Wishing Your Desktop A Happy Halloween

I created some horrific new desktop wallpapers - 4 different designs, but one of them has 3 color variations, so that's 6 new wallpapers. Get 'em here.

Cookies & Candy

A few more treats to put you in the mood...

Halloween 2009

Here's my 2009 Halloween music mix...


Tracklisting:

Hey Weirdos! - Zombina and the Skeletones
Shockmonster Stomp - The Ghastly Ones
I Was A Teenage Zombie - The Fleshtones
Creatures of the Night - The Creepshow
Land of the Dead - Voltaire
Dracula's Cigarette - Spoon
Thump Thump Thump - Barry Louis Polisar
Phase 5 - Monkey Farm Frankenstein
Pet Sematary - The Ramones
Transylvanian Orbit (Romanian Dance of the Undead) - The Space Coassacks
What's Under My Bed - Horrorpops
The Return of the Living Dead (Main Title) - Matt Clifford
Coolest Little Monster - Zacherley
The Thing - Curtis & the Creepers
Dracula's Tango - Zombina and the Skeletones
(She's My) Vampire Girl - Groovie Ghoulies
George Romero - Sprites
Shoot The Zombies - Songs To Wear Pants To
Dracula's Deuce - Freddy Fortune & The Four-Gone Conclusions
I Walked With A Zombie - R.E.M.

Download it right here.

Monster Toys 2

And a few more...

Monster Toys

Some toys from my collection...

Precious Moments

Snapped this shot of my nephew this weekend. Fun day.

It's...The Bib!

Picked this up for my baby nephew last week...

Do You Wanna Party?...

...It's Party Time!

Hallowriter

Couldn't resist picking up this hand-painted pen...

Zombie Mints

These things really do taste horrible - kind of like raw meat blended with rotten fish - but the tins are cool...

Skullbuckle

Gina found this belt buckle on the street recently...so I've added it to my collection...

Hallowindow

Found this in a shop window in Center City Philadelphia:

Stickerskull

Here's a piece of skully sticker art I spotted in Old City, Philadelphia:

Skulls For Sale 2

More skulls on shelves...

Skulls For Sale

A few skully items I've seen in stores...

Adam McCauley

Okay, one last stamp post - This wonderful illustration by Adam McCauley:


If only they were real...

The Horror! The Miscellaneous Horror!

A handful of horror stamps from a handful of countries:

The Supernatural

Canada issued these "Supernatural" stamps in 1997. These are probably my second favorite of the sets I've posted so far, with the Classic Movie Monsters coming in first.

Hollywood Horror Classics

The Republic of Sierra Leone issued these (I believe) in the late 90s as well:

Dracstamps

Some late-90s Dracula stamps from the Republic of Chad:




And some from Ireland:

Classic Movie Monsters

Next up - the beautifully painted USPS Classic Movie Monsters stamps from 1997:


I remember standing in line for an uncut sheet of these when they came out. Of course they also sold pins, posters, pencils, erasers, mousepads, and who knows how many other products...

Tales of Terror

The Royal Mail's "Tales of Terror" stamps from 1997:

Three Hammers

Three Royal Mail issues from 2008, all based on the poster art for classic Hammer films:

A Pair of Poes

Issued by the US Postal Service in 1949:


And in 2009:

Halloween Hangers

Thinking about Halloween party decor...and wishing I had bought these when I spotted them a couple years ago...

Recorded Attacks!

Max Brooks' "The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks" finally hit bookstore shelves today (and should be in comic shops tomorrow).


You can download a free sample chapter from the book, a screensaver, and desktop wallpaper right here.

Tofu the Vegan Zombie

Don't worry, folks - It's just Tofu the Vegan Zombie:


Check out the animated short, "Zombie Dearest", here or here.

Halloween Heinekens

Continuing with the food & drink theme...Here are some great Halloween ads for Heineken:

Coffee Shop of Horrors

How could any coffee-loving horror fan not be head over heels for the Coffee Shop of Horrors? These were a gift from my fiancée last year:

Skull Cookies

Found these in the store the other day. Unfortunately they look better than they taste...

The Clem-O-Lantern

Well, here we go - the Countdown to Halloween begins today. I'm a lot busier this October than I was last time around, but I'll see what I can do. At the very least, I'll try to get a fun image up here every day. Hopefully more than that. We shall see.

First up, a little collaboration between a coworker and I. He drew the face on a clementine, and I added the pushpin stalk.