It's been a while since I've promoted a mag in "bizarrechats", mostly because lots you have bypassed such posts. (The stats don't lie.) At the same time, I can't help but acknowledge a historic landmark for one of my favorites, Filmfax.
Filmfax has hit a historic #150!!! Whoopee!!! This is important since so many similar mags have come and gone over the years: most casualties of the Internet, high prices (for the sake of their skimpy content) and a general lack of support from the damn, high-and-mighty Generation Y. It's amazing that Filmfax has endured despite it all, but then while other publishers have ultimately shunned us old guys in their ill-fated attempts to make a buck, Filmfax has continued to embrace its core audience no matter what the pop-cultural circumstance. Wise move!!!
Issue #150 is another great one (of course), featuring articles on Clint "Cheyenne" Walker; Gerry "Thunderbirds" Anderson; Peter "The Manster" Dyneley; Phyllis "Lois Lane" Coates; Lila "She Shoulda Said No" Leeds; Kelli "Night of the Comet" Maroni; the great Lon Chaney Sr. (in "London After Midnight"); plus that ageless, yellow-garbed detective, Dick Tracy. There's also valuable tidbits and scoops on the "San Francisco's Summer of Love"; '50s sci-fi cosplay and the third-part history of the cinematic "Death Ray". Super cool!!!
Filmfax #150 should be hitting the newsstands and book shops soon, so keep your eyes peeled for this extra-special, anniversary issue. BTW: Contrary to what the cover image exclaims, what you see is (give or take some caption details) the final version, and boy, does it ever strike a perfect, nostalgic chord!!!
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