Pete Von Sholly's History of Monsters is a gloriouslook at the phenomenon of monsters as they figure in pop culture as well as fromthe anthropological, psychological and societal angles. This unprecedentedillustrated pageant, presented as an accordion folded hardcover book, shows theactual history of monsters from man's earliest fears of the darkness beyond thefire to today's nightmares to see how these terrors found expression in myth,legend, and entertainment. But whatever the time or medium it's always in theunknown where the monsters lurk and fester and wait. Step into Pete Von Sholly'sHistory of Monsters and experience the story as never before. "This astoundingwork traces the evolution and proliferation of monsters through all humanhistory and many cultures, with over 1,100 different examples intertwined into acolorful, informative and fascinating book on a scale that has never before beenattempted. Take a guided tour through the dark side of legend, myth,superstition, fiction, animation, film, television and even cryptozoology, andmeet every monster that has haunted your nightmares - and quite a few thathaven't (yet) - in this fantastic panorama wrought with the skills of a maturemaster of the genre." - Richard Milner, former editor of Natural Historymagazine and author of Charles R. Knight - The Artist Who Saw Through Time andDarwin's UniverseZ