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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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2019-07-22
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Now here's something really cool! Mark Talbot-Butler recently located the
original book proposal for Planet of the Apes Revisited, the fantastic
2001 book by Joe Russo, Larry Landsman, and Edward Gross. This is the document
they used to find a publisher for the book (St.&nsbp;Martin's Press ended up
publishing it).
Book Proposal for Planet of the Apes
Revisited
Thanks, Mark! And thanks to Joe, Larry, and Edward for creating such a great
book, and to Joe for permission to post the scans.
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2019-07-21
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Mark Talbot-Butler has contributed 148 new, high-resolution scans of
Apes stills!
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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2019-07-03
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Oops! I missed one! The latest batch of lobby cards from Harry Barnes also
included a ninth lobby card from Argentina, which you can see
here.
Various lobby cards and miscellany
Thanks, Harry!
More to come soon!
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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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2019-06-25
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A bunch of new additions from Harry Barnes have been added to various pages:
Thanks, Harry!
More to come soon!
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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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2019-04-25
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Thanks to Harry Barnes, scans of various vinyl soundtrack LPs and 7-inch
singles from the around the world have been added to the Apes Soundtracks page.
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2019-04-22
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Planet of the Apes Collectibles from Weta
Weta is best-known as the special effects company responsible for the effects
work in the new Planet of the Apes films, as well as Peter Jackson's King Kong
and the Lord of the Rings films, and many, many more. Their work is
outstanding.
Weta Workshop is a branch of Weta that does design and manufacturing for various
films. They also offer film-related collectibles, replica props, costume
replicas, jewelry, and more.
Last year, Weta Workshop rolled out a number of Planet of the Apes collectibles
related to both the original films and the new trilogy. You can see the
products on the new Weta page here.
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2019-04-07
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Greg Champy sent in a card signed by Noah Keen, who played "Teacher
Abe" in Battle for the Planet of the Apes. Sadly, Noah died
on March 24, 2019. A brief obituary can be found here.
Thanks, Greg!
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Harry Barnes and Lori have contributed images of many of the Planet of the Apes
LaserDisc releases. There were additional re-releases in the U.S., and I hope
to add those images soon. You can see them on the Apes LaserDiscs page.
Thanks, Harry and Lori!
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I've updated the Addar Models page:
- Added a photo of the instruction sheet for the Zaius model
- Added unused design sketches for a Galen model
- Upgraded image of the "bottle Caesar" design
- Upgraded image of the "bottle Aldo" design
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2019-03-30
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Artist Jay Rogers has contributed three 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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2019-03-20
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Thanks to Greg Champy, two more autographs from his collection have been added
to the Autographs page: James Franciscus and another
Ron Harper.
Greg is also responsible for the graphics in the site's facelift today!
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2019-03-15
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Thanks to Harry Barnes, a German pressbook for the release of Battle for the
Planet of the Apes has been added to the International Pressbooks page!
Harry also sent in a set of German lobby cards for Battle. They are the
same images found on the French lobby cards. They can be seen
here.
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Thanks to Neil Foster, scans of a Photoplay Film Monthly article from
the May 1968 issue have been added to the Magazine Articles
page! The article covers Charlton Heston and the first film.
Download CBZ
Download PDF
Thanks, Neil!
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2019-02-15
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In the mid-1970s, Bill Woodruff published The Official Planet of the Apes
Club Bulletin. The mimeographed pages were mailed out monthly. Thanks to
Lori, Club Bulletin numbers 16–23 are now available for your nostalgic
viewing pleasure!
The Official Planet of the Apes Club Bulletin
If anyone has issues 1–15, let me know!
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2019-02-14
2019-02-13
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The premiere of William Conlin's Making Apes documentary took place on
Friday, February 8, 2019, at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival.
Lori was able to attend, and she sent in some photos she took at the event.
Lori also video-recorded the Q&A panel at the end of the screening! The
video can be found at the bottom of the event page, as well as on
YouTube.
Making Apes Q&A at SBIFF
Thanks, Lori!
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Back in January 2013, Don Reitsam attended the Los Angeles Comic Book and
Science Fiction Convention, which featured a Planet of the Apes
celebration. Thirteen photos that Don took that day can be viewed here:
LA Comic Book & SF Convention
Thanks, Don!
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Lori has contributed more vintage ads promoting the Super8 films and the video
releases. They've been added to the Advertisements page.
Planet of the Apes Advertisements
Thanks, Lori!
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2019-02-12
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Lori submitted some photos she took at the 1999 Electronic Entertainment Expo
(E3) in Los Angeles. Fox Interactive was promoting their Planet of the
Apes game, and ApeMania was there in-costume.
Planet of the Apes at E3 1999 in L.A.
Thanks, Lori!
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2019-02-09
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Harry Barnes has contributed scans of more international lobby cards!
You can find lobby cards from all over the world on the Lobby Cards page!
Thanks, Harry!
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2019-02-07
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Thanks to Lori, photos from a bunch of Apes-related events have been
added to the brand-new Apes Events page!
Photos from the following events are available:
Lots of great photos there! Check them out!
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Thanks to Lori, photos from a bunch of Apes-related exhibits have been
added to the brand-new Apes Exhibits page!
Photos from the following exhibits are available:
Lots of great photos there, too! Check them out!
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Thanks to Greg Champy, four more of his Apes autograph cards have been
added to the Autographs page:
- Gregory Sierra as "The Verger"
- James Daughton as "Mikal"
- Ron Harper and James Naughton dual signtatures
- James Naughton
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2019-01-22
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Harry Barnes has contributed scans of more international pressbooks and press
sheets! Today's additions include:
- Planet, Escape, and Conquest press sheets from Japan
- Escape pressbook from Denmark
- Planet pressbook from Norway
They can all be found on the International
Pressbooks page. Today's additions have been noted with the add date of
2019-01-22.
Thanks, Harry!
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2019-01-17
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Mark Talbot-Butler has contributed another 192 high-res scans of stills and
behind-the-scenes photos from all of the original films and TV shows! They can
be found on the page below. All of today's updates are on new pages, identified
by today's date.
Mark Talbot-Butler's Ginormous Stills Collection
This brings the total number of high-resolution, downloadable images in
Mark's collection to over 2,400!
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Mark Talbot-Butler has contributed high-res scans of photos of the makeup tests
done for the Planet of the Apes test reel that was commissioned by Fox
as a "proof of concept."
Planet Test Film Makeups
Thanks, Mark!
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2019-01-16
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Mark Talbot-Butler recently acquired 73 Planet of the Apes-related
slides that were originally owned by John Chambers, who designed the makeup
effects for the first film. Some of these have most likely never been seen
before, so check them out!
John Chambers's Slides
Thanks, Mark!
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2019-01-14
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Thanks to Greg Champy, a few more Apes Autographs have been added
to the Autographs page!
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2019-01-10
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Lori has contributed what is, IMO, an amazing project! She and a friend
recently prowled the streets of Hollywood looking for Walk of Fame Stars for
people associated with Planet of the Apes!
You can see her photos of the Stars on the new Hollywood Walk
of Fame Apes page! The address of each star is also documented there.
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