RIP Roger Kastel 1931-2023

Best-known for his iconic posters for the movies Jaws and The Empire Strikes Back...

...artist Roger Kastel considered his third most-famous work to be a poster that pre-dated both of them, Doc Savage: the Man of Bronze!

In fact, the landing page of his own website (Click HERE) states...

Roger Kastel's Work Includes:

JAWS: Legendary painting featured on the cover of the paperback edition of the Peter Benchley novel as well as the poster for the blockbuster Steven Spielberg film.

Star Wars - The Empire Strikes Back: Movie poster for the second episode in George Lucas' original Star Wars Trilogy.

Doc Savage: Movie poster and cover art for Issue #1 of the acclaimed 1975 Doc Savage comic book series.

Original painting

The art (usually cropped and silhouetted) was used both domestically and internationally on theatrical posters and various licensed products.
Trivia: In 1987, I participated in an auction of legendary sci-fi editor/historian Forrest J Ackerman's estate where I acquired, not the poster art, but the next best thing to it...

...the expanded art for the "Ron Ely" on-screen credit at the end of the film, which consists of a hi-res photo of the original painting along with acrylic art hand-painted on both sides and below to accommodate the wide-screen image!
The credit lettering was optically matted during post-production.

It sits proudly over the TV in the Atomic Kommie Comics Video Library...

...and everybody who has seen it is able to identify both the actor and film!

(No "what film is that from?" or "who is that?" from the people we hang out with!)

Gruesome Graphic Invitations for Halloween!

If you're going to do a party on October 31st (It's on Monday this year!) or the weekend before, you'll want to create the right mood by sending out an appropriate invitation to your ghoulish get-together!

That's where we at Atomic Kommie Comics™ can help you set the right macabre mood!

Using classic comic book covers and movie posters, we've given you a plethora of perverse pictures to choose from with a dozen different, demonic, invitations as 8-packs of postcards and/or 10-packs of note cards and greeting cards ranging from G-rated to PG-13 to suit every need! (The one above is PG).

So have a look and order NOW!

The later you place your order, the greater the chance that your treat could turn into a missed-deadline trick!

Classic WAR OF THE WORLDS Movie Posters!

Because Halloween makes me think of War of the Worlds, here's a link to a batch of 6 limited-edition posters from the first (and best) movie version of HG Wells' classic novel.

Photographed from the original posters (not from second-generation repros, tiny pix in books or low-rez internet files), the art has been lovingly-restored and digitally-remastered.

And, best of all, every one of the posters features those really-kool Martian war machines!

And there's even a couple of foreign versions...

Enjoy!

Not Just Zombies....but ASTRO-ZOMBIES for Halloween!

 

Ah, Halloween...
One of our favorite times of the year here at Atomic Kommie Comics™!
What better time to promote our ghoulish goodies, including black hoodies and t-shirts (the perfect thing to wear during Zoom calls), tote/trick-or-treat bags, and mugs at Seduction of the Innocent™?
SEE: the moody moonlit graveyard of the full-color Italian poster for the original Night of the Living Dead!
SEE: the kitchy graphics of the rarely-seen Astro Zombies poster (believe it or not, the film was PG)!
SEE: the koolest ghoul of all...Vincent Price, on the classic poster for the original House on Haunted Hill?
And let's not forget
The Green Slime!
Last Man on Earth!
The ORIGINAL Demon Barber of Fleet Street!
I Married a Monster from Outer Space!
The ORIGINAL Little Shop of Horrors!
Occhio de Uccide!
AND (You knew we had to have this one) Plan 9 from Outer Space!
Make a kool-ghoul gift for your horrible hubby, wicked wife, boyfiend, or ghoulfriend with one of our collectibles! 
Buy them! Trade them! Collect 'em all!

Celebrate the New Year with the Psychedelic Master of the Mystic Arts!

The Doctor Strange story we ran for the past two days...

...produced not one...

...but two...

...classic blacklite posters in the early 1970s!

Third Eye Studios produced, using Marvel artwork, a line of fluorescent-ink posters, greeting cards, and puzzles that glowed under ultra-violet ("black") light...

 

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...all of which are now hard-to-find and expensive!

Ironically, the most collectible of the posters are the montage shown above and this one with new art by John Romita Sr...

(Click to enlarge)
...which were not for sale, just display!
There were three Doctor Strange posters, the two Colan/Palmer ones and a Dan Adkins piece.
Note: while all the puzzles repeated art from the posters, some of the greeting cards used art not seen on the posters, so while there are repeats, there are also unique cards that make the set worth collecting!
 Please Support Atomic Kommie Comics This New Year's

Order This BlackLite-style Reproduction Poster!

Digitally-Restored and Remastered DIRECTLY From an Original Poster!

Give Your Loved One a Batman Christmas!

Want to give your Batman-obsessed loved one (and we all have at least one) a "Batty" Christmas?

Combine the blu ray (or dvd) set ...

...with a not-available-in-stores digitally-restored reproduction of a 1966 Carmine Infantino/Murphy Anderson promo piece...

...created in 1966 to hype the then-new tv show!

Ironically, the visual looks more like a huge flat-screen tv than the small cathode-ray tv tubes of the 1960s!

Available in a variety of formats to fit both decor and budget!

Halloween Treats for the Young (and Young-at-Heart)!

We at Atomic Kommie Comics™ have told you about our Horror Comics of the 1950s™ and Seduction of the Innocent™ sections, PLUS the Martians, Martians, Martians™ category of The Future WAS Fantastic™, all of which have kool retro horror-oriented goodies year-round for the older kids.But what about something Halloween-themed for the younger crowd, the tweens and pre-teens, the toddlers and babies?
Well, never let it be said we ignored a target demographic!
We have a kool Haunted Halloween  collection specifically-for those little ones who want a slightly-scary take on the spectral and spooky, as well as one for the 7-13 category who want a bit more meat on the bone (as it were).
We're offering Yard Signs and Banners, plus; invitation cards, and greeting cards!
Note to the older crowd, sorry, but the shirts 'n stuff are kid-sized only!
Have a look and order now, before your treat turns into a trick due to late delivery!

Design of the Week Redux 1969 WOODSTOCK CONCERT PROMO POSTER!

Each week, we post a limited-edition design, to be sold for exactly 7 days, then replaced with another...unless it sells really well!

Then we carry it over for another week!
Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the greatest rock and roll concert in history, WOODSTOCK, with a kool kollectible featuring the digitally-remastered ORIGINAL promo poster that was plastered all over record stores and head shops in 1969!

Sorry, no tie-dye shirts available!

Design of the Week 1969 WOODSTOCK CONCERT PROMO POSTER!

Each week, we post a limited-edition design, to be sold for exactly 7 days, then replaced with another!

This week:celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the greatest rock and roll concert in history, WOODSTOCK, with a kool kollectible featuring the digitally-remastered ORIGINAL promo poster that was plastered all over record stores and head shops in 1969!

Sorry, no tie-dye shirts available!

Haunted Halloween Goodies (G and PG-13)!

October is here, the leaves are turning orange and brown, and already our somewhat- warped thoughts naturally turn to...HALLOWEEN, the koolest holiday of all!
We at Atomic Kommie Comics™ have told you about our Horror Comics of the 1950s™ and Seduction of the Innocent™ sections, PLUS the Martians, Martians, Martians™ category of The Future WAS Fantastic™, all of which have kool retro horror-oriented goodies year-round for the older kids-at-heart.
But what about something for the younger crowd, the tweens and pre-teens, the toddlers and babies?
Well, never let it be said we ignored a target demographic!
We have a Haunted Halloween section specifically-for those little ones who want a slightly-scary take on the spectral and spooky, as well as for the 7-13 category who want a bit more meat on the bone (as it were).
We're also offering Yard Signs & Banners, plus; invitation and greeting cards, ghostly garb, and ghoulish goodies like monstrous mini-buttons (great as treats instead of tooth-rotting candy), reusable trick or treat bags, and other creepy collectibles.
Note to the older crowd, sorry, but the shirts 'n stuff are kid-sized only.
Have a look and order now, if you want your treats!
Wait too long and you'll be tricked!

How Do You Handle a Humongous Movie Cast on Posters?

Easy!

Do a Bunch Of Posters!

Apparently color-coded to the Infinity Stones everybody is trying to protect/steal/recover...

...the posters each give an Avenger a starring spot...

...with allies dynamically-filling out the designs.

Yes, I note neither the Hulk nor the Vision get "star' status...

...but neither does the Black Panther, though I'm not certain if he's "officially" an Avenger or not!

And where the hell are Ant-Man/Giant-Man and Hawkeye?

Will Clint Barton follow his Silver Age comics story arc and become Giant-Man/Goliath?

Or will he skip that incarnation and go directly to Ronin?

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Avengers: Infinity War

Special Edition Magazine

Space: the FInal Frontier (for Christmas Gifts)!

Since the 1890s, and the heyday of Jules Verne and H.G. Wells, science fiction-themed presents have found a place under the Christmas tree and in Xmas stockings for the young (and young at heart)!
Continuing that entertaining tradition, Atomic Kommie Comics™ is proud to offer our line of retro-design sci-fi/fantasy collectibles, The Future WAS Fantastic!™, for both kids AND adults!
We're talking 12-month calendars, mousepads, mugs, magnets, t-shirts, sweatshirts and other goodies featuring some of the niftiest illustrations from the comic books, pulp magazines, and movie posters of the 1930s-1960s, all digitally-restored and remastered!

Spaceships with wings and big fins!

Ray Guns that can zap an entire army in a flash!

Slimy Aliens!

Killer Robots!

Heroes in bubble-helmeted tight spacesuits!

Heroines in even tighter space suits!

Never did the future look so...stylish!
If you're looking for something in the vein of Star Wars or Star Trek (You did know that George Lucas wanted to remake Flash Gordon, but King Features didn't want to trust a young director whose biggest credit at that point was American Graffiti, didn't you?), here's the stuff that provided the visual inspiration for today's hi-tech flights of fantasy!
Enjoy, and may your rocket tubes never overheat...

Pre-Black Friday Sale: 2018 Pop Culture Calendars!

Because it's become the most popular sale we've ever run, we're bringing back the  
Atomic Kommie Comics™
2018 12-Month Calendars 
at a 25% discount!
Perfect for office, dorm, or bedroom!
The IDEAL gift for the hard-to-please pop culture fan in your life (or yourself)!
12 months of comic and pulp covers and/or movie posters!A FULL YEAR OF GRAPHIC FUN!

Sherlock Holmes: the Greatest Sleuth of All!™

Basil Rathbone IS Sherlock Holmes!™

WereWolves and Vampires™

Vampires of Pulps and Comics™

Werewolves of the Comics and Pulps™

Zombies of Comics and Pulps™

Plus MANY MORE!

Classic comic book and pulp magazine covers and movie posters, scanned from the originals and digitally-remastered and restored!
NOT available in stores, only on-line!
And, until November 23, 2017, they're FIVE BUCKS CHEAPER!
Normally $19.99, they're only $14.99!
Order now...before time runs out!

One-Stop Halloween Shopping at SEDUCTION OF THE INNOCENT!

Ah, Halloween...
One of our favorite times of the year here at Atomic Kommie Comics™!
And what better time to promote the ghoulish goodies of Seduction of the Innocent™ including Halloween-wear t-shirts, mugs and reusable trick-or-treat tote bags?
SEE: the moody moonlit graveyard of the full-color Italian poster for the original Night of the Living Dead!
SEE: the kitchy graphics of the rarely-seen Astro Zombies poster (believe it or not, the film was PG)!
SEE: the koolest ghoul of all...Vincent Price, on the classic poster for the original House on Haunted Hill?

And let's not forget

The Green Slime!

Last Man on Earth AND Omega Man!

The ORIGINAL Demon Barber of Fleet Street!

I Married a Monster from Outer Space!

The ORIGINAL Little Shop of Horrors!

Occhio de Uccide!

They Came from Beyond Space!

AND (You knew we had to have this one)  

Plan 9 from Outer Space!

Buy them! Trade them! Collect 'em all!

The Unbelievably-KOOL Odds & Ends Art Gallery

We're re-presenting a line of long out-of-print posters and comic book covers as affordable poster prints perfect for students' dorm or bed rooms, house stagers who need a way to personalize a home they're selling in a kitchy (but not tacky) way or pop-culture aficionados who don't want to spend hundreds or thousands of dollars for a display piece!
(Have you seen what some of the originals are selling for on eBay?)

They range from rare Silver Age comic covers...

...to black-light-style posters...

 to pop-art classics!

Check out the Odds & Ends gallery!
Great value!
Kool graphics!
HTF classic pop art!
What more could you want?

Welcome to the Golden Age Comic Cover Gallery

We're re-presenting a whole line of long out-of-print comic book covers as affordable poster prints perfect for students' dorm or bed rooms, house stagers who need a way to personalize a home they're selling in a kitchy (but not tacky) way or pop-culture aficionados who don't want to spend hundreds or thousands of dollars for a display piece!

Besides the complete run of Motion Pictures Funnies Weekly (including covers to the undistributed #2, #3 & #4) we're currently offering a slew of 3-D comics covers, all digitally-restored and remastered, many never previously-reprinted!

Check out the Golden Age gallery!
Great value!
Kool graphics!
HTF classic comic book art!
What more could you want?

Our KOOL Theatrical Posters Gallery

We're re-presenting a whole line of long out-of-print theatre, movie and tv posters as affordable prints perfect for students' dorm or bed rooms, house stagers who need a way to personalize a home they're selling in a kitchy (but not tacky) way or pop-culture aficionados who don't want to spend hundreds or thousands of dollars for a display piece!

Our Theatre Posters gallery has retro-kool 3-D movie posters, superhero (live action AND animated) film art, and HTF sci-fi-on-Broadway prints.
Talk about "something for everyone"!

Tomorrow: the Golden Age comic book cover gallery!

Man of Animated Celluloid Steel!

In 1941, Max and Dave Fleischer, the animators who had previously brought Popeye and Betty Boop to the silver screen, presented Superman's first movie appearance in full-color cartoon shorts.
Meticulously-following co-creator Joe Shuster's character designs, the cartoons also contributed several elements to the Superman mythos including; changing clothes in a phone booth, Superman actually flying (Up to this point, he had leaped from point to point) and the catch phrase "Faster than a speeding bullet! More powerful than a locomotive! Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound!"
Voices were provided by the dramatic radio Superman / Clark Kent (Bud Collier) and Lois Lane (Joan Alexander) who would also reprise the roles in the first tv Superman cartoons in 1966!
Trivia: Though nominated for several Oscars, the Superman shorts lost each time!

We're proud to present one of the koolest of the original 1940s advertising posters for the cartoon series, digitally-restored and remastered, both as a limited-edition print and as a collectible t-shirt!
The bold graphic, though deceptively-simple, leaps off the page at you with it's power!
It's also the only Fleischer Superman poster we've seen that commissioned new art, rather than use existing comic book or animation art!
And best of all, it's in Swedish!
Perfect as a gift for an animation aficionado or Superman fan (or someone who's both)!