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Monsters in popular culture

  • The TempestThe year 1610 marked the beginning of a creative period for William Shakespeare. Evidence suggests he wrote The Tempest between late 1610 and mid-1611.
  • FrankensteinMary Shelley stood at the edge of a waking dream on the night of the 16th of June 1816. The air inside Villa Diodati felt heavy with damp and the smell of…
  • Monster ManualThe first hardcover book for any Dungeons & Dragons game arrived in 1977. Gary Gygax wrote the original Monster Manual as a 108-page supplement for Advanced…
  • Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr HydeRobert Louis Stevenson wrote Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde in the southern English seaside town of Bournemouth during 1886.
  • RWBYMonty Oum developed RWBY as a long-standing concept before its official launch. He created the color-coding approach to character names and design during…
  • The Mist (novella)Stephen King wrote The Mist during the summer of 1976. He drew inspiration from a real thunderstorm that struck his home area in Maine.
  • Monsters in Dungeons & DragonsGary Gygax sat at a desk in 1974 and began assembling a catalog of creatures that would become the backbone of Dungeons & Dragons.