Once again, I've got to thank CafePress for the opportunity to create and produce licensed Universal Monsters art for use on t-shirts, posters, stickers, mugs and other assorted gift items. Their licensee program which includes some of my favorite movies and tv shows is really the only thing that keeps me producing and posting new Mudge Studios artwork on their POD site. Anyway, back to the image featured above which is an
oval Creature From the Black Lagoon sticker. You can see that item as well as others designed specifically for a variety of other CFTBL novelties. You can check out
Mudge's new CFTBL shop at CafePress Here. Oh, Be sure to shop directly at my shops, If you do plan to buy any of my Creature from the Black Lagoon designs as CafePress's direct market place usually charges much more.
As mentioned in a past post, The Creature from the Black Lagoon movies were some of my all time favorites when I was a kid. The Creature from the Black Lagoon was a Universal Studios Monster Movie released in 1954. The plot unreels when a fossilized skeletal hand with webbed digits is uncovered during an expedition deep in the Amazon. Dr. David Reed, a renowned ichthyologist from the marine biology institute finds a way to get back there to search for a complete specimen. The Creature from the Black Lagoon represents the missing link between land and marine animals- a valuable addition to the fossil record. Ultimately, the expedition finds its way into the Black Lagoon where they are confronted by a live specimen that hunts them down. The Gill-Man eventually kidnaps Kay the heroine of the story, and there is a standoff in The Creatures lair where the piscine amphibious humanoid is presumably shot to death. The Creature's body is never recovered.
There were three CFTBL flicks. The original '54 classic, the Revenge of the Creature and lastly- The Creature Walks Among Us. I remember the times when my mom would wake me up really late at night for the Creature Double Features that ran on Saturday Nights. She'd boil hot dogs and we'd enjoy all of those Universal Studio Monster Classics! Thought it would be interesting to mention that two actors played the part of the infamous amphibious Creature. Ben Chapman was the Creature on land while Ricou Browning did the underwater work. There has been talk over the years of remaking the movie and each time the project was scrapped due to various reasons. Rumor has it that Universal is currently making yet another attempt. We'll see...
Anyway, I really enjoyed creating the CFTBL fan art. I hope that you like it too.
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