A speculative evolution version of Godzilla, one that stays true to the original but with clear sebecid influence.
The dorsal plates are meant to mimic coral as it hunts in the sea.
For @thewoollyviking
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monarch made him merch
He loves his wife, he can't help it.
It's both Godzilla day AND Invincible Season 2 Premiere day!
Like an early Christmas present!
Happy Godzilla Day!
Happy 68th birthday to Gojira!
Hero With a Thousand Faces
Hey y’all! Remember that post with the Tyannosaurus and its Pop Culture legacy? And how I did it with two more prehistoric creatures (and Sid)? Welp... here’s the latest version, and by far, the biggest of ‘em all.
The motif here is actually simple, from the drawings of a Paleolithic couple (the man’s a Neanderthal, and the lady’s a regular ol’ Homo Sapiens), they, without realizing it, inspired literal thousands upon thousands of years of storytelling, and of the many, MANY concepts of the “hero” figure throughout all of human history.
Guess which ones are which!
Previously:
Today’s warm up, after learning that Marvel comics were the first publishers of Godzilla comics.
Consider this a What If? type of deal!
"THINK GHIDORAH. For the next how many million years, you’ll just be an insignificant punching bag to a giant radioactive Earth Creature!
So... yeah. There’s just something so amazing seeing not one, but TWO things you’re passionate about having memes that transcend their original source!
I don’t talk about it much, but the original Invincible comics was a HUGE influence on my art, and to see it become mainstream enough that a meme from the cartoon actually spreading the internet like wildfire?
Amazing!
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Also. Happy Father’s day.
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A sequel to my Tyrannosaurus rex piece!
From top to bottom, the pop culture Pteranodons are:
Pteramon Aerodactyl Rodan Terrible Dactyl (Dinosaucers) Pteranodon (From Jurassic Park: The Lost World) Sauron and Swoop Turu the Terrible Ark Pteranodon The Lost World 1925 Pteranodon Gwangi 1969 Pteranodon Petrie A Pteranodon from Dinosaur Train (I couldn't decide which one).
Tumblr Instagram Twitter Support me on Ko-Fi! as well! In anticipation of Godzilla vs Kong, made a sequel to my T.rex piece.
According to Akira Watanabe, the original production designer of the OG Godzilla, the creatures that made Godzilla were:
- A T.rex
- An Iguanodon
- A Stegosaurus
- And an Alligator
So I thought I’d give ‘em their due.
March is a particular big month for my interests!
As one can tell, I’m VERY hyped for the new movie! Godzilla is one of my all time favorite characters since boyhood, so to once again see him duke it out with another iconic film character brings me MUCH joy!
Made this as a way to give tribute to the original Godzilla vs King Kong. As one era sets, another begins!
I am SO excited for the trailer tmrw (or Today, because Indonesian timezones). Since it also coincides with the AFC championship, I get to combine two of my favorite things! Kaijus and Football!
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Forgot to show these! These were pictures I took when KOTM was about to premier in Jakarta. There was a big promotional push in some of the malls. This was one of 'em.
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Godzilla started in 1954 as a giant monster that wrecked everything around it. In his fourth film, Godzilla faced off against Mothra, Mothra being the heroic monster of the movie. Mothra, if you ask anyone in the Kaiju fandom, is one of the most benevolent, mainstream Toho monsters. In the original Ghidorah film, she is the only one who wants to fight Ghidorah, Godzilla and Rodan both seeing no reason to stick their necks out for humanity, but are eventually convinced to team up anyway. As more movies were made, Godzilla became more heroic and began to battle monsters of his own volition. And now the Legendary films Godzilla is outright protecting humanity and they named Mothra “Queen of the Monsters”
What I’m saying is, the Godzilla films are canonically a 35~ chapter, enemies-to-lovers slowburn.
... Oh my gosh OP... My mind. Is. BLOWN.
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The Godzilla fandom isn’t exactly well-known for being highly socially conscious, and as such, issues like race and sexuality are very rarely given breathing space in discussion with the wider fandom (outside Tumblr). But with all the talk last night on the sexuality of Naoko Shindo from Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster, my mind ended up drifting to another - and perhaps, the most important - LGBTQIA hero of the Godzilla series:
Raymond Burr, star of Godzilla, King of the Monsters! and Godzilla 1985 (the “Americanised” versions of Godzilla and The Return of Godzilla, respectively), was gay, though hid it during his lifetime in order to protect his professional career in a much less accepting time. Burr entered into a relationship with Robert Benevides, a Korean war veteran and fellow actor, circa 1960. The couple stayed together until Burr’s death in 1993, after which Benevides was bequeathed Burr’s entire estate, including “all my jewellery, clothing, books, works of art… and other items of a personal nature”.
Earlier in life, Burr married the actress Isabella Ward, but this ended after mere months (culminating in divorce in 1952). The marriage is generally considered to have been a professional move on Burr’s part.
Benevides and Burr owned and operated an orchid and vineyard together, which Benevides renamed Raymond Burr Vineyards after Burr’s death. This isn’t something I see discussed often at all, as the wider Godzilla fanbase at large has little-to-no interest in the LGBT+ issues of the series, and this seems like something people would be happy to ignore or outright deny.
Like I said, I don’t see this talked about often, and it definitely seems like something people would like to know about.
Well ain’t this interesting to learn about! And very appropriate considering it’s Pride Month!
We owe a lot of debt to Raymond Burr and his portrayal of Steve Martin in the American dubbings of the Godzilla films. In many ways he was a template for later human protags in many a monster film.
