THE HOUSE OF HAMMER # 17 SAMPLES FEATURING VAMPIRE CIRCUS BY BRIAN BOLLAND
THE HOUSE OF HAMMER
The House of Hammer was a British movie magazine put out in the mid 70′s when Hammer as a film company was grinding down to a near stand still. But at the time the magazine was the best selling movie magazine in Britain. The publication tried to combine what Warren magazines was doing with Famous Monsters of Film Land and its black and white comic magazines. The artists that contributed to the magazine were also frequent Warren contributors and they may have jumped at the chance to illustrate some of the classic Hammer films in narrative form. The magazine however did not only focus on Hammer films or exclusively on British cinema but contained articles on classic American horror as well. I included an illustrated version of one of the better latter day Hammer films Vampire Circus drawn by the fantastic Brian Bolland. I have all the issues on my hard drive and look forward to posting some more samples from this curious magazine including some comic strip hosted by an illustrated Peter Cushing as Abraham Van Helsing. For now enjoy Vampire Circus and a couple page samples.
VAMPIRE CIRCUS
BY BRIAN BOLLAND
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February 20th, 2009 at 2:49 pm
Hey Bill. Wow! Such a cool post. I love those pics from the mags. I can’t wait to see more samples that you post up here. I’ve always wanted to see Vampire Circus. Never had the chance though. I love Hammer movies. I never knew there was this magazine. Very cool. Oh yeah. I hope you get a chance soon to stop by Sugar & Spice to see the pics I’ve been posting. Thanks. I look forward to your feedback there. Have a great weekend. Cheers!
February 21st, 2009 at 12:20 am
Bill
really, really nice… not much else to say bar that.
February 21st, 2009 at 12:42 am
quality man…..i have many of these mags in the loft…ebay…no thanks….mean too much to flog them to a non-believer …. keep up the good work bro
February 21st, 2009 at 5:20 am
Keith
I am about to make my rounds from my sidebar to see what is new. I do not do it daily as some people might, but am heading that way as I sip on my Indian teat here. I have so much on my hard drive and backed up in the way of comics now it is hard top know what to post, but I think this mag along with the Warren collection I have will be regular entries.
Tal
I was actually going to send you a message today to let you check this out but you beat me to the punch and that is great. I will be doing some more form this magazine so get your sensors honed. Thanks.
Bill
February 22nd, 2009 at 3:03 am
Wow! I was just clicking around various sites with no clear purpose, clicked on a link at RETroZone and unexpectedly end up at this old familiar place! The UCafe is overtaking the blogosphere!
February 22nd, 2009 at 5:07 am
Really? Then my plan for world domination is beginning to take form at last.
Actually once I was searching on Google the topic “is Jimmy Page Asian” , or some variation, and one of my posts here came up. That is good news. Thanks.
Bill
March 16th, 2010 at 3:42 am
Wow!! House of Hammer, I have all of the issues in near mint!! It went off the boil towards the end though.
March 17th, 2010 at 5:18 pm
Caligulla77
That would some awesome collection to sit over and go through. I thumbed through a few issues before in comic book stores but never owned any. I may be posting another House of Hammer sampler soon since you reminded me of how grea these books were.Thanks.