Saturday, October 16, 2010

Monstrous Mini-Buttons! The Perfect Halloween Treat!

These Halloween-themed 1"-diameter Mini Buttons are just the thing to use as trick-or-treat bag stuffers or Halloween party favors! (and they won't rot kids' teeth!)
Your house will become Halloween Central when everyone discovers you're giving away these unique items, which kids trade and collect and stick on everyting from jackets to backpacks to sweatshirts to hats!
You can mix-and-match with several different 10-packs at $19.99 each or a 100-pack of a single design for only $84.99 (That's less than 9 cents per button! Cheaper than most brand-name candy!)
Order now, to get them in time for Halloween!

Friday, October 15, 2010

Design of the Week

Each week, we post a limited-edition design, to be sold for exactly 7 days, then replaced with another!
This week...
Our NEW piece is from a forgettable 70s horror flick (in fact, we don't even remember the title!) with GREAT poster art!It's gruesome!
It's graphic!
It's gut-grabbing!
Isn't that exactly what you're looking for in Halloween-wear?

Thursday, October 14, 2010

The Muhammad Cartoon You NEVER Saw!

Remember when this cartoon ran in your local newspaper's Sunday funnies on October 3rd?
Nope.
Because they DIDN'T!
Read the fascinating explanations by newspaper editors as to why they didn't run a cartoon that DOESN'T SHOW Muhammad HERE!
Ironically, you CAN order a huge color print for your wall by clicking HERE!

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

YouTube Wednesday: THE GREEN HORNET "Eat, Drink and Be Dead"

If the videos don't work, click HERE!
In a plotline probably based on one of the original radio show's scripts, the Hornet and Kato take on liquor bootleggers operating out of a local dairy, using it's pasturizing equipment to ferment booze on a massive scale! (Why, by 1966, bars would even need illegally-produced liquor is not explained.)
In an interesting modern twist, the criminals use a helicopter to bomb any who oppose or betray them. Effective, and leaves no ballistics!
When The Daily Sentinel begins a series exposing the racket, the gangsters grab reporter Mike Axford, threatening to kill him if the articles are printed.
To save Mike, The Hornet cuts himself in on the racket, agreeing to turn Sentinel publisher Reid over to them in exchange for a cut of profits.
Once inside, Reid sabotages the operation, rescues Mike, and defeats the helicopter bombing-baddies.
Side notes:
The Green Hornet series did quite a bit of location shooting during it's run. Last week it was a marina. In this episode, a huge local dairy.
The Green Hornet likes to make use of darkness to make dramatic entrances. He does it twice in this episode!
Another on-screen costume change as Britt Reid changes in the back seat of Black Beauty, this time donning his Hornet garb.
Lots of play for The Black Beauty as more of it's gimmicks are introed, including built-in loudspeakers (with tape player so The Hornet and Britt Reid can seem to be in two places at once), smoke projectors (probably the gas projector seen in "Crime Wave" using harmless smoke instead of knockout gas), and the (rare for the time) mobile telephone. Plus, both the flying Hornet Scanner and the car's rocket weapons get a healthy workout.
This is the only episode where the villain's lair is blown up, James Bond style! (And, no, they didn't blow up the actual dairy!)
While the 60s tv series is not yet available on official dvd, it is available on YouTube.
Here's the SIXTH broadcast episode "Eat, Drink and Be Dead" in three segments.
Enjoy.



Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Bond Girls Illustrations by Magdalena Babińska

Here's an interesting series of illustrations of "Bond Girls" (actresses who've appeared as heroines, villainesses or, to be polite, set decoration in the 007 film series by talented artist Magdalena Babińska.
Shown is Halle Berry as Jinx from Die Another Day.