Pete Von Sholly's History of Monsters is a glorious look at the
phenomenon of monsters as they figure in pop culture as well as from the
anthropological, psychological and societal angles. This unprecedented
illustrated pageant, presented as an accordion folded hardcover book,
shows the actual history of monsters from man's earliest fears of the
darkness beyond the fire to today's nightmares to see how these terrors
found expression in myth, legend, and entertainment. But whatever the
time or medium it's always in the unknown where the monsters lurk and
fester and wait. Step into Pete Von Sholly's History of Monsters and
experience the story as never before. "This astounding work traces the
evolution and proliferation of monsters through all human history and
many cultures, with over 1,100 different examples intertwined into a
colorful, informative and fascinating book on a scale that has never
before been attempted. Take a guided tour through the dark side of
legend, myth, superstition, fiction, animation, film, television and
even cryptozoology, and meet every monster that has haunted your
nightmares - and quite a few that haven't (yet) - in this fantastic
panorama wrought with the skills of a mature master of the genre." -
Richard Milner, former editor of Natural History magazine and author of
Charles R. Knight - The Artist Who Saw Through Time and Darwin's
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