FAMOUS MONSTERS' TRIBUTE TO JACK PIERCE

After Jack's passing on July 19, 1968, this remembrance of him was published in the May 1969 issue of Famous Monsters of Filmland. It was written by editor Forrest J Ackerman and included a selected filmography by Gary Dorst and Jim Warren.

Ackerman wrote: "He made them [Pierce's makeups] the hard way, the old way, the original way that took half a day of tireless effort..."

Included was an excerpt of Frank Taylor's obituary for Jack from the Los Angeles Times on August 8, 1968.

Ray Bradbury added a poignant comment: "Jack Pierce's creation [of the Frankenstein monster] will be remembered for hundreds of years to come. And so, in a way, Jack Pierce created & signed his own epitaph."

JACK PIERCE, UNCREDITED

Even the great monster magazine editor Forrest J Ackerman missed a chance on crediting Jack Pierce. Here is shown a page from a photo feature from Famous Monsters of Filmland #23 (June 1963) that includes a still from Giant From the Unknown. It's possible FJA ran out of space to add Pierce's name, but with the magazine's emphasis at the time on monster makeups, it's still surprising that he didn't add Pierce in the pun.