I posted news of this blog’s demise (not ‘greatly exaggerated’) last night, but I wish to post a coda. It was important to me that I document the entire journey of making this book, and this blog was a wonderful outlet for that endeavor. It was a catharsis for me, and a whole helluva lot of [...]

Maynard, Craig. Leatherboy / Seattle, WA : Eros Comix, 1994.
Art Architecture & Engineering - Basement | PN 6727 .M39653 L43 1994

Umezu, Kazuo. The drifting classroom / San Francisco : Viz Media, 2006-
Art Architecture & Engineering - Basement | PN 6790 .J33 U47 H9613 2006

Nishimori, Hiroyuki. Cheeky angel / San Francisco, CA : VIZ, c2004-
Art Architecture & Engineering - Basement | PN 6790 .J33 N57 T4613 2004

Hewetson, Alan. The complete illustrated history of the Skywald Horror-Mood / Manchester : Headpress, 2004.
Art Architecture & Engineering - Basement | PN 6725 .H49 2004

I’m shuttering the blog for good. There are two years’ worth of blog archives covering the making of the book, as well as plenty of other geek stuff. It’s been a lot of fun documenting this journey, and I thank you for reading. Benjamin

It’s been almost a month since the last contest (which was reportedly far too easy), so here’s the next What in the Mego World? contest. Hopefully, this one is a little more difficult. Good luck! Correctly identify each of the following four Mego-related items: Contest starts at noon EST (9am Pacific) today, June 17, 2008. Eligible answers [...]

Today, we gather the collective knowledge of Mego Museum members, who contributed their memories in an effort to catalog every retailer that sold Mego toys back in the day! Sadly, most of these stores are long-gone, but that’s partially what makes visiting the past so much fun… it’s the only way we can go back [...]