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Next Watch Party a week from Friday…

So we watched a very good, quite fun blaxploitation film called Cotton Comes to Harlem. Unlike most of them it's a fairly lighthearted affair. It was probably too good, in that the comments went dead for long stretches while people just watched the film. Still, I got a share a good flick with many…
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WP tonight…

Still leaning towards the blaxploitation film. Will it be *too* good? Will people just watch it and the interaction be scant? Well, the WPs are still a work in progress, so if nothing else it will provide data for future showings. Anyway, have a great day or weekend, everyone. See some of you tonight…
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Monster of the Day #3382
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Monster of the Day #3382

Two stories with skellingtons? That might be a bit much even for me. Although one is a monster skellington, so....      
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Monster of the Day #3380
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Monster of the Day #3380

Ah, Eerie Publications. "Wait, so if it's a black and white magazine it isn't under the Comic Code? And feature vampires and werewolves and other beasties also verboten by the Code. I mean, so can Warren. They have real writers and artists though. What can we do instead? Hmm...." Notice that the destroyed woman…
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Monster of the Day #3378

Wait! What? What's happening here? Is that girl swinging on the bell for fun, being playfully pushed by her giant best friend? I mean...oh. Wait, there's a dialogue balloon. So...ah. I was way off. Good thing they wrote all that. Thank you, cover editor!   Having trouble with the thumbnail for some reason, so…
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Monster of the Day #3376
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Monster of the Day #3376

Say what you will about France, but man, they sure know how to make a stylish movie poster. OK, that might not be the best example.
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