Monster of the Day

Thought this would be a graceful segue. Gold Key's Dark Shadows series had a range of cover concepts. They started with photo covers (meh), went to these painted ones--the best, obviously--and then went to some rather cheesy--and presumably cheaper--drawn covers. In the comics Barnabas generally was used as a hero, probably because they made…

I think he's Finnish.* (*Get it?)

Good dog!

So when a Frankenstein Monster and a vampire have a child, it's a werewolf. Just like one would guess. As Eric H. noted, apparently in the Munsters 'reimagining' the two Bryans (Singer and Fuller) did a year ago, little Eddie was a boy scout who tore his entire troop to pieces during a full…

I'm more of a Morticia Addams man,but there's no doubt Herman married above his station. Aristocrat Grandpa must have been miffed when his daughter married a...well, you can't call Herman a self-made man, but you know what I mean. There's a picture floating around the web of Lily wearing little more than a spider…

Feeling more like old Grandpa every single day. By the way, did you ever notice Al Lewis totally has Koala Face?

Sorry to bug out the rest of last week, but I got back and was too busy with catching up at work and other stuff. Had a typically great time at T-Fest, which went very well indeed. I'm sure the Rev. is turning his voluminous pages of notes into a diary. Thanks as always…

Although Uncle Creepy and Cousin Eerie made but rare appearances on their covers--the pics from the last two days might well be the only ones--Vampirella for some reason(s) appeared on quite a few. I have no solution for this perplexing mystery. On the other hand...Frazatta. That can't hurt.

  Here's a shocker. The early issues of Creepy and Eerie, the ones edited and nearly entirely written by Archie Goodwin (no, not that Archie Goodwin--I think), are still amazingly fab. I urge anyone to go to their libraries and request the super-nifty Dark Horse hardcover reprint books of those, of which I own…

Halloween Week, so a bit of nostalgia seems to be called for.