Creature Feature

Back in the early 70's, one of the local TV stations showed a monster movie double-feature every Saturday night at midnight called "Creature Feature". For some reason, about the time I turned 8, my parents started letting me stay up by myself and watch these. In hindsight, I can't believe they let me do that but I'm sure glad they did. It goes without saying that the movies scared me to death but it was worth every terrified minute. I had GREAT parents.

Of course I loved all the Universal monsters - Frankenstein's monster, the Wolfman, Dracula, the Mummy, the Invisible Man, the Creature From the Black Lagoon. Here are a few of the others that made the biggest impressions on me at the time. They're still some of my favorite movies.

 

The Kings of Classic Horror

 

 

Another Comic Book Cover MY Way

 I've decided I just don't like white backgrounds unless there's an artistic reason for them. Here's another example.

The original cover -

  My re-colored version - 

Trick or Treat!

 

Ch-ch-ch-changes

 The more things change, the more they stay the same...

It's been a while so here are a few of my new ("new" to me, anyway) favorites in no particular order.

TV - New Girl. Probably the only show that currently makes me laugh out loud. The group of guys remind me so much of my friends and I when we were young and stupid. FYI - we're all still friends, just old and not-quite-so-stupid. I have an unexplainable love for the Prince episode. 

 

 

Books -

Watership Down. My all-time favorite book. Epic in all the right ways. I re-read it every year.

 

Lord of the Rings/Silmarillion. My other all-time favorite. I re-read them every two or three years. Still affects me in ways I can't quite explain.

 

Best of Richard Matheson.  Not a bad story to be found. One of them made me so uncomfortable my stomach actually hurt and that never happens (I'll let you guess which one it was.) I can't recommend this book highly enough!

 

The Plague Dogs. Makes you think about dogs in a whole different way. Even better than I remembered.

Music - 

The Gaslight Anthem, Puddle's Pity Party, Postmodern Jukebox, Prince 

 

Comics -

Not reading nearly as many new ones as I used to.

I really liked the first four or five TPBs of World's Finest by Waid/Mora.

I get the Brubaker/Phillips books as they come out. 

 

Speaking of Brubaker, I just finished Friday by him, Martin, and Vicente. I'm probably not really the target audience but I enjoyed it.

 

Thought the Hulk/Thor: Banner of War from a couple years ago was a lot of fun. 

 

I'm sure there are a few more that I'm not thinking of right now. I'll post them as I think of them. 

Make that 8 years...

  

 

Seven years later...

 ... and I'm back. 

Lots of reasons, none of which really matter at this point. I'm going to try and stop by here fairly regularly and see how it goes for a while. If I'm enjoying it, good. If not, I'll see you in 2032.

Favorite Places To Swim

Fell in love with this the second I saw it. Wish I knew more  about it.

There's nothing better...

...than an issue guest-starring the Incredible Hulk. These were always so much fun!

Color Me Ghostly

I should know who the artist is for this but their name escapes me right now. Let me know and I'll give them the credit they deserve. Coloring by me of course.

Another Great Comic From My Past

Not really a comic but close enough for this blog. This was the first (of many) issues of this classic magazine that I ever bought. I was about 8 at the time. What were my mom and dad thinking? I've still got it, although now a little ragged from all the readings. I had a great childhood.

Home, Sweet Home...

...I wish.

Giant Robot, please

Creeeeeeee-py. If anyone knows the artist, please let me know.

If I Were A Six-Year-Old Girl...

... these are the kind of dollhouses I would want.  Heck, I'm a 52-year-old man and I'd still like to have these.

Places I Would Like To Live

Needless to say, I'm a little bit of an introvert and a recluse.  If anybody knows who took this picture, send me their information and I will gladly credit them.