Rick "Spine" Mountfort's illustrations hold the magical means to deliver one to a simpler period when monsters weren't the real-life fiends who now dominate the scene, but rather make-believe examples of oddities, misfits and rebels.
Mountfort's 25 Years of Spine-tingling Artwork celebrated such specimens (see November 2022 post), and now, he gives his fans another nostalgic angle, cut from the Ed "Big Daddy" Roth cloth: Motor Monsters and Hot Rod Hellions ... and color it if you want book.
That's right. It's an honest-to-gosh coloring book or if one so chooses, a 117-page, black-and-white gallery to enchant the eyes, with the fun-filled sort of wild weirdness that brightened so many of our childhoods.
Some of the featured characters are inspired by legendary favorites, such as the Frankenstein Monster, the Bride of Frankenstein, the Wolfman, the Mummy, Dracula and (by jingo) Al Lewis' Grandpa, but others are original, bulbous-headed specimens who slobber, sneer and steer, with fearsome fangs, clutching claws and big, buggy eyes.
Of special note: Mountfort's Barfo the Clown is among the manic menagerie, and there's even a comic strip dedicated to him inside, spotlighting his revved-up looniness.
Do yourself a favor and order this one. It'll not only race you back in time, but (in keeping with its artistic mastermind) tingle your spine!
https://www.amazon.com/Motor-Monsters-Hot-Rod-Hellions/dp/B0H1WCL4SG
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