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This codex of monsters, fantastical beasts, and creatures of myth and legend describes in detail the appearance, cultural background, and strengths and weaknesses of each of the monsters cataloged within its pages.
List of contents
A WORD TO THE WISE
DRAGONSYETI
FRANKENSTEIN’S MONSTER
THE KRAKEN
THE MUMMY
THE MOTHMAN
THE GOLEM
HULI JING
EL CUERO
THE VAMPIRE
THE MAN-EATING PLANT
GARGOYLES
BABA YAGA
DAVY JONES
GHOSTS
EL CHUPACABRA
THE BLOB
HARPIES
MONGOLIAN DEATH WORM
THE INVISIBLE MAN
KAPPAS
GILL-MAN
THE CREATURE OF THE BLACK LAGOON
THE BANSHEE
SIGBIN
THE HEADLESS HORSEMAN
HYDRA
BABAU
ONIS
ELEMENTALS
IMPUNDULUS
EL HOMBRE
CAIMÁN
KAIJŪS
THE HOMUNCULUS
THE BUNYIP
AICHA KANDICHA
LEPRECHAUNS
SQUONKS
GHOULS
THE LOCH NESS MONSTER
NIANS
MADREMONTE
GREMLINS
MEDUSA
TANIWHAS
TROLLS
WITCHES
THE KRAMPUS
WEREWOLVES
SIRENS
ZOMBIES
CREATE YOUR OWN MONSTER
THE MONSTER MAP
THE SEEKER KIT
OUR AUTHORS
About the author
SEBASTIANO BARCAROLI Born in Rome, where he still lives, Sebastiano founded the two art magazines Stirato Poster Magazine and Bang Art. Since 2009 he has been the driving force behind the film and illustration site chickenbroccoli.it. He has published Il grande libro dei quiz sul cinema and, with Federica Lippi, Keep Calm e guarda un film and 101 film per ragazze e ragazzi eccezionali, all books that speak of his passion for cinema, including horror movies. He’s afraid of zombies and coats on hangers that pretend to be Babau the Bogeyman in the dark. Sebastiano collected information for: harpies, Baba Yaga, banshees, Blob, El Chupacabra, Frankenstein’s Monster, Davy Jones, ghosts, gargoyles, ghouls, golems, gremlins, huli jings, kappas, Madremonte, Medusa, Creature of the Black Lagoon, The Mummy, sirens, witches, taniwhas, Invisible Man, werewolves, yetis, zombies.
ANDREA FONTANA Born in Genoa, where he still lives, Andrea is an essayist, author, and screenwriter. He works with Fumettologica and Segnocinema. He edited and wrote Studio Ghibli, La Bomba e l’onda and the more recent Satoshi Kon. He wrote the graphic novel Clara e le ombre (Editrice Il Castoro), illustrated by Claudia Petrazzi, translated into Spanish and French. He’s afraid of vampires, and to overcome this fear he married one. Andrea collected information for: Aicha Kandicha, Mongolian Death Worm, Babau, bunyips, Headless Horseman, dragons, El Cuero, El Hombre Caimán, elementals, homunculi, hydras, impundulus, kaijūs, Kraken, Krampus, leprechauns, Loch Ness Monster, nians, onis, man-eating plants, sigbins, squonks, trolls, Mothman, vampires.
CLAUDIA PETRAZZI Born in 1985 in Arezzo, where she still lives and works, Claudia is an illustrator and cartoonist of children’s books. She is published in Italy and France. She illustrated the Nazar Malik books, a series written by Olivia Corio and translated into five languages. Clara e le ombre is her first graphic novel, written by Andrea Fontana and published in 2020 by Editrice Il Castoro. She often moves house, always hoping she won’t bump into the ghosts that haunt them. She has founded a witch club that meets on Saturday evenings to knit. Claudia did all the monster portraits!
Summary
A compendium of monsters from around the world!
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