Sunday, May 29, 2011

R.I.P. Gil Scott-Heron (1949-2011)


Throughout the late 70s-80s, I saw Gil Scott-Heron perform numerous times.  I attended the D.C. show that was documented and released on DVD as BLACK WAX (1980).  One of my NYU 16mm film shorts, GUN (1983), was based on his song of the same name.  Gil will be missed but his music and poetry will live on!

Thursday, May 26, 2011

Dark Horse's KING CONAN slayride comes to an end!

Dark Horse's CONAN reboot in 2004 was the single reason I got back into serious comic book reading since the 80's.  This recent KING CONAN 4-part mini series written by Timothy Truman, illustrated by Tomas Giorello and colored by Jose Villarruba is the pinnacle of the best writing and artwork truly worthy of Robert E. Howard's barbaric hero!   What a killer team of talent!  Hopefully they'll be back soon for more mayhem.  Click here to check out some sample pages: http://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/17-584/King-Conan-The-Scarlet-Citadel-4

From The Archives: VC issue #21 July 1993


From The Archives: VC issue #20 June 1993









From The Archives: VC issue #22 August 1993


UNMASKED REAL LIFE HORROR! Farewell to the beast!

Hopefully, she will swiftly fade from view and may all her future endeavors be monumental failures!
And 1925 audiences fainted when Chaney Sr. as Erik the Phantom was unmasked?  Sadly, founding a rape school in Africa and the shameless promotion of pseudoscience and new age mysticism will make you one of the richest and beloved homo sapiens on the planet!  And this is the nicest thing I could think to say.

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Bava lives in morbid ad!

I stumbled across this creepy ad banner at the Amazon site.  It's like a frame right out of a lurid 60's Mario Bava Euro-shocker!   To me, this image of a flesh and blood, dead Barbie Doll eerily glamorizes death by drowning and might encourage aquatic necrophilia!  How in the hell does it sell bathing suits?

From The Archives: VC issue #29 Winter 1995

I never understood how issue #29 was put out in Winter '95 and #30 hit in Spring '95?



From The Archives: VC issue #30 Spring 1995