This January, the world is set to come under vicious
attack. As ocean waters tremble and churn, undersea volcanoes violently erupt,
and the giant lizard monster Gorgo rises once again to terrorize a woefully
unprepared populace!
IDW Publishing and Yoe Books are thrilled to announce
DITKO MONSTERS: GORGO! The first in a series, to be followed by DITKO MONSTERS:
KONGA!, this volume collects the complete run of Ditko’s Gorgo: over 200 pages
of explosive, destructive Gorgo action. This hardcover volume is absolutely
packed with towering monster art by the inimitable comics legend STEVE DITKO!
Drawn at the same time Ditko was doing landmark work on
Spider-Man and Doctor Strange, Gorgo was ripped from the reels of its cinematic
origins and thrust into the pulpy comics spotlight. Seemingly unstoppable,
Gorgo takes all comers as he stomps across the globe in adventures penned by
fan-favorite writer Joe Gill with book design and an introduction by Eisner
Award-winner, Craig Yoe.
“This is the third Ditko book I've had the great pleasure
to produce, the first two were The Art of Ditko and The Creativity of Ditko,”
says Yoe. “As proud of I am of those, this one may be the most F-U-N fun yet,
because it's all about a ginormous, scaly-skinned, dinosaur-like, anti-social,
city-smashing MONSTER. Ditko obviously had a blast doing these mad-cool comics,
smashingly putting the "GO" in Gorgo!”
A bona fide art legend, a vicious monster laying waste to
highly populated urban areas, and an oversized, full-color hardback? Ladies and
gentlemonsters, DITKO MONSTERS: GORGO! has it all!
DITKO MONSTERS: GORGO! (FC, 224 pages, $34.99) is in
stores 1/30/13.