Monster Maker Series #8 : Bill Malone

The Monster Makers series is a monthly look at the men that made the monsters. Many FX and make-up men started as garage mask and monsters makers. Some graduated to making rubber monster masks or monster suits for Hollywood films. Still others went on to produce revolutionary effects...

This month's edition of the Monster Makers series features an article written about a young Bill Malone for issue #4 of Fantastic Monsters of the Films. In the article Bill describes the general process used to create a half head monster mask. It's a glimpse of the the very early work of an artist who would go on to become the lead sculptor at Don Post Studios...