Mortal Mansion

Saturday night bedtime story for the kids.  Found this awesome pop-up book for cheap at Savers.  I was going to post this to Instagram, but the app keeps crashing on my phone.  Maybe it's for the best.

So much to look at on each page, and so much blood!  Which page is your favorite?  I actually noticed there is a ghost that looks exactly like the ghost on the cover of Ghosts & Ghouls.

Wolverine, Hulk, and the Wendigo

I spotted this sweet ornament at the DI this summer. It is a legit mini comic book!

Creepmas 2017 Day 12: Krampus in The Corner

I didn't die, I survived Creepmas.  I just got really busy, but who's gonna know?  I can schedule this to post on 12/12.  Anyways, I wanted to share a fun little Kickstarter project that I found: Krampus in The Corner.  A parody of the annoying Elf on The Shelf, complete with a cute little Krampus and a children's style picture book.  The creators give fair warning, the book is a little to scary and violent for children.

 

I'm glad this Kickstarter reached its goal.  I was sad to see Warpo Toy's "Don't Cuddle The Krampus" project fall short a few years ago.  Krampus in The Corner is available now to keep tabs on all the naughty children.

 

Creepmas 2016 Day 3: Warpo Toys Don't Cuddle The Krampus

Creepmas 2017 Day 7: The Original Nightmare Before Christmas Poem

Before the film was created, Tim wrote the fun little poem.  Inspired by all the Christmas merchandise that would start hogging shelves before Halloween was even over.

Originally, Patrick Stewart was going to narrate for the film adaptation, but it was scrapped for some reason.  A few little tidbits were lost from Patrick Stewart's monologues, although no Mr. Oogie Boogie is to be found in the original poem.  If you're a true Nightmare Before Christmas fan, it is well worth a listen.  I would also highly recommend reading the original book with Tim Burton's original art work.

Lastly, the original soundtrack has this little gem.  Once again, Patrick Stewart provides narration.

Yes, Jack and Sally had Skeleton children, and of course they formed a xylophone band!

Creepmas 2017 Day 6: Charlie Brown Bone Shaker

Hot Wheels came out with a great Peanuts series and, of course, my favorite vehicle is the Charlie Brown Boneshaker!

Stranger Things 2 and Mario Odyssey Countdown

www.strangerthingscountdown.com

yourcountdown.to/mario-odyssey

October Friday the 13th, 2017

Jack 'o Monkey?

Dollar Tree!

 Whoa, check out those graphics!

Great seasonal sweaters!

Creepmas 2016 Day 5: Galaxy Santa Covers

Creepmas 2016 Day 4: Lego Minifigure Series 16 Ice Queen

Lego Minifigure Series 16 Ice Queen

The ice queen minifigure speaks for itself...

Pop Culture League Challenge: Are you scared?

Last week, the League was all about Zombies, and we’re going to continue with the Halloween theme this week with a topic suggested by Calvin’s Canadian Cave of Cool. This week’s challenge to the Pop Culture League is…  

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Are you scared?

What frightens you the most?

What frightens me the most?  This thing...

This ghost still haunts my nightmares.  The story is a bit silly, but still quite disturbing.  For some reason this image, of all the frightening images from the Scary Stories series, has been cemented into my psyche.  Stephen Gammell is a genius, a dark dark genius.

Does anyone else remember these books?  What images or stories messed you up?  Tell me in the comments below!

What scares other League member?  Find out below:

Creepy crawlers have Alexis creeped out

Brother Midnight Lists off his top fears

Mr. Smith Shares some fears, one of which I can relate!

Tony wants to escape his nightmares

The Toy Box closes the lid on Thriller

Cassie's fears just got real with impending nuclear holocaust!

Gingerbread (300th Post!)

This year my workplace held its first annual gingerbread contest. Despite starting the night before it was due I think it turned out well! Ava and I had loads of fun putting this together.  The bulk of the candy was leftover Halloween candy, all the "meh" stuff most people just throw away.  I call it

Eversweet National Forest, nestled under Gingerbread Peak.  Everyone at the Christmas lunch threw in their votes.  I overheard a few onlookers saying "this one is super busy!"  Well, of course it is! It's called nature, it's supposed to be messy! Things don't grow all in neat rows, ya know?

UPDATE: The votes have been tallied, I am a winner!
Best Use of Color Category WINNER!

(Check out my Instagram account @spacemason  for more photos)

I drew upon a few sources for inspiration:

A World of Food: Amazing Foodscapes by Carl Warner

Halloween Pogs

A few weeks ago I found half a tube of Pogs for 50 cents! A.K.A. bottle caps, these circular devils were all the rage when I was a wee lad of elementary age. You my remember my Halloween pog post from last year showcasing Jerica's creepy Pogs. Now I finally have some of my own again!

Here are all the Halloween-esque Pogs I found as of late:

My favorite of the bunch! His sword looks like a lightsaber.

Goosebumps! These ones are so fancy they even have that real bottle cap look.

The Honey Nut Cheerios Pogs were the only ones with anything on the back.

Creepy religious messages.

These ones are great!

Tonight's feature: Hitchcock (2012)