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2021-04-12
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One of Dave "Dream-maker" Ballard's hobbies is painting and
customizing model and statue kits, and over the years, he's built up an amazing
body of incredible work. After he shared photos of a couple with me, I suggested
that we create a page here in the Archive to showcase his work. I had no idea
what I was proposing: A total of twenty-one pages showcasing twenty-four
incredible models and statues.
Just as amazing to me as the model work are Dave's photographs of the models.
Enjoy!
Dave Ballard's Models, Kits, and Statues
Thanks, Dave!
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2021-03-25
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Years ago, I added scans of the covers of the Brazilian Planeta dos Macacos
comics to the Archive, thanks to Terry Hoknes and Tim Parati.
Today, thanks to Angelo Regalado,
I've added PDF and CBZ scans of all eighteen Brazilian Apes
comics—in color!—to the
Brazilian Comics page!
Issues one through seventeen contain the art from the Marvel magazines, but
the eighteenth "Special Edition" issue contains the art from the
Power Records adaptation of the first film.
If you're not familiar with CBZ files, they're really just Zip files containing
JPG files. The special .cbz extension is recognized and read by various CBZ/CBR
display programs. One such free program for Windows (and the one I use) is
CDisplay Ex. On my Fire HD 10 tablet,
I use Perfect
Viewer, which is well worth the $2.99 price tag. There are other, free
options available for phones and tablets, too.
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2021-03-25
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Mark Rogers is creating a 2021 Planet of the Apes TV Series Desktop
Calendar. Each image is suitable for use as a desktop background. He created
a size that he thought would work best for most people. He wrote,
"If these proportions don't work for people, using a solid color
background set to "#ff9900" will provide an adequate setting."
This is April's image. The May image will be posted near the end of
April.
Mark Rogers's 2021 Planet of the Apes TV Series Calendar
Download April 2021
Thanks, Mark!
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2021-03-15
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I discovered today that the videos in the Fox 30th
Anniversary Site subsite no longer worked, since Flash is no longer
supported by most browsers. I have converted the videos and fixed all
of the links, so now you can once again relive Fox's state-of-the-art
1998 website promoting the release of the 30th anniversary DVD set!
Fox 30th Anniversary Site
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I also fixed all of the videos and audio files for Alex Ruiz's Prophecy
website from 2000.
Alex Ruiz's Prophecy Site
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2021-03-13
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Matthew Sotis has delivered another suprise for the
Scripts page!
Matt wrote:
I just uploaded Rod Serling's first draft screenplay—excavated from my
collection—which has the original, statue-free ending and with revisions
through 5/22/64.
The PDF has been added to the Scripts page.
Download
a PDF of Rod Serling's First Draft Screenplay
View
a PDF of Rod Serling's First Draft Screenplay
Thanks, Matt!
I also redesigned the Scripts page, and in doing so, I discovered that I
somehow had neglected, years ago, to add the final draft of "The Legacy"
TV script! Both the first draft, titled "Second Family," and the final
draft are now there.
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2021-03-06
2021-03-04
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Mark Rogers is creating a 2021 Planet of the Apes TV Series Desktop
Calendar. Each image is suitable for use as a desktop background. He created
a size that he thought would work best for most people. He wrote,
"If these proportions don't work for people, using a solid color
background set to "#ff9900" will provide an adequate setting."
This is March's image. The April image will be posted near the end of
March, assuming I remember.
Mark Rogers's 2021 Planet of the Apes TV Series Calendar
Download March 2021
Thanks, Mark!
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2021-02-24
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Thanks to Greg Champy, new autograph cards from Paul Williams ("Virgil")
and Jerome Thor ("Proto") have been added to the
Apes Autographs page! Greg bought the autographs from
a reputable dealer, and he designed the cards for them.
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2021-02-17
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A whole slew of various international items has been contributed by
Harry Barnes! They're scattered over several different pages.
Thanks, Harry!
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2021-02-16
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Artist Daniel Horne recently completed this piece of commissioned art:
a pencil portrait of General Ursus.
Apes art by Daniel Horne
Thanks, Daniel!
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2021-02-09
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Back in late October 2004, Greg Plonowski and I began a weekly feature here,
posting PDF versions of the Marvel UK Planet of the Apes comics.
Each PDF was posted 30 years to the week of the original publication dates.
Greg did all of the work; I just took care of getting them posted.
Greg originally scanned the comics at print-quality 300 DPI. However,
few people then had the bandwidth or storage requirements for 300-DPI
scans, so we provided heavily-compressed, 150-DPI files.
We have now added 300-DPI PDF and CBZ files for each comic!
Marvel UK Apes Comics
Huge thanks to Greg for suggesting we upgrade the files and for doing the
scans in the first place! All of these years later, I'm still staggered
by the amount of work he put into scanning all 143 comics.
If you're not familiar with CBZ files, they're really just Zip files containing
JPG files. The special .cbz extension is recognized and read by various CBZ/CBR
display programs. One such free program for Windows (and the one I use) is
CDisplay Ex. On my Fire HD 10 tablet,
I use Perfect
Viewer, which is well worth the $2.99 price tag. There are other, free
options available for phones and tablets, too.
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2021-02-01
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Organización Editorial de Publicaciones was the authorized publisher
of Marvel Comics in Mexico. One of the titles they published was
Arañita Super Historias (Spider-Man Super Stories).
Issue 88, dated December 5, 1976, was titled "Arañita desafia a Urko"
("Spider-Man vs. Urko").
Rich Handley has provided scans of this rare comic, as well as a translation
of the Spanish text!
"Spider-Man vs. Urko"
Thanks, Rich!
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2021-01-22
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Mark Rogers is creating a 2021 Planet of the Apes TV Series Desktop
Calendar. Each image is suitable for use as a desktop background. He created
a size that he thought would work best for most people. He wrote,
"If these proportions don't work for people, using a solid color
background set to "#ff9900" will provide an adequate setting."
This is February's image. The March image will be posted near the end of
February.
Mark Rogers's 2021 Planet of the Apes TV Series Calendar
Download February 2021
Thanks, Mark!
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2021-01-21
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Thanks to Peter Romeo, high-resolution scans of the promotional newspapers
Fox produced to promote each of the Apes films are now available. These
newspapers featured names like The Ape, and one was produced for each
of the five films.
Planet of the Apes Promotional Newspapers
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2020-12-30
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It is with extreme sadness that I am posting about the untimely death
of Mark Talbot-Butler on December 29, 2020. His wife Tanya posted this
on Facebook:
Mark had spent the past few months working on another huge contribution of
stills for the Archive. He took pride in his work, and this isn't the best
way to display what he'd been doing, but he'd been posting "sneak peeks"
of some of the images on his Facebook group,
The Definitive Planet of the Apes.
I have gone through the group and have collected those images so that
everyone can see what he'd been up to.
Mark Talbot-Butler's unfinished stills work
Mark Talbot-Butler's Ginormous Stills Collection
Rest in peace, my friend. Thank you for your generosity and enthusiasm.
Hunter
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2020-12-30
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Mark Rogers is creating a 2021 Planet of the Apes TV Series Desktop
Calendar. Each image is suitable for use as a desktop background. He created
a size that he thought would work best for most people. He wrote,
"If these proportions don't work for people, using a solid color
background set to "#ff9900" will provide an adequate setting."
This is January's image. The February image will be posted at the end of
January.
Download January 2021
Thanks, Mark!
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2020-12-13
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Thanks to Harry Barnes, we now have scans of all five French
Les Fiches de Monsieur Cinema press cards. The card for Battle
has been added to the
International Pressbooks page.
Thanks, Harry! More from Harry will be added soon.
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Also thanks to Harry, three more Italian Fotobustas for Planet
have been added to the Planet
Fotobustas page!
Thanks, Harry! More from Harry will be added soon.
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2020-12-10
2020-11-13
2020-11-10
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Harry Barnes has contributed new and complete scans of the twelve Spanish
lobby cards for Beneath the Planet of the Apes. Previously, we only
had six of the cards scanned here, courtesy of Ricardo Pablo Lopez.
You can see the Spanish Beneath lobby cards
here.
You can see lobby cards from around the world here.
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2020-10-27
2020-09-26
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On August 19, 1973, Roddy McDowall participated in a fundraiser at the Hollywood
Bowl called A Shakespeare Cabaret to benefit the
Los Angeles Free Shakespeare Festival. Roddy performed in full
Planet of the Apes makeup! Other participants included Alice
Cooper, Jean Simmons, and Jean Stapleton, which led to, IMO, one of the greatest
photos ever taken.
Here is another upgrade to the main image, shown to the left. For years, all
I'd ever seen was a very low-resolution image posted to Photobucket ages ago.
Back in June, I received a scan of a magazine article that included the
photo, and now, here's a scan of an actual photo print.
For more about
the event, check out A Shakespeare Cabaret!
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2020-08-09
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Thanks to Greg Champy, images for print-it-yourself stickers for the
Topps movie and TV series tradings cards are now available for your
viewing and downloading pleasure!
You can see them on the new Planet of the Apes
Trading Stickers page.
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2020-08-07
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Thanks to Greg Champy, artwork for a print-it-yourself checklist card
for the Planet of the Apes TV series cards has been added to the
Apes Bubble Gum Cards page.
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2020-06-28
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On August 19, 1973, Roddy McDowall participated in a fundraiser at the Hollywood
Bowl called A Shakespeare Cabaret to benefit the
Los Angeles Free Shakespeare Festival. Roddy performed in full
Planet of the Apes makeup! Other participants included Alice
Cooper, Jean Simmons, and Jean Stapleton, which led to, IMO, one of the greatest
photos ever taken.
I recently found a much-improved version of the image, along with ten
photos of Roddy and Jean Simmons that I'd never seen before. For all of the
images from the night that I've found, along with newspaper clippings about
the event, check out A Shakespeare Cabaret!
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2020-06-23
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Toronto-area fan Brian Brady sent in some great Apes poster images
he created for fun. You can find them on
the Brady Posters page.
Thanks, Brian!
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2020-06-14
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Thanks to Harry Barnes, scans of four Planet of the Apes coloring books
from Finland have been added to the Coloring Books page!
Harry also contributed these new scans:
Thanks, Harry!
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2020-05-29
Here's some very sad news to report. Huge Apes fan Angela May Rushmere
died in December 2019. This post is from the
"Talking Apes TV" Facebook
page:
ANGELA RUSHMERE UPDATE: As many know Angela had gone missing from the Ape
community a few months ago. Thanks to Patrick Izzo who went digging, he had
found a friend of hers who relayed the sad news that Angela had passed away.
From Cam McTeer - I Have known Ang for @ 30 yrs....wow. That long..... Any ways
after two messages today.. Ang's husband has not been able to find pass codes
to all her accounts on FB.... He's so lost. Ang had a heart attack in her sleep
end of Dec 2019... She has been cremated. Her ashes will be spread, with her
parents June 6, 2020... there was nothing printed up at the crematorium. I
don't kniw anything else as if right now... I am trying to get a hold of her
husband who seems to have gone AWOL on my me right now....missing my
friend?????? she was living beautiful person & not a ghost as I have heard her
described as... Or an alias that was her real name but she was also very
private about a lot of things...
Angela was a frequent poster on the various Apes Facebook pages.
She was also a contributor to the Archive, sending in scans of the
2014 BlackSparrow Auction catalog.
Rest in peace, Angela.
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2020-05-26
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Sometime in the mid-2000s, the Planet of the Apes TV series was released
on DVD in Japan as a special collectible set with a case shaped like the
ship from the first episode (commonly called "Icarus," though this
name is never mentioned in the films or series). The set also included a
really nice color booklet.
Thanks to Rob Reading, high-quality scans of the Japanese DVD booklet are now
available for your viewing pleasure.
You can find them on Japanese ship DVD page.
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Also thanks to Rob Reading, a number of stills of Kim Hunter at home have
been added ot the Lobby Cards & Stills page.
There are several
photos of Kim at home, as well as a few photos of Kim in other acting roles.
Thanks, Rob!
You can find them on the Kim Hunter Stills page.
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2020-05-20
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Thanks to Dave Ballard, John Roche, Dean Preston, and the rest of their crew,
issue 21 of Simian Scrolls is now available for you to download and
enjoy!
Printed copies will be available...someday. Because of the COVID-19
pandemic, it is unknown exactly when printed copies can be done. This
electronic edition is only coming out now because of lucky circumstances and
Dave's hard work.
View and Download issues of Simian Scrolls
Enjoy!
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2020-05-09
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Harry Barnes recently acquired the Japanese Laserdisc Planet of the Apes
box set, which included Laserdiscs of all five films! He has graciously
contributed photos of the box, the booklet, and the sleeves.
You can see them here:
The Japanese Laserdisc Box Set
Other Laserdiscs can be seen here:
Planet of the Apes Laserdiscs
Thanks, Harry!
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2020-04-30
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The Yahoo! Groups pota and PotaDG were two of the oldest and largest
Planet of the Apes discussion communities on the 'net for many years.
In December 2019, Yahoo! effectively shut down the groups, deleting all of
the messages, files, and photos. Before that happened, I was able to grab
all of that data, and now it's all available for your browsing pleasure.
More details can be found here:
The Yahoo! Groups pota and PotaDG
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I've also added a "Top" button to the pages throughout the site.
When you scroll down a page,
you'll now find a red "Top" button in the lower-right corner.
Clicking that button will take you back to the top of that page.
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2020-04-01
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'70s kid Jon Mackenzie sent in a couple of shots, including this one of his
homemade prosthetics from back in the day! You can see the photos and read his
story on the '70s Apes Kids page! Thanks,
Jon!
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2020-03-13
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Thanks to Harry Barnes, more international items have been added to the
archive!
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Artist Jay Rogers has contributed the last four of his acrylic paintings
recreating the Marvel comics covers. You
can see his paintings here.
Thanks, Jay! You did amazing work!
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Neil Foster contributed scans of Apes content from two issues of
Movie News, an Australian magazine from 1968! You can find them at the
top of the Magazines page.
Thanks, Neil!
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2020-02-14
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Thanks to Harry Barnes, more international items have been added to the
archive!
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Robert VanPelt sent in high-res photos of a 1980 promotional pamphlet that ABC
put together for the five TV movies made from the TV series episodes.
This book was put together in 1980 for the ABC-owned stations.
ABC TV Movies promo book – 1980
You can view the pages individually, and you can also download CBZ and PDF
files.
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2020-01-31
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Now here's something new to most Apes fans! After years of diligence,
Rich Handley finally tracked down and acquired six Planet of the Apes
comics published in Indonesia! He worked with a friend to translate them to
English and relettered them. You can now download all six issues in both CBZ
and PDF formats!
Indonesian Planet of the Apes comics
Thanks, Rich!
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2019-12-23
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Mark Talbot-Butler has contributed 130 new, high-resolution scans of
Apes stills! This brings the total number of images in Mark's gallery of
Apes stills to 2,865!
You can see all of the stills on the Planet of the
Apes Stills Page, or you can check out the new pages for each group:
Thanks, Mark!
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Harry Barnes sent in a scans of a UK press sheet for Planet of the Apes.
You can see it on the International Press Books page
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2019-12-10
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Artist Jay Rogers has contributed five more of his acrylic paintings
recreating the Marvel comics covers. You
can see his paintings here.
Be sure to check out the links to Jay's other work, too!
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2019-11-12
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In celebration of Kim Hunter's birthday today (November 12, 1922), here's a great
sketch of Zira that Lori commissioned from cartoon artist Patrick Owsley!
Check out the sketch and a brief video here.
Thank you, Lori!
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2019-10-03
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Beloved Apes actor Roddy McDowall died on October 3, 1998. In honor of
Roddy, we have a special treat today from Lori! She recently attended the
first-ever Open House of the MPTF retirement center, which is home to the Roddy
McDowall Rose Garden. The centerpiece of the garden is the actual Caesar statue
from Battle for the Planet of the Apes.
Lori was able to take same fantastic photos of the rose garden, which you can
see on the Roddy McDowall Rose Garden
page. Thank you, Lori!
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2019-09-28
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Harry Barnes sent in scans of all of the Planet of the Apes novels and
novelizations released in Japan! You can see them on the Book Covers page
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Lori contributed these great scans of some great glossy stills. Some are
autographed. You can see Lori's stills here.
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Thanks to Lori, some Apes-related excerpts from some library books
published since 2000 have been added to the Magazines
page. They're available in both PDF and CBZ formats.
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Thanks to Lori, more Apes-related excerpts from some various magazines
have been added to the Magazines page. New additions
are:
- Screen Stories (July 1971)
- Model & Toy #38 (Winter 1997)
- Filmfax #74 (August-September 1999)
- Scarlet Street #33 (1999)
- Video Watchdog #67 (January 2001)
- Chiller Theatre #15 (2001)
- Cinefantastique (August 2001)
- Video Watchdog #156 (May-June 2010)
- Planet of the Apes #1, Malibu Graphics (1990) (just the article)
They're all available in both PDF and CBZ formats.
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2019-09-09
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Artist Jay Rogers has contributed four more of his acrylic paintings
recreating the Marvel comics covers. You
can see his paintings here.
Be sure to check out the links to Jay's other work, too!
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2019-07-28
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In addition to the Operation: Ape Revival
campaign, Lori tried writing to several entities in 1975 looking for a
Planet of the Apes Fan Club. She actually received written replies from:
- Producer Stan Hough
- SRS Merchandising
- Marvel Comics Group
Scans of her letters have been added to the
Operation: Ape Revival page.
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2019-07-27
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Here's something I doubt many of us have ever seen! I had never heard about it
until Lori sent these images. After the TV series was cancelled, there was a
letter-writing campaign mounted to save the show. The campaign was called
Operation: Ape Revival, and thanks to Lori, scans of the letter sent to
would-be letter-writers are now available for your viewing pleasure!
Operation: Ape Revival
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Thanks to Lori, scans from The Simpsons Songbook are available for the
songs "Dr. Zaius" and "Chimpan A To Chimpan Z." These songs
were featured in the "A Fish Called Selma" episode of The
Simpsons.
Apes songs from The Simpsons Songbook
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I've upgraded the scans of several magazine articles from 150 DPI to 300 DPI.
You can find those on the Magazines page. The updated
files are identified by the date "2019-07-27" under the descriptions.
I also upgraded the PDF version of the Gold Key adaptation of Beneath the
Planet of the Apes. New 300-DPI PDF and CBZ files can be downloaded from
the Gold Key Beneath page.
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Most of these items have not been commercially available for 45 years or more,
if they were ever commercially available, and no profit is derived from this
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