Beginning in the early 1960s, Wood wrote at least 80 lurid crime and sex novels in addition to hundreds of short stories and non-fiction pieces for magazines. Here are some examples…
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Tor Johnson comic page by Drew Friedman (#2)
This one’s called “Tor Johnson at Home”. It’s actually the first comic Drew Friedman did about Tor. It was originally published in Robert Crumb’s “Weirdo” magazine in 1981. After Drew sent him the comic, Robert called him to ask who Tor Johnson was!
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Edward and Bella or Ed Wood and Bela?
Who would you rather hang out with : Edward and Bella of the Twilight saga or Ed Wood and Bela? I think I know the answer…
Glen Or Glenda poster (#2)
A poster for “Glen Or Glenda” by Screen Classics Productions, based on newspaper clips about the Christine Jorgensen case.
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“Glen Or Glenda” announced in the L.A. Times…
On February 17 1953 an article appeared in the L.A. Times, announcing that Bela Lugosi will appear in a movie called “Transvestite”, calling it “a weird science fiction subject”… (No idea why they added a Mitzi Gaynor-picture).
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Ed Wood Players trading card set : the box cover
This is the illustration Drew Friedman made for the “Ed Wood Players” card set’s box. Kitchen Sink Press, 1992.
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Ed Wood Players trading cards (#1)
Some examples of the “Ed Wood Players” trading card set. 36 cards, published by Kitchen Sink Press in 1992.
Drawings by the great Drew Friedman.
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Tor Johnson’s Supermarket Invasion
Here’s a nice article, published in “Famous Monsters Of Filmland” #38 (April 1966) about a promotional supermarket invasion starring Don Post Sr., Verne Langdon, Forest J. Ackerman and Tor Johnson. Spot the Bela Lugosi Mask!
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Channel 4 documentary on Ed Wood (1989)
Episode 4 of season 2 of “The Incredibly Strange Film Show“, aired on Channel 4 (UK) in October 1989. Presented by Jonathan Ross and featuring interviews with Paul Marco, Dolores Fuller, Rudoph Grey, Vampira, and many others…
Here’s a link to the full episode!
Glen Or Glenda poster (#1)
A poster for “I Led Two Lives”, an alternate title for “Glen Or Glenda” (1953).
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Graverobbers From Outer Space 