Monster of the Day

Well, back to work. I'd say back to reality, but we still (many of us) have a short week, followed by another long weekend, followed by another short week, before we return to a regular work week. And then two weeks after that we get Martin Luther King Jr Day. I hope everyone had…

Man, that's just lovely. And nice to know Death was playing chess before the Seventh Seal. (Although I hope everyone has seen that.)

Man, Doctor Doom, eat a sandwich already. Also, fire your British dentist. 100 pages for 25 cents! For people in the many parts of the nation who will be experiencing awful weather starting today, stay safe.

Man, love these old comic covers. Of course, I tend to focus on the skeleton ones because, you know, I love skeletons. This is one of those fun ones where the artist just keeps tossing in more 'creepy' elements. Good stuff.

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.