Origins of Derekmonster - 1979!!!!!
Yes, that is me on the right, fully channeling the awe-shume power and spirit of Godzilla. The creature costume was for a parade in downtown San Diego.
When I was seven, I had already been drawing intensly for a few years. My Mom's boyfriend at the time, Harold Gee, helped me gather up some drawings, put them together with some text, and made a little print run of 50 copies. I sold these to friends and family, and presto: Monsters, my first small press experience. Here it is for the first time, reproduced in it's entirety ...
