Famous Monsters of Filmland 1974 Convention at the Commodore NYC 1974

[Herr_Burgermeister]

Greatest day of my fourteenth year of life.  Then, the following year, at the 1975 convention, I came face to face with Peter Cushing, but everything changed when I sat front row for the Barbara Leigh Vampirella unveil.  I got her to autograph a Pepe Gonzalez poster which my mom promptly shredded.  Was anyone else at either 1974 0r 1975?

[Mike Scott]

Welcome to the UMA, Herr! 

I got her to autograph a Pepe Gonzalez poster which my mom promptly shredded.

The heartbreak! 

[Sir Masksalot]

I attended an FM con in Los Angeles once ... and got to meet Vampirella!

[Herr_Burgermeister]

God bless Uncle Forry and Vampi, They made a big part of my early teens what they were.

[Mike Scott]

[horrorhunter]

Greatest day of my fourteenth year of life.  Then, the following year, at the 1975 convention, I came face to face with Peter Cushing, but everything changed when I sat front row for the Barbara Leigh Vampirella unveil.  I got her to autograph a Pepe Gonzalez poster which my mom promptly shredded.  Was anyone else at either 1974 0r 1975?

I didn't get to go. N.Y. might as well have been the moon. Later as a collector I scored the Vampi fan club stuff and the original life-size poster. It's absolutely crushing that Hammer never made the movie.

[horrorhunter]

Thanks Michael!

I have the Harris version hanging on a closet door and my original rolled up in a tube. 

[Herr_Burgermeister]

That's the one, and I keep hoping that there will be just one more monster con and some of our surviving Universal and Hammer stars can make it for autographs.  I have some old FMs, Creepys, Eeries and first run Castle of Frankenstein s that need to be personalized.