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RIP Forrest J Ackerman
I was saddened to hear of the passing of Forrest J Ackerman. My dad knew him, and according to my mom, my parents visited his memorabilia-laden home many years ago. My mom can't remember how my dad and FJA met--whether perhaps it had to do with some project they were working on (my dad was a screenwriter).
When I was a monster-movie-loving kid in the mid 1970s, my dad presented me with several issues of Famous Monsters of Filmland FJA had given him, including ISSUE #2. As I recall, these issues had great photos from the 1930s Universal films I loved and the silent horror films I hadn't yet seen--but they also included lots of photos from later movies I had no interest in. Thus I, being a child and having no idea of what these items might be worth, proceeded to cut the magazines up and save my favorite pictures. ACK! It seems to me I had at least one late 1960s issue that featured Dark Shadows, however this was about thirty years before I became a Dark Shadows fan.
After my dad gave me those issues, I faithfully bought Famous Monsters from my local newsstand every month and read it cover to cover.
When I was a monster-movie-loving kid in the mid 1970s, my dad presented me with several issues of Famous Monsters of Filmland FJA had given him, including ISSUE #2. As I recall, these issues had great photos from the 1930s Universal films I loved and the silent horror films I hadn't yet seen--but they also included lots of photos from later movies I had no interest in. Thus I, being a child and having no idea of what these items might be worth, proceeded to cut the magazines up and save my favorite pictures. ACK! It seems to me I had at least one late 1960s issue that featured Dark Shadows, however this was about thirty years before I became a Dark Shadows fan.
After my dad gave me those issues, I faithfully bought Famous Monsters from my local newsstand every month and read it cover to cover.
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I just looked up issue #2 on eBay. The Buy It Now price? $13,999.99.
Waaaaaah!!!
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//sniffle
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That is, in fact, adorable. And a lot better than the fate of my father's early comics collection, which was partially destroyed by a resentful younger brother.
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But if you hadn't cut it up, it probably would have gone in a household purge. Um, really.
Holy shit, that's some money!
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Oh no! That's awful. Whereas I cut up the magazines because I liked them so much!
I can still remember cutting out this image from The Man Who Laughs, a movie I'd never seen and still haven't, but the photo fascinated me...
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[hugs]
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::hugs::
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