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Halloween Sighted: Michaels Stores 2017

August 12, 2017 / Halloween Novelty / Leave a Comment

Aug 12 2017

You can always count on Michaels Stores to bring Halloween in early. Lots of decorations, Lemax Spooky Town, and fun wood and plaster craft items you can paint this year to showcase your Halloween mojo. Skeletons, skulls, and Day of the Dead are once again staple themes, and you can go with either a black and white motif or add splashes of color. Either way, I'm always thrilled to see their shelves filled with the creepy and the spooky. Here's a sampling of what's in store and waiting for you. The Lemax Spooky Town display wasn't up yet, but I'll be back to snag some photos for you.

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Peter Pain Haunts a Halloween Party
1960 Ben-Gay Print Ad

August 3, 2017 / Halloween Paper / Leave a Comment

Aug 3 2017

Yes, throwing a Halloween party is backbreaking work. Lugging those treat bags around will definitely ache-up that lumbar region faster than a kid devours candy.

Monster Mania No. 2, 1967
Tribute to Hammer Issue

August 2, 2017 / Magazine Morgue / Leave a Comment

Aug 2 2017

Monster Mania was one of the more worthwhile reads in monsterkid horror magazines from the 1960s. Russ Jones, in his Editor's Desk entry for this issue, laments how tough it is to find fresh material and photos. "How many more times can the Frankenstein story be told? How many more times will the same stock shots of the immortal Bela Lugosi as Dracula be printed?" Indeed. And he didn't have the Internet to contend with, where pictures and the same material are shared (and ripped off) faster than a cold. I liked Monster Mania's simple but efficient layout and coverage, and this Tribute to Hammer issue is a keeper. Terrence Fisher talks horror, One Million Years B.C. gets reviewed, Chris Fellner explores The Intriguing World of Hammer Films, Christopher Lee is spotlighted, and Peter Cushing, too. And…the product ads are to die for. How many did you send away for? Take that, Amazon.

Comic reader version: Download Monster Mania 2 (More magazines in the morgue over here.)

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Monster Mania No. 2, 1967
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Project Moonbase (1953)
Mexican Lobby Card

August 1, 2017 / Azteca/Mexican Lobby Cards / Leave a Comment

Aug 1 2017

According to Wikipedia, the same sets and costumes for Project Moonbase were used for Cat-Women of the Moon. At least the Mexican lobby card is a nice hodgepodge of 1950s science fiction imagery. If you like watching men and women dressed for space like they were going to play tennis, this one's for you.