>For ongoing research into a piece on monster films, does anyone recall
>whether KING KONG was eventually made into a TV cartoon series, with
>obviously a much more user friendly KONG? I seem to recall something like
>this, but cannot place it precisely.
>I continue to look for people to talk to who are knowledgeable in the monster
>line, not books but scholars -- including anyone knowledgeable about GODZILLA
>series, Universal Gothic, Abbott and Costello in re their monstrous movies
>encountering Dracula et al.
These areas are all extremely well documented but depending on what
information you need: David Kalat (of All Day Entertainment, the uber-hip
people doing Ulmer and Mabuse DVDs) wrote a very thorough book on Godzilla;
Tom Weaver, who's done numerous interview books on all sorts of 40s/50s B
horror/sf as well as commentary for the Universal horror DVDs; Tim Lucas of
Video Watchdog; Glenn Erickson of DVD Savant; David Skal; etc.