Monster of the Day

Over the years the supernatural beings in adaptations of A Christmas Carol have tended to grow more monstrous. Now with CGI I'm sure sure we'll see many actors in make-up as them again. On the other hand, it's not too surprising that when you make a comic version of the story with the main…

  Christmas week! Another year about gone. March of the Wooden Soliders (aka Babes in Toyland) was a great favorite of mine when I was a kid watching all the old Christmas movies on TV. First, Laurel and Hardy are, bar none, my favorite film comedians. (Followed by the Marx Brothers.) Second, general weirdness.…

I mean...that's just gorgeous. I don't think there is a single painted cover from Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery (or many other Gold Key titles) that I would be thrilled to own the original painting of. I hope many of these are still extant and weren't tossed as being ephemeral trash. In any case,…

I guess the GMO critics had a point after all.  

I hear you, brother! I once belonged to the Columbia House Record Club, too.

Paul Blaisdell really needed to lay off the dope. I always found Gold Key horror / fantasy comics anemic, but man, they really nailed those painted covers.

This is how I feel every time I'm forced to get into my Google account. IT also looks like a typically dumb Hitchhiker episode. Especially the Klaus Kinski one with the homicidal stereo system. Watch Party this Friday. Nearly Christmas! Crazy.

THRILLING WONDER STORIES...The Sci-Fi Magazine for People who Love Transparent Travel Bubbles! By the way, if that's the new, gender-swapped Clarice Savage, Jr., sign me up. That woman can wear some jodhpurs. Happy Friday, everyone! Watch something stupid this weekend.

Look, I get that magazines are going to imitate popular movies. But really? You couldn't have ripped off Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure a little less obviously?

Best...pet shop...ever....