Well, that's it until Monday. See you then, and hold your Fiends close and your Enemas closer!
Friday, October 18, 2019
It's the End of the Topp
Here's the last of the Topps bubble-gum Monster Cards. Yeah, there's more of them, but it's all I have, anyway.
Well, that's it until Monday. See you then, and hold your Fiends close and your Enemas closer!
Well, that's it until Monday. See you then, and hold your Fiends close and your Enemas closer!
Labels:
Blog-o-Ween,
Nostalgia,
Scary Fun,
TV and Movies
Wednesday, October 16, 2019
Hodgson: The Boats of the “Glen Carrig”
Scary Books, Kiddies!
The Boats of the “Glen Carrig.” William Hope Hodgson, 1907. Ballantine, 1971. ORIGINAL BUT MISSING cover art by Robert LoGrippo
I bought this paperback around 1980. It was only a dime, because it had no cover. And I read it. But I’ll be shot if I remember anything other than being staggered by its depiction of a kind of cosmic horror familiar to me through my acquaintance with the works of HP Lovecraft.
And being the silly completist sort that I am, I took an oversized file card and made my own front cover.
Here’s the back cover with a continuation of the actual front cover image.
Evidently the thing was printed in a 1945 pulp mag. A youngster named Lin Carter read it, and later, as book editor for Ballantine, issued it forth as part of the “Adult Fantasy” series.
By the way, this is the complete cover.
And being a glutton for mockery, I’ll give you a close-up of my attempt to emulate Ballantine’s “Adult Fantasy” unicorn insignia.
See you next time!
Labels:
Blog-o-Ween,
Book Reviews,
Scary Fun
Monday, October 14, 2019
Marilyn's Drippy Date
More Munster pages.
Of course, the caption on Grandpa's picture should say, "Beaten," not "Beat."
See you on Wednesday!
Of course, the caption on Grandpa's picture should say, "Beaten," not "Beat."
See you on Wednesday!
Labels:
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Scary Fun,
TV and Movies
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