Tag Archives: Basil Gogos

October Meeting on line

Missed the October meeting? Here are the links to the posts. Much of the meeting was conducted on zoom, and links to that recording will be emailed to the members.

 1:00PM, Post 1 of 6 Presented by Keith Braithwaite

  • Introduction, Scary Stories on Zoom!
  •  How to Join this Afternoon’s Virtual Chat on Zoom
  •  Meeting Agenda
  • The Faces of Horror: Art of Basil Gogos

1:30PM, Post 2 of 6 (Braaains!) Presented by Valérie Bédard and Mario Giguère

Zoom Presentation and Discussion: Zombies!

2:45PM, Post 3 of 6 (Break!) Cathy Palmer-Lister

  • Club News
  • Display Table
  • Today’s Raffle Prizes

3:00PM, Post 4 of 6 (Show-and-Tell)

  • Dan Kenney presents his modified BoP model
  • Keith presents Strange Mysteries! An experiment in sp motion.

4:00PM, Post 4 of 6 (Art Exhibition) Presented by Brian Knapp

5:00PM, Post 6 of 6 (Wrap-Up) Keith Braithwaite

  • Two-Sentence Scares!
  • Thank-You!

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Legendary Monster Artist Basil Gogos (1939-2017)

Legendary Monster Artist Basil Gogos passed away September 14, aged 78.

Basil Gogos (March 12, 1939 – September 14, 2017) was an American illustrator best known for his portraits of movie monsters which appeared on the covers of Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine in the 1960s and 1970s.

Google “basil gogos” images, and see an amazing array of art you will almost certainly recognize even if you never heard his name before.

76 images of his art can be found on this site:

http://churchofhalloween.com/basil-gogos/

Wikipedia bio is here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_Gogos