sinclair Oil’s Exciting World of Dinosaurs booklet. Ed says these cards from publisher Dover bear a 1985 copyright date, which means they come from a book you used to be able to find on Amazon: Dinosaur Postcards in Full Color. The complete set contains 24 postcards. Here are five to whet your prehistoric appetite!

Brachiosaurus (Jurassic period) - for web
Brontosaurus (Jurassic period) - for web
Plateosaurus (Triassic period) - for web
Tyrannosaurus Rex and Ornithomimus (Cretaceous period) - for web

The Thunder Lizard Returns: Dinosaur Books by Ted Rechlin

30 Wednesday Aug 2017

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Allosaurus, brontosaurus, coloring book, dinosaur comics, dinosaurs, dinosaurs live, farcountry press, jurassic, rextooth studios, ted rechlin, tyrannosaurus rex

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I began reading dinosaur books in the late 1970s, and back then, we had a dinosaur called Brontosaurus: the iconic Thunder Lizard! But the beast I grew up with would be revealed, in my adulthood, to be a complete fraud. Brontosaurus was nothing more than a hoax perpetuated with the bones of the real animal: Apatosaurus.

Just like my generation needed to reconceive of dinosaurs as having feathers, lifting their tails instead of dragging them, and living as endothermic animals instead of exothermic reptiles, my generation accepted the disappearance of our beloved Brontosaurus.

But it seems we were wrong about being wrong. Recent examinations of the fossil record have shown both Brontosaurus and Apatosaurus were real animals: structurally similar, but differentiated by their skin. The Thunder Lizard has returned!

Author and artist Ted Rechlin couldn’t be happier about it. His graphic novel Jurassic puts Brontosaurus back in the spotlight. When a baby Brontosaur is separated from his mother, he gets swept up in a journey through the perilous landscape of a forgotten North America, encountering all sorts of species of dinosaurs Rechlin renders in gorgeously colored illustrations. Through the young Bronto’s eyes, readers take a tour that is both educational and exciting.

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Despite a few violent dinosaur fights, Jurassic keeps the gore to a minimum, focusing instead on the drama. Rechlin doesn’t try for the existential terror of Jim Lawson’s Paleo and Loner, nor the biological brutality of Ricardo Delgado’s Age of Reptiles. But like those comics, Jurassic tells a thrilling story about animals in the natural world.

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Just between you and me, the Brontosaurs may have been the main characters, but they were not the superstars of the story. That honor belongs to the incredibly awesome Allosaurus who rages through this book, a massive female fighting machine storming the countryside with a pack of smaller Allosaurs at her side. Rechlin renders her with savage, majestic beauty, and she totally steals the show.

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Rechlin doesn’t get heavy-handed with his natural philosophy, but the final scene with the big female Allosaurus puts the entire story in a different light. Throughout the book, you sympathize with the baby Bronto’s separation from his mother, and you hope he will be okay. The female Allosaur and other carnivorous creatures are threats to our main character. But at the end of the day, the murderous Allosaurus is shown to be an attentive mother whose primary concern is feeding and caring for her own babies.

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The interdependent struggle of all animals to survive, eat, and rear their young is a tale that echoes Jack London’s Call of the Wild and White Fang, and it’s a consistent theme in dinosaur comic books. Eat or be eaten. The triumph of Jurassic is how subtly Rechlin handles this theme and communicates it without getting excessively graphic.

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Brontosaurus, Allosaurus, and many more dinos also appear in Rechlin’s coloring book Dinosaurs Live! This innovative work combines drawings of dinosaur skeletons, educational and entertaining captions like a comic book, and full-page spreads of the dinosaurs in all their fleshy and feathery glory.

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Rechlin isn’t afraid to convey science in casual, conversational language that uses humor to memorable effect. You will learn from his coloring book, but you will laugh, too. Like Jay Hosler’s Clan Apis, which teaches about honeybees, Rechlin’s coloring book is strong on biology without being a stuffy textbook.

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No, I can’t bring myself to color these beautiful pages. I would feel like I was defacing a black-and-white dinosaur comic book such as Epic’s Dinosaurs: An Illustrated Guide by Charles Yates, or Tyrant by Steve Bissette. I might need a second copy so I can color the pages guilt-free!

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Also on my wish list is Rechlin’s other full-color dinosaur graphic novel, Tyrannosaurus Rex.

Below is a list of where you can buy these books on Amazon, and with links to purchase directly from FarCountry Press, the distributor who kindly sent us review copies and images. FarCountry has many animal, nature, and history books, and other exquisitely drawn coloring books featuring flora and fauna of national parks.

  • Buy Jurassic on Amazon or from FarCountry. 
  • Buy Dinosaurs Live! on Amazon.
  • Buy Tyrannosaurus Rex on Amazon or from FarCountry. 
  • Ted Rechlin’s store, RexTooth Studios, carries books and cool posters! 

Angelo Torres: The Swamp God!

15 Saturday Jun 2013

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Angelo Torres and Archie Goodwin take you into the swamp to meet your god. And if you know anything, you know it’s a god we can really get behind: Tyrannosaurus Rex! Dig that Frank Frazetta cover. Yes! Thanks to The Warrior’s Comic Book Den for turning us on to this piece of Angelo Torres history!

Collector’s Guide: From Eerie Magazine #5; Warren, 1966.




Prehistoric World: The Dinosaurs!

27 Monday May 2013

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As part of their Classics Illustrated series, Gilberton published Prehistoric World in 1962. It takes the reader from the beginning of life, through the age of dinosaurs, into the age of mammals, and ends with a detailed look at prehistoric man. Within its 100 pages, we also learn about many key people who shaped the study of prehistoric life.

Collector’s Guide: From Classics Illustrated Special #167: Prehistoric World; 1962. Not in stock? Try it on Newkadia.






Satanus Unchained!

06 Monday May 2013

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2000AD, Colin Macneil, dinosaur, dinosaur comics, Gordon Rennie, Satanus, Satanus Unchained, tyrannosaurus rex

Satanus the Black Tyrannosaur! Undisputed Lord of Sauron Valley! Satanus returns from the pages of Judge Dredd in a six-part story called Satanus Unchained. Dinosaur mayhem and carnage ensue when a pack of sport hunters decide to take down the living legend. This is one gorgeously painted story! Check out the first three pages in our gallery today.

Collector’s Guide: From Satanus Unchained; Serialized in 2000AD, progs 1241-1246. Published by Fleetway in 2001. Script by Gordon Rennie, art by Colin Macneil.


Jack Kirby’s Devil Dinosaur Splash Pages!

27 Sunday Jan 2013

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Devil Dinosaur, dinosaur, dinosaur comics, double splash, Jack Kirby, Moon Boy, splash page, splash panel, tyrannosaurus rex

In an age when giants walked the world, he was the mightiest of them all: Devil Dinosaur!

Jack Kirby‘s Devil Dinosaur and his pal Moon Boy inhabit “Dinosaur World.” Devil Dinosaur, as a result of a mutation, is bright red, smart as a human, and super-strong. It’s a fun ride, so hold tight to your Tyrannosaur and get ready to rock!

Collector’s Guide: Collect all 9 issues of Devil Dinosaur or the Devil Dinosaur Omnibus!

Wonder Woman Babysits a Dinosaur!

12 Monday Nov 2012

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Charles Moulton, dinosaur, golden age, tyrannosaurus rex, Wonder Woman

Wonder Woman takes a bet for charity. She babysits a bunch of fearsome animals, including the most fearsome of all: Tyrannosaurus Rex! We’ll share with you just the dino-centric pages from that story. Thanks to Boing Boing for hipping us to this golden age dinosaur comic by Wonder Woman’s creator, Charles Moulton!

Collector’s Guide: From Wonder Woman #90; DC Comics, May 1957.



Judge Dredd versus Satanus, the Black Tyrannosaur!

18 Tuesday Sep 2012

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Cursed Earth, dinosaur, dinosaur comics, Indie Comics, Judge Dredd, Satanus, tyrannosaurus rex

Let’s rock one of our favorite stories of all time: the saga of Satanus, the evil, ass-kicking tyrannosaur from Judge Dredd! Here we find out all about his prehistoric birth and death, and his rise to infamy after being cloned back to life. Yes, this was before Michael Crichton wrote Jurassic Park – more proof of Pat Mills’ genius!

Collector’s Guide: From Judge Dredd #7; Eagle/Quality 1984. Reprints the Satanus chapters of Cursed Earth; originally printed in 2000 AD #61-85. Collected in Cursed Earth TPB.

Thanks to Longbox Graveyard for sharing these scans!










Dinosaurs of Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson!

31 Tuesday Jul 2012

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The only thing better than reading about dinosaurs is being a dinosaur! No one knows that better than Calvin, of Calvin and Hobbes fame. Calvin always preferred Tyrannosaurus Rex.

Cartoonist Bill Watterson gave Calvin’s imagination ample time to roam the Late Cretaceous in search of carnage, conflict, and conquest. And the only thing better than a time machine is an active imagination.



Charles Yates’ Dinosaurs: Tyrannosaurus!

18 Wednesday Jul 2012

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Charles Yates’ Dinosaurs: An Illustrated Guide showcases tons of completely awesome dinosaur drawings. No dinosaur comics enthusiast should be without it! Dinosaurs has been out of print for more than twenty years and can be hard to find. We present this work with the permission of artist Charles Yates and writer Gary Reed. Gary, now a science teacher, notes that some of the science may be out of date due to new discoveries, but was the best information available at the time.

Collector’s Guide: From Dinosaurs: An Illustrated Guide #1 (Carnivores) and #2 (Herbivores). Sometimes available on Amazon: Issue One, Issue Two.



Trapped in the Twilight World with Jack Kirby!

12 Tuesday Jun 2012

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Amazing Adventures, Amazing Adventures 1961, dimetrodon, dinosaur, dinosaur comics, Jack Kirby, Smilodon, tyrannosaurus, tyrannosaurus rex

Jack Kirby kicks out the prehistoric jams in “We Were Trapped in the Twilight World!” Nothing beats using a torch to fight a dimetrodon — unless that dimetrodon is also trying to eat a cute, helpless baby. Truly demented!

Featuring a smilodon, a cro-magnon man, and a Tyrannosaurus Rex, the Twilight World has no sense of actual pre-history – but it sure is a lot of fun!

Collector’s Guide: From Amazing Adventures #3; Marvel, 1961. Reprinted in the Amazing Fantasy Omnibus #1; Marvel, 2007.

Marvel published multiple series entitled “Amazing Adventures.” Don’t get this one confused with the 1970 Amazing Adventures. That was the one Kirby kicked off with stories about the Inhumans.






V. T. Hamlin’s Dinosaurs: Dinny’s Family Album in Color!

11 Monday Jun 2012

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alley oop, cephalapsis, ceratosaurus, dimetrodon, dinichthys, dinosaur, dinosaur comics, eohippus, glyptodon, golden age, plateosaurus, plesiosaurus, prehistoric, Prehistoric Animals, prehistoric birds, prehistoric mammals, pterichthys, tyrannosaurus rex, v. t. hamlin, VT Hamlin

In our quest for what Steve Bissette called “Pure” Dinosaur Comics, we discovered V.T. Hamlin. Hamlin wrote and drew Alley Oop, a caveman with a pet dinosaur named Dinny. For years, Hamlin included a feature called Dinny’s Family Album. It was a single panel in the Alley Oop strip showcasing a prehistoric dinosaur, fish, bird, or mammal. Alley Oop may not have been pure dinosaur comics, but Dinny’s Family Album sure was!

Here are some of the color images we found on the web. You will find here cephalapsis, pterichthys, dimetrodon, dinichthys, eohippus, glyptodon, phororhacos, plateosaurus, plesiosaurus, and tyrannosaurus rex!

2000AD: Flesh 1!

21 Saturday Apr 2012

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2000AD, dinosaur, dinosaur comics, first issue, Flesh, Flesh the Dino Files, Pat Mills, time travel, tyrannosaurus rex

By the 23rd Century, most animals had been destroyed, and Man survived on synthetic foods alone. But he still craved for real meat… With the discovery of time travel, he was able to go in search of it, back 65 million years to — the Age of the Great Dinosaurs!

Mars Will Send No More celebrates the original epic Flesh from 2000 AD magazine, created by Pat Mills and starring Old One Eye, the mother of Satanus! Fire up your electric whip and get ready for major dinosaur mayhem!

Collector’s Guide: Collected in Flesh: The Dino Files TPB; Rebellion, 2011. Originally printed in 2000 AD #1-19; Fleetway, 1977.



Jack Kirby’s Devil Dinosaur 2!

12 Thursday Apr 2012

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Our Godzilla Week Crossover continues today in a guest post on Diversions of the Groovy Kind. Along with our scintillating review, you will see the complete Godzilla #22 where Devil Dinosaur teams ups with our favorite King of the Monsters! Yes!

Not enough Godzilla Grooviness for you? Visit Longbox Graveyard for a review of Marvel’s Godzilla series.

Now, let’s rock Devil Dinosaur #2!

Collector’s Guide: Collect all 9 issues of Devil Dinosaur or the Devil Dinosaur Omnibus!

Dinosaurs of This Curious World!

20 Tuesday Mar 2012

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Dig this educational dinosaur comic from the May 19, 1934 edition of This Curious World. Created by William G. Ferguson. Thanks to Dale in Hawaii for sending us this historical beauty!

Don’t believe the hype about whales being the only modern animal to approach dinosaur size. Why not? Because many dinosaurs were, in fact, quite small. The big ones just get more attention!

Featuring brontosaurus, tyrannosaurus, stegosaurus, diplodocus, and pterodactyl!

Dinosaurs of Turok: Dinosauria!

19 Thursday Jan 2012

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No collection of pure dinosaur comics is complete without the mother of all dinosaur comics, Young Earth! Young Earth appeared in the golden age comic, Turok Son of Stone. Published first under the Dell imprint and then by Gold Key, Turok sees the light of day again in an archival reprint series by Dark Horse. We will share with you the complete original educational series of dinosaurs, prehistoric mammals, and other animals of prehistoric earth. Enjoy!

Today we share with you all four Dinosauria features from Turok Son of Stone issues #1-69. We’re not sure why the editors began running this feature under its own name instead of just calling it Young Earth, but who cares? It’s awesome dinosaur time!

Today you’ll meet styracosaurus, iguanodon (who seems to be dancing?), ankylosaurus, and protoceratops — menaced by Tyrannosaurus Rex — with a special appearance by an uncredited Ornithomimus snacking on some dino eggs!



We invite you to:
Shop for original issues of Turok.
Choose an archival edition of Turok.
Browse our galleries of Dinosaurs or Dinosaur Comics.
See all our Young Earth or Turok exhibits.
Like Young Earth? You’ll love Age of Reptiles and Prehistoric Mammals.

Prehistoric Mammals of Young Earth: The Vanished Ones!

10 Tuesday Jan 2012

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dinosaur, prehistoric mammals, Triceratops, Turok, Turok Son of Stone, tyrannosaurus rex, Vanished Mammals, Vanished Ones, Young Earth

No collection of pure dinosaur comics is complete without the mother of all dinosaur comics, Young Earth! Young Earth appeared in the golden-age comic, Turok Son of Stone. Published first under the Dell imprint and then by Gold Key, Turok sees the light of day again in an archival reprint series by Dark Horse. We will share with you the complete original educational series of dinosaurs, prehistoric mammals, and other animals of prehistoric earth. Enjoy!

Young Earth ran two separate four-page stories; one called The Vanished Mammals and one more simply titled The Vanished Ones. The extinction so nice they drew it twice! You’ll find both stories in today’s gallery. Featuring a special guest appearance by the dinosaurs!




We invite you to:
Shop for original issues of Turok.
Choose an archival edition of Turok.
Browse our galleries of Dinosaurs or Dinosaur Comics.
See all our Young Earth or Turok exhibits.
Like Young Earth? You’ll love Age of Reptiles and Prehistoric Mammals.

Jack Kirby’s Devil Dinosaur – First Issue!

11 Sunday Dec 2011

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In an age when giants walked the world, he was the mightiest of them all: Devil Dinosaur!

Jack Kirby‘s Devil Dinosaur and his pal Moon Boy inhabit “Dinosaur World.” Devil Dinosaur, as a result of a mutation, is bright red, smart as a human, and super-strong. It’s a fun ride, so hold tight to your Tyrannosaur and get ready to rock!

Collect all 9 issues of Devil Dinosaur or the Devil Dinosaur Omnibus!







Dinny’s Family Album 1: 1934 Dinosaur Comics from V.T. Hamlin

05 Monday Dec 2011

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Here’s a special treat for you, dinosaur comics fans! Comics creator V.T. Hamlin included each Sunday in his Alley Oop newspaper strip a special panel called Dinny’s Family Album. Dinny’s Family Album offered a non-fiction look at the early 20th century’s best take on dinosaurs, prehistoric mammals, and other prehistoric animals.

Today we’ll feature the strips from 1934, from September 09 to December 30. You’ll discover ceratosaurus, stegosaurus, brontosaurus, iguanodon, tylosaurus, triceratops, mammoth, tyrannosaurus rex, pteranodon, dinichthys, dimetrodon, platybelodon, glyptodon, plesiosaurus, phororhacos, plateosaurus, and eohippus!

Many thanks to Dale from HI for sharing his scan archives with us! Dinosaurs rule!







What Have You Done to Yourself?!

08 Tuesday Nov 2011

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Did you ever have one of those days where someone stole your mutated blood to transform themselves into a hideous prehistoric carnivore? Happens to us all the time! Dig this dueling dinosaur scene between Changeling and a jerk who wishes he was Changeling.

Collector’s Guide: From Teen Titans #14-15. DC Comics. Reprinted in Teen Titans TPB, 2005.

You might also enjoy seeing more of the Teen Titans or Tyrannosaurus Rex in our galleries.



Jim Lawson’s Paleo: Loner!

30 Sunday Oct 2011

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If you read our Top Ten Favorite Single Comics Issues, then you know we’re huge fans of Jim Lawson’s pure dinosaur comic series “Paleo: Tales of the Late Cretaceous.” This summer, Jim crafted a masterful new story called Loner for the Paleo series, and published it online — one page per day. Now, put down those copies of the DC re-launch and get hip to the REAL comic book event of the year: Loner!

Loner chronicles the life and times of a Tyrannosaurus Rex in the most savage, brutal, eloquent, poetic, and thoroughly riveting way. Jim tells his story with perfect pacing, every page and panel composed to convey exactly the right mood. Loner is also horrifying in a way that reminds us of Stephen King’s The Stand or Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian. Jim Lawson may have just produced the greatest pure dinosaur comic of all time — unless he’s got another one in the works!

But we like to let comic books speak for themselves. So, with Jim’s permission, dig this five-page opening sequence. Then surf on over to the offical Loner site. To read the pages in order, start with Page One and work your way through the whole story using the Archive section in Jim’s sidebar.



Age of Reptiles: Full-On Dino Carnage!

22 Saturday Oct 2011

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Age of Reptiles, Age of Reptiles Omnibus, Age of Reptiles The Journey, dinosaur, dinosaur comics, mosasaur, Ricardo Delgado, tyrannosaurus rex

Words can’t describe how much we love this series. Fitting, because there are no words in these books! Just dinosaurs, dinosaurs, dinosaurs. YES! Here is a scene of carnage from the most recent epic, Age of Reptiles: The Journey. Ricardo Delgado returns to pure dino comics after ten years to deliver a showdown between a mother Tyrannosaur and a Mosasaur!

Collector’s Guide:
– From Age of Reptiles: The Journey.
– You’ll also love Age of Reptiles and Age of Reptiles: The Hunt.

This scene appears in the awe-inspiring Age of Reptiles Omnibus! Collects Age of Reptiles (1993) #1-4, Age of Reptiles: The Hunt (1996) #1-5 and Age of Reptiles: Journey (2009 Dark Horse) #1-4.




Brain Boy Meets the Telepathic Tyrannosaurus!

14 Friday Oct 2011

Posted by Mars Will Send No More in dinosaur, golden age, science fiction

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Brain Boy, brains, Dell Comics, dinosaur, evil telepathic dinosaur, Frozen Monster, Gold Key Comics, golden age, telepathy, tyrannosaurus rex

Dell Comics published five issues of Brain Boy from 1962-1963. Brain Boy has a super brain that gives him control over other people and the power of flight, among other things. You’d think he would set about ruling the world, getting mega-rich, and having a harem of scantily clad hotties rubbing him down with chocolate sauce. But no, he becomes a kind of secret agent. Whatever!

Issue #6 was our favorite Brain Boy story for obvious reasons: He meets a giant dinosaur who reveals that Tyrannosaurs ruled the planet using super-intelligent telepathic control over other animals. Now, they’ve come back to life to reclaim the planet! Of course, atomic power is involved, just like with Godzilla or Reptilicus.

Collector’s Guide: From Brain Boy #6; Dell, 1963.




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