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Del Winans, one of the really good guys of movie Horror & Sci-Fi, passed peacefully into the next world yesterday. Del was a writer and interviewer for Gore Creatures, Midnight Marquee and other fanzines; compiler of the "Fantasy Magazine Index" back in 1976; and he was associate with well-known sculptor Henry Alvarez. As Alvarez stated in a recent interview:

"Wolf's Head (Productions) was the dream child of Delbert Winans and myself. It is a separate company aside from Alvarez Wax Models. I am the V.P and Art Director. Delbert and I had this idea to promote the iconic images of the Horror, Sci-Fi, and Fantasy films in the ultimate fine art form, which to us, is bronze. We started out with Disney items, of which we have sold several editions , and now have a line ready to go with them, to individuals of classic horror. We also had Universal license to create a lot of their icons, but we were too optimistic about the wants of serious collectors and the prices were not in the budget of the general collecting public. We still have hope of one day reviving those images. A possibility will be to do them in resin. We'll see."

Del was the most affable of dreamers...sometimes they're a little too big for the world but they do keep you going. Del was in bad health for the last several years, but it never once stopped him from "getting on with it". In 1974 Del and I drove up to Valley Forge, PA to do the first interview with BLOB director Irvin Yeaworth for the long-gone Monster Times and to see Wes Shank, the owner of the title character. Whatta great time! I had cast Del in a play I directed at Towson State back in '69. It was a crazy, wild part that got him a huge round of applause. Del was also quite a terrific actor. I'll always remember his "bit" in E.T. walking away from the camera, longshot in silhouette, off into the sunset. Wherever he is, I hope the view's a great one. And say Hello to those movie icons for me, old pal.