What’s All This Then
I understand some people might be new here! Let me give you the rundown.
Welcome to Reverend Matt’s Monster Science – Part science. Part comedy. All monsters.
Monster Science Pre-Fringe Press Roundup
Rev. Matt’s Monster Science has been fortunate and blessed to be featured in a number of articles about this year’s upcoming Minnesota Fringe Festival. Why, articles like:
Monster Science at the 2023 MN Fringe Festival!
Behold! The complete schedule for the Monster Scienciest Fringe Festival in all of human history! All shows are at the Augsburg Studio!
Thursday, August 3rd, 8:30pm – Opening night of “The Very Model of a Modern Monster Scientist!” The sketch comedy history of Elora Riley, Science Assistant! Plus loads of the comedy monster lectures with PowerPoint that you angrily demand!
The Monster Science Catalog
Behold! A complete list of standard, hour-long Monster Sciences, as of February 2023! By larger topic and then alphabetical!
MODERN FICTION
Beasts Both Fresh and Rad (parts I & II) (monsters from 80s film and television)
Beholders and Illithids and Pals (Dungeons & Dragons monsters)
Big In Japan (Godzilla and other Toho daikaiju)
Bizarrocosms (speculative evolution)
Comic Book Space Persons (aliens in comics)
The Ecology of the Video Game Dinosaur (dinosaurs in video games)
Frankenstein: D-Bag (Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” and retellings)
Friendly Neighborhood Spider Monsters (the monsters of Spider-Man)
How to Remake a Monster (remakes of cinematic monster movies)
Lizard Women From the Dawn of Time (reptilian creatures in Doctor Who)
Monster Science of the Planet of the Apes (the Planet of the Apes series)
The Nearest Convenient Parallel Dimension (monsters from other dimensions)
Screampunk: What the Victorians were Scared Of (Victorian horror literature)
Some of These are Monsters (monster topics appearing in the work of the Jazz Butcher Conspiracy)
Vampires of Venice (legendary monsters in Doctor Who)
Weirdos of Middle-Earth (the unreal creatures of Tolkien’s work)
When Lumberjacks Lose Their Minds (Fearsome Critters and American tall tales)
The Zoology of the Galactic Empire (animals in Star Wars)
2022: The Year in Review
Look, I truly didn’t mean for that to rhyme, OR have meter.
2022 was an extraordinary year for Monster Science, just a phenomenal one. In this year alone, my lil’ show: