Time to start a new children's book... and this time, it's the Big Little Book Superman in "The Phantom Zone COnnection," written by E. Nelson Bridwell, and what appears to be art by Joe Staton!
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4th of July Camping
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OK...here's my attempt to continue to be a little more regular with this
blogging thing (and I am failing miserably). I spent time posting my music
on Band...
Ryan Reynolds Is Green Lantern
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Newsarama posted news that Ryan Renolds Cast as Hal Jordan in the live
action *Green Lantern* movie that will start filming in January, 2010. He is
no stra...
Stunning Scarlett G.I. Joe Fan Art!
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Big, stupid, crazy props to VonToten (Strang?) for this brilliant piece
showing G.I. Joe's Scarlett in all her ass-kicking glory!
[image: Photobucket]
Sto...
Rocky and Bullwinkle Comic Strips (1962)
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Another not so good set of scanned images, again probably from microfiche
and an online newspaper repository but still these are good fun and it's
nice to...
Octomom’s house haunted? Take our poll!
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Nadya Suleman, the mother of 14 children better known as the Octomom, is now
claiming that her La Habra home may be haunted. RadarOnline has the report:
“I...
halloween housecleaning
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The appearance of pumpkins and assorted skulls, crows and witches in stores
recently has put me in an organizational mood. Since I know it's only a
matter...
The Old Witch / Evil Voices!
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Two eerie tales of witchcraft for you today, the first from the January 1954
issue of *Mystic #26*... *The Old Witch*, obviously lifted from *A.E. van
Vogt...
Summer Heat (Win a Hot Prize!)
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Here in the sweltering heat of summer, there's no better way to pass the lazy, hazy days than by getting your nose in a good book. An excellent choice for th...
THE DRUNKEN SEVERED HEAD SHOW gets its first review!!
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Respected film blog HONG KONG AND CULT FILM NEWS has posted the first review of my short film, THE DRUNKEN SEVERED HEAD SHOW. (So much for it staying respect...
Addicted to Alex Nino Weekend Continues!
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Wrapping up or Addicted to Alex Nino weekend, here's the artist's final
Korak tale from Tarzan #234 (September 1974), "White Death" written by
Robert Kanig...
Opal - Early Recordings
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Let's get on down, get on down the road.
While SST's release *Happy Nightmare Baby* by Opal is essential, this set of
'Early' (1983-1987) recordings is a ...
Carbuncle Speaks
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Carbuncle, from *Horror Incorporated*, has just started his own series of
internet shows called *Carbuncle Speaks*. In the series, all the residents
of Gh...
Halloween '09 - Make 'Em Laugh?
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I'd like to bring more creepy humor into the decorating this year. I was
thinking of prop ideas when it hit me, I already came up with some over at Para
Ab...
Daybreak Dream a Nightmare?
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There is a woman at Daybreak protesting. She has a sign that says: Daybreak
Dream a Nightmare Apparently, her complaints are with Kennecott Land and the
Da...
LUKE JACKSON'S GOODBYE LONDON MUSIC VIDEO
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Watch Luke Jackson's clever animated music video for his new song Goodbye
London!
Go on now - press play!
Be sure to visit Luke's webpage Luke Jackson....
Tonight in Philly: Exhumed Films
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Exhumed Films presents an Italian Flesh Eaters Double Feature...
Cannibal Apocalypse
(aka Invasion of the Flesh Hunters):
and Terror-Creatures from the G...
PS Contest: Schoolyard BS winners
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Well, you guys made it hard to decide but I've finally picked my three
favourites out of the great submissions I received. I can't believe how many
of you...
Thriller Headphones
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Had enough Michael Jackson coverage?
Ok, well then sneak away from it all and hide in these "Thriller
Headphones."
Ha!
Tricked you.
Designed by Johnny Lig...
The Rocky Horror Treatment & more!
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THE ROCKY HORROR TREATMENT is a TV special that was released in syndication
in 1981 to help promote SHOCK TREATMENT, the follow-up to THE ROCKY HORROR
PIC...
Oh Amazon Box, How I Love Thee
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Packages make me very, very happy, especially when they are from Amazon.com.
The one that arrived yesterday had the above beauty inside, along with The
Ch...
1979 "Alien" poster magazine (updated)
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*(Click on images to view larger size!)*
Although I somehow missed the first issue of the Alien poster magazine, I
was lucky enough to find the second one a...
My 100th SCOOBY-DOO story
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Nearly in time for Independence Day, comes "Yankee Doodle Danger" a tale of
monsters and fireworks on the New England coast. This story was wri...
Lost Arzt
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I'm a huge fan of the TV show LOST. It sucks that we have to wait until
early 2010 to see the final season.
I happened to catch an old episode on the Sci-F...
An amazing book...
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Picked up a copy of "Mego 8" Super-Heroes: World's Greatest Toys!" by
Benjamin Holcomb this week. What an incredible and beautiful book! If you
are any ki...
Happy 4th of July!
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Since it's Independence Day, I thought I'd share an interesting fact I
learned. It turns out that the movie *Independence Day*had an audio sidequel
about B...
you have bad taste and your movie is terrible...
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So, I've been feeling a bit of inertia when it comes to writing lately, a
little ennui, a little summertime blues, or whatever. I blame myself,
writing be...
Michael Jackson is dead, and, well, meh.
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Michael Jackson. Sigh. To be honest, I don't feel all that much in the
wake of his death and it's what I find the most surprising. I was five or
six...
Dr. K Reviews: Heathentown
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I'll be posting a bunch of reviews in the coming days as I work my way
through some of the stuff I picked up at HeroesCon. One of the first comics
I read f...
Michael Jackson 1958-2009... A Reggae Tribute
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I received Michael Jackson's Thriller album for Christmas in 1982... I was
11 at the time and even though I was young and I didn't recognize it at the
time...
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http://darkpassagetravelogue.blogspot.com/
Photography and decay, and excellently thoughtful writing. One of my
favorite posts:
http://darkpassagetravelogu...
Ghost Town posters
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*The Skeletal Spotlight shines this time on:*
The poster art for Empire Studio's 1988 "Ghost Town."
*(Click in images to view full-size.)*
You've heard of t...
Land of the Lost 90s style...
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This weekend the first official stinker of the 2009 movie season hit
theaters with the release of Will Ferrel's version of Land of the Lost. With
a budge...
Dream Monster Collages
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Here are a pair of collages depicting monsters who help people have good
dreams. The top image is by Dash. The bottom by Daphne.
Discovering Music: last.fm Alternatives Part 1
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In my last article discussing the recent addition of several features to
last.fm, I discussed the possibility of many of it's members leaving due to
the d...
SOUVENIR POSTCARD FROM CAMP CRYSTAL LAKE
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Can you believe with 12 Friday the 13th movies there was never one with
fuzzy mascot characters? Yeah, I can’t believe it either. Jason went into
space, he...
Retrotastic!
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I will be back… But in the meantime, I’m doing some HTML and CSS
re-schooling at the new 1939 forum, which can be found HERE! Now why don’t
you cowpokes g...
Forbidden Planet... Sweet?
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They are commonly called "Forbidden Planet Suite, Parts I and II". they are
the bookends to the teaser/trailer that was released in theaters for the
Sci-...
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