Devil Bird

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Apparently, one of the movies that Toho (the studio that produces the Godzilla movies) considered making was Godzilla vs. the Devil. Inspired by the popularity of The Exorcist and The Omen, it was to feature Godzilla fighting a bunch of giant hellspawned creatures before he took on Satan himself. Considering how goofy and weird the 1970’s Godzilla movies were I imagine Godzilla vs. the Devil could have been a classic of goofy cinema.

The finished version of the this illustration can be found here.

Megalon

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Megalon fought Godzilla once in Godzilla vs. Megalon, the thirteenth film in the Godzilla series. I originally saw the film at a drive-in with my family when I was a kid.

I watched the film on tape recently. It’s enjoyable in a what-the-hell sort of way.

This sketch (from, I think, 2005) represents an attempt to do a portrait of the monster. I don’t think it’s a bad job but I didn’t like it enough to add ink and color.

Giant Warrior

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This image (or a version thereof) kept showing up in my imagination so eventually I had to draw it. It’s some sort of giant warrior. If I’d finished the illustration and posted it Kaijuphile I’m sure I would have come up with a story to accompany it. Since I didn’t I’ll leave the story telling to you.

Daikazu

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Daikazu is, to my knowledge, the only original giant monster who has headlined his own comic book. Konga, Gorgo, Godzilla and Gamera have all had series at one time or another. But they got their starts in the movies. Daikazu was a comic book character first. And probably last. I find it hard to imagine the Big D getting adapted into any other medium. Americans don’t have the fetish for giant monster wrestling that would be necessary to get financing for a film or a tv series.

I had fan art published in one issue of Daikazu. I knew I had to include some version of Daikazu in my monster portraits for Kaijuphile. The finished version of this portrait is here.