Sunday, October 9, 2011

Frankenstein Fun on RetroBlogs™

It's October and a number of RetroBlogs™are doing the Halloween thing...
Secret Sanctum of Captain Video™ has presented the (very loose) comics adaptation of the 1931 movie!
Hero & Heroine Histories™ is presenting Golden Age tales of
and
the Monster's NEW adventures!
Plus: this week, the Origin of the Silver Age Frankenstein!
And coming just before Halloween...
the 1940s Classics Illustrated version!
On Monday, Western Comics Adventures™ presents Frankenstein vs the Original Ghost Rider!

Saturday, October 8, 2011

Design of the Week--WereWolf vs Vampire!

Each week, we post a limited-edition design, to be sold for exactly 7 days, then replaced with another!
This week...Whether you're a member of Team Edward, Team Jacob, or swing both ways (some people do, nothing wrong with that), you can't go wrong with this vintage design featuring the classic look for both werewolves and vampires!
Perfect for Halloween or watching horror movies!
Available in both adult and kid sizes on t-shirts and sweats/hoodies, as well as mugs, bags and other kool kollectibles!
Click HERE to browse!
But do it quickly!
Next Saturday, the Design of the Week mutates into...God only knows what!

Friday, October 7, 2011

Teen-Age Dope Slaves at Seduction of the Innocent!!

With the passing of Steve Jobs...
 ...we had to bounce our mention of the newest RetroBlog™, which debuted yesterday and runs every Thursday!
Seduction of the Innocent!!™ runs the stuff your grandparents didn't want your parents to see, starting with the notorious 1950s strip Teen-Age Dope Slaves, and continuing with other wild 1950s-1960s stuff!

Thursday, October 6, 2011

Steven Paul Jobs (1955-2011)

You're reading this on an iPad, iPhone, iTouch, laptop, or desktop pc...
The very FIRST Mac. Check out macgeek.org for MORE!
...or another PC device that adapted a Mac-type user interface.
So directly or indirectly, you should thank Steve Jobs, the Henry Ford of personal computers.

I've used Macs since 1988 (System 7) for both business and graphics (and still have a Power Mac 7100 and a WallStreet G3 PowerBook to run System 7/8/9 software they never updated).
Here's the "1984" commercial that introduced Macs to the mass-market...

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

YouTube Wednesday: John Carpenter's Creepy Cinema Influences

Director John Carpenter is the Guest Programmer on Turner Classic Movies tonight...
...presenting movies that influenced him as a filmmaker, including...

The Thing from Another World (1951)
IT! the Terror from Beyond Space!

and Curse of Frankenstein!
Watch them all, uncut and uninterrupted, on TCM tonight!