NECA / Loot Crate Universal Monsters Creature from the Black Lagoon Mask Ads

 Here is another piggyback post of the NECA Universal City Studio's mask series, this time with some ads for the Creature from the Black Lagoon mask. There were a good number of different ads that were released for this lineup. But the Creech has always been my personal favorite Universal monster, so I'm taking the liberty to focus on these...

Gillian and the Gilman

Photo of Gillian Anderson and an Illusive Concepts Creature from the Black Lagoon mask used for a cover of Rolling Stone Magazine...

Image Source: Crimson Mask Studios Instagram

Happy Birthday Gillman!

The Creature from the Black Lagoon was originally released March 5th 1954...

Don Post Studios - Creature Mask (Monster Calendar Photo)

Milicent Patrick Photos

A few more photos of the lovely and talented designer Milicent Patrick along with the Creature from the Black Lagoon mask that weren't included in the original post back in 2011...

Creature Week Bonus Day!

A big thanks goes out to Night Owl's Green Ghoul for sending over an email last week full of Gill-man goodness. So we'll officially wrap up Creature Week with an extra bonus day of beautiful promo shots from LIFE magazine.

Images from the LIFE photo archives courtesy of the Green Ghoul

Creature Week - Fango #1

Creature Week continues on with a short article from Fango #1...

Creature Week - Ben Chapman Interview

Creature Week continues here with an article from Scary Monsters #70. The features an in-depth interview with Ben Chapman and is full of excellent production photos. For those that have never picked up a copy of Scary Monsters, this article is a perfect example of why this magazine kicks so much ass!

Creature Week - Skin Diver Magazine August 1954

Creature Week continues here with an article from the August 1954 issue of Skin Diver Magazine, which claims to have "The whole story on how an underwater science fiction thriller was produced"...

Creature Week - Monster Madness #3

Creature Week continues here with an article from Marvel's Monster Madness #3, which featured the Gill-Man as the "Monster of the Month"...

Creature Week - Mechanix Illustrated May 1954 Article

Creature Week continues here with an article from the May 1954 issue of Mechanix Illustrated. While this article has appeared in several other blogs over the past few years in various quality, this is the by far the cleanest scans I've come across. Enjoy!

 Image source: http://blog.modernmechanix.com/

Creature Week - Famous Monsters #5

Creature Week continues on with a fun multi-page article from  Famous Monsters #5...