Hail to the Dinosaurs!
Was John Grimek a monster?
He was certainly the most massively
muscular man on the face of the planet
back in the 1930's and 1940's.
Twice Mr. America -- Mr. Universe
winner -- and undefeated in bodybuilding
competition.
Senior National Weightlifting Champion
and record holder -- member of the USA
Olympic team in 1936 -- member of the USA
World Championship team in 1938 -- Weight-
lifting Champion of North America for
several years.
A man so strong and powerful that he could
MILITARY PRESS 150 percent of his own
bodyweight.
A man with an enormous, seemingly endless
appetite. He once won a 25 cent bet by eating
five full course dinners back to back.
But was he a monster?
I ask the question because one of my long
time readers, Nathan Meyer, just wrote a book
where he comes right out and says it.
Grimek was a monster!
Nathan writes fiction.
He just published a book called ALDWYN'S ACADEMY.
It's a companion novel to A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO
WIZARDRY. Written for young readers because it's
too scary for adults.
So he sends me a copy, and I'm reading it, and
the hero is trapped in an underground cave and the
evil sorceress is after him -- and he's trying to
get away -- and he's being chased by two monstrous
creatures called BUGBEARS.
Their skin is green.
They're seven feet tall.
And very ugly.
"Dark hair bristled in curtains, framing bestial faces,
big pointed ears, and jutting, jagged teeth that looked
like broken daggers as the beasts grinned."
One of them is called SLAKE.
The other is called -- GRIMEK!
"Grimek stepped forward so that his face was visible.
Rubbery lips twisted into a jagged semblance of a smile,
revealing a broken lower tusk.
"I'm hungry, Slake," Grimek growled."
So I ask again -- was Grimek a monster?
At least one of your fellow Dinos seems to think so!
As always, thanks for reading and have a great day. If
you train today, make it a good one!
Yours in strength,
Brooks Kubik
P.S. You can learn more about John Grimek and the other
legendary champions of the Golden Age in my Legacy of
Iron books -- available right here at Dinosaur
Headquarters:
http://www.brookskubik.com/products.html
