Happy Independence Day!

Posted on July 4th, 2008 by Joseph Remy.
Categories: Personal.

For you American readers, Happy Independence Day!

Independance Day movie 1996

Interesting side note for my fellow Massachusetts readers.

In 1781, the Massachusetts General Court became the first state legislature to recognize Independence Day as a state celebration.

Read a little about the history.

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Undead Sock Zombie Horror!

Posted on July 2nd, 2008 by Joseph Remy.
Categories: Fun Stuff, Art, Horror, Crafts, Zombie, Fatally-Yours.

Horror!  Death!  Mayhem!  Cuteness!

Emily Williams makes awesome sock zombies.  Each one has its own story and name, and are incredibly awesome!  Click the banner below to head to Fatally-Yours to read more and link over to Emily’s site to buy your own.

Sock Zombies

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Sam Van Olffen

Posted on July 1st, 2008 by Joseph Remy.
Categories: Art, Steampunk, Brass Goggles.

Brass Goggles, one of the premiere sites for all things steampunk, has a link to a superb French steampunk artist by the name of Sam Van Olffen.  Head to Brass Goggles for a peak and a link to Ollfen’s site.

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USPS Certified Hat

Posted on June 30th, 2008 by Joseph Remy.
Categories: Personal, Photos, Humor.

For some people, it is a means for delivering important documents to their clients, or to their lawyers. For others, it is a way to share family moments and class photos with the grandparents and other relatives. For some, it is a hat. The U.S. Postal Service document mailer makes a great head cover for those early morning naps in the Boston subway system. Get yours today at your local U.S. Post Office. Don’t be fooled by those plain manilla envelopes found elsewhere. Get an official, high-quality envelope from your nearest Postal Service representative.

USPS Envelope Hat

Taken in the Park Street Station of the Boston Red Line subway system.

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Gronsters

Posted on June 30th, 2008 by Joseph Remy.
Categories: Cthulhu Mythos, Art.

Not much to say here.  Awesomeness.

Gronsters

Check them out.

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Artists inspired by Lovecraft

Posted on June 27th, 2008 by Joseph Remy.
Categories: Lovecraft, Art, Horror, Fiction.

Enter the Octopus has posted up a mini review and some photos of a large and awesome looking collection of art entitled “A Lovecraft Retrospective: Artists Inspired by H. P. Lovecraft” from Centipede Press.  I especially love the artwork on the cover jacket, which coincidently is the same artwork on the editions of the HPL compilations I grew up with!  Included in the book are some previously unpublished works, several major essays, and an intro by Harlan Ellison.  Now if only I had the spare cash to add this to my growing collection of coffee table art books.

A Lovecraft Retrospective: Artists Inspired by H. P. Lovecraft

Enter the Octopus to see the pretty pictures.

You can get a copy from Centipede Press and from Amazon.com.

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Connection: Torchwood - Call of Cthulhu

Posted on June 26th, 2008 by Joseph Remy.
Categories: Events, Horror, Call of Cthulhu, Fiction.

IantoWell I’ll be darned!  Its not an actual story connection, but I’d never have guessed that the actor who plays Torchwood’s Ianto Jones would be doing a book signing for an audio book version of “The Call of Cthulhu”.

If you happen to be near Birmingham, UK, maybe you should go see Gareth David-Lloyd at the Nostalgia And Comics at Smallbrook Queensway, Birmingham, between 11am and 1pm, Saturday, June 28.  He’s also set to make appearances this year at Polaris 22, San Diego Comic Con, and Dragon*Con.

Read more at The Geek Files.

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Portrait of Cthulhu as an Old God

Posted on June 24th, 2008 by Joseph Remy.
Categories: Comics, Personal, Cthulhu Mythos, Horror, Interview, Comic Book Resources.

Necronomicon #3Comic Book Resources has just interviewed cover illustrator J.K. Woodward and interior artist Andrew Ritchie about BOOM! Comics’ upcoming “Necronomicon”.  Issue #1 is set for an August release.  To read what Woodward and Ritchie have to say about drawing for this Lovecraftian comic, a little about what they’ve worked on before, and to see some of the artwork, head on over to Comic Book Resources.

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