 In many cases, he was also the actor portraying the respective creature on screen.However, after a few years, he became disenchanted with the business.Blaisdell, together with film editor/archivist/actor Bob Burns, formed the company Black Shield, to publish the Famous Monsters-inspired magazine "Fantastic Monsters Of The Films" for seven issues during 1962-63, for which Jim Harmon and Ron Haydock edited and wrote text.