Danica Davidson
August 26, 2025 MONSTROUS MAGAZINE from Monstrous Books is a black-and-white magazine-format comic book anthology, and its next issue is MONSTROUS: THE KAIJU ISSUE, which is getting a Kickstarter campaign that you can check out here. Itaru Kinoshita, the manga creator behind Dinosaur Sanctuary, created a new Kaiju design that will be published in the magazine and available as an exclusive art print. And Otaku USA gets to share the first exclusive look at the mangaka’s design!
Instead of being 5.5 x 8.5 like previous issues, this anthology is going with the kaiju theme and upping the size to 8.5 x 11 inches.
James Aquilone of Monstrous Books remarked, “And that’s just the beginning. We’re resizing the MONSTROUS MAGAZINE back issues, too, and now, for a limited time, they will be available in the new collectible, oversized Kaiju format.”
The publisher gave this official description of what’s in the KAIJU ISSUE:
MONSTROUS: THE KAIJU ISSUE SUMMARY
“The Colossus From the Crater,” a brand-new sci-fi short story set on a remote moon and featuring a giant alien mummy, penned by novelist Greg Cox, who wrote the official prose adaptation of Godzilla (2014), soon to be reprinted in a new omnibus edition.
An all-new Konga vs. Gorgo comic, featuring the creatures from the cult 1960s American International Pictures movies and Charlton Comics, written by James Aquilone and illustrated by Dave Swartz (Confederate Monster)
The first appearance of the Kaiju MegaSquatch, in a comic book story by James Aquilone and EV Cantada (Joe Ledger, Grimm Fairy Tales)
Three iconic covers — a Konga vs. Gorgo cover by Larry Tuason (Knightingail: The Legend Begins), a MegaSquatch cover by EV Cantada and colorist Zac Atkinson and a Godzilla cover.
You can also check out Otaku USA’s review of the first volume of Kinoshita’s Dinosaur Sanctuary here.
Source: Email correspondence
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Danica Davidson is the author of the bestselling Manga Art for Beginners with artist Melanie Westin, plus its sequel, Manga Art for Everyone, and the first-of-its-kind manga chalk book Chalk Art Manga, both illustrated by professional Japanese mangaka Rena Saiya. Check out her other comics and books at www.danicadavidson.com.
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