tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-173133942024-03-08T18:54:38.962-05:00Cute Creeps From Pop CultureJayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16113962325456572827noreply@blogger.comBlogger342125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17313394.post-83981391432199720322010-01-15T13:29:00.002-05:002010-01-15T15:21:10.962-05:00Imposter Alert!An important message to all fans of Jay Stephens and The Secret Saturdays... the person or persons running the Ning site Secret Saturdays Season 3 is a fraud. The site is NOT, as claimed, run by me, nor is the person posting on that site claiming to be Jay Stephens me. This site is illegal in many ways, and I urge all my fans to boycott this imposter. Thank you.Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16113962325456572827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17313394.post-41664065810969499702010-01-05T14:50:00.004-05:002010-01-05T14:54:48.237-05:00Happy 2010! Hope all you Monsterammers have a great year in twenty ten... mine has begun in fine form with many new beginnings. Can you belive the ol' Monsterama is entering its' 5th year? If you have time, go back through some of the older posts and let me know which ones you liked best...Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16113962325456572827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17313394.post-24963699072512854502009-12-24T16:37:00.002-05:002009-12-24T16:39:08.237-05:00Excelsior! One of my heroes, Stan Lee, reads The Night Before Christmas. Enjoy, true believers!Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16113962325456572827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17313394.post-58373044694814866352009-12-24T16:17:00.003-05:002009-12-24T16:19:19.100-05:00Hope You Were Good...... 'cause a visit from Krampus isn't as fun as it looks.Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16113962325456572827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17313394.post-18177533608369462622009-12-13T14:04:00.008-05:002009-12-13T14:19:57.244-05:00Cryptid Claus Here's a nasty little holiday treat for you, with a warning from the film itself: "What you are about to see may traumatize you for life", especially if you still want to believe in Santa as a benevolent magical elf. Finnish filmmaker Jalmari Helander's short films Rare Exports Vol. 1 and 2 pose the awesomely bizarre question: 'what if Father Christmas was a rare species of cryptozoological Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16113962325456572827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17313394.post-18619155756560704832009-12-13T11:26:00.004-05:002009-12-13T11:31:00.479-05:00True Zombie Tales Check out this amazing article over at Mens Journal about real Haitian zombies! From journalist Mischa Berlinski: "About a month after I arrived in Jérémie, a rumor swept through town that a deadly zombie was on the loose. This zombie, it was said, could kill by touch alone. The story had enough authority that schools closed." Forget the brain-eating undead of Zombieworld... this is the real Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16113962325456572827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17313394.post-91901277958021341092009-12-12T10:25:00.003-05:002009-12-12T10:32:07.810-05:00Free SpookyThe Big Blog Of Kids Comics has three terrific Spooky Comics available to read. Classic stuff by Howard Post including an appearance by 'Bat Belfry'. Man, I loved Spooky when I was a kid! The 'tough little ghost' was always my favourite Harvey Comics' character.Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16113962325456572827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17313394.post-15039407365672973862009-11-09T00:12:00.004-05:002009-11-09T00:16:52.111-05:00Strange Tales #3 out now I forgot to mention that my 4-page contribution to Marvel Comics' odd Strange Tales is on the shelves as of last Wednesday. Oh, and I did an interview for the Marvel website, too...Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16113962325456572827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17313394.post-43927312376897115072009-11-02T22:49:00.002-05:002009-11-02T22:53:06.432-05:00Saturdays Back On Saturday Heads' up, Secret Saturdays fans-- the premiere half-hour episode of the new season will follow Batman The Brave and the Bold this Saturday, November 7th on Cartoon Network at the following times:Eastern 9pmCentral 8pmMountain 7pmPacific 9pmHawaii 4pmJayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16113962325456572827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17313394.post-73754185091842448982009-10-30T12:06:00.001-04:002009-10-30T12:07:57.652-04:00All Hallow's Oh-Nine! Happy Hallowe'en everyone!Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16113962325456572827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17313394.post-70601333886673453012009-10-30T10:23:00.003-04:002009-10-30T10:26:25.399-04:00Maskatorium! I am super jealous of this guy's amazing collection of masks! Looking through all these fantastic faces is a great way to kill some pre-hallowe'en hours.Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16113962325456572827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17313394.post-34216222575315955242009-10-29T12:56:00.003-04:002009-10-29T13:00:14.500-04:00Top Ten Tinglers For your holiday viewing pleasure, The Horror Blog has asked various horror-related people to compile a top ten list of their favorite horror movies (me included). Check out the link above for all the lists, and compare against your own...Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16113962325456572827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17313394.post-31120134869092833242009-10-26T14:37:00.008-04:002009-10-26T15:07:10.611-04:00Scared Silly Monsterama pal Paul Castiglia is launching the Scared Silly blog on Halloween as a lead-in to his forthcoming book (of the same name) about classic Hollywood horror-comedies. Scared Silly examines the popularity of mixing humor and horror-- which is precisely our purview here on Monsterama, so you know I'm excited! Castiglia’s blog and book will offer readers a fun overview of horror-comedy Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16113962325456572827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17313394.post-15543831440988370082009-10-22T13:38:00.009-04:002009-10-22T13:51:00.532-04:00Ghost Busting Book Did you know that Dan Akroyd's home life was the inspiration for Ghostbusters? His Great Grandfather, Dr. Samuel A. Akroyd, was a Spiritualist Medium who held séances at the family home in the early 1900's. And Dan's father, Peter Akroyd, has written a book about those experiences and more in A History Of Ghosts; The True Story of Séances, Mediums, Ghosts, and Ghostbusters. From USA Today, Dan Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16113962325456572827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17313394.post-12691507327639094622009-10-19T12:55:00.004-04:002009-10-19T13:04:21.195-04:00Voices From The Netherworld I get a lot of people asking me if they could do a voice for my show. Or, more realistically, asking if I could tell them how to get into the business of voice acting. Honestly, I have no idea. But I know someone who does. If you're really serious about it, there's no better person to post questions to than Cory Burton. Cory isn't only the voice of Argost and Van Rook for the Secret Saturdays-- Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16113962325456572827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17313394.post-23380976852565917412009-10-19T12:45:00.004-04:002009-10-19T12:51:52.245-04:00Future Tut? For the Tutenstein fans out there, looks like the new Hasbro Studios is starting to get serious! Anyone out there want to see all-new episodes?Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16113962325456572827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17313394.post-18834587748482413622009-10-18T15:18:00.007-04:002009-10-18T15:29:54.515-04:00I am a Wild Thing Saw the film adaptation of Where The Wild Things Are on Friday, and thought it was a gorgeous little art film. Not for everyone, but I certainly loved it, despite the fractured family content feeling very close to home. It was, in fact, emotionally rough going for me, which is why it's taken a couple of days to post about it. As a single Dad mucking about in the aftermath of a failed family, I Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16113962325456572827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17313394.post-44711339342965828382009-10-17T17:22:00.008-04:002009-10-17T17:43:12.464-04:00Secret Disguises Anyone dressing up as Secret Saturdays or Tutenstein characters this Halloween? Please send me your photos, and I'll post them here on Monsterama! And if you're in the Philippines, I'd love some pics of the Secret Saturdays Pumpkin Party where "...Doc, Drew and Zak Saturday are giving out prizes to kids who can help them solve mysteries by identifying the disguised villains who are trying to Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16113962325456572827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17313394.post-92072199591708254902009-10-17T17:05:00.010-04:002009-10-17T19:44:29.359-04:00Twilight Zoo All this month, the little town of Elora, Ontario (just a short drive from where I live) will be full of freaks and frights as they kick off another wonderful Monster Month. As he's been doing for a decade now, local artist Tim Murton has covered the town's quaint old buildings with white creepy creatures in nightmarish proportions, called, appropriately, The Twilight Zoo. This year Elora is Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16113962325456572827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17313394.post-69411229095410388342009-10-15T13:06:00.007-04:002009-10-15T13:17:28.056-04:00Hollywood Hallowe'en! Seeing as I'm in Burbank during the Hallowe'en season, it's only fitting to dedicate a post to the legendary Bob Burns. Bob is responsible for inspiring and directly mentoring some of the greatest horror FX guys in the business via his annual Hallowe'en 'shows', and he's got a gorgeous site featuring a documentary in four parts, with a new segment added each week leading up to All Hallow's Eve. Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16113962325456572827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17313394.post-68505234998392780832009-10-14T14:08:00.003-04:002009-10-14T14:12:03.093-04:00Another Cover Here's the second cover (Cartoon Network Action Pack #45) to the upcoming 2-part Secret Saturdays story, "The Lost King Of Africa". Shades of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle...Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16113962325456572827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17313394.post-29475379651203652202009-10-14T10:59:00.003-04:002009-10-14T11:04:26.602-04:00Zombie Plague They're going for the World Record of undead, so if you're in or around New Orleans on October 31st 2009, put your best zombie suit on and shuffle on down! From Humid Beings, "The multifaceted, ever evolving troupe, The New Orleans Bingo! Show is spearheading the attempt to break the Guinness Book of World Records “Largest gathering of Zombies“. Up until recently, the USA held the record with Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16113962325456572827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17313394.post-28851703804536929012009-10-13T20:57:00.006-04:002009-10-13T21:05:39.318-04:00Saturday Morning Monsters One of my favourite mags, the creeptacular Canadian publication Rue Morgue just put out their Hallowe'en issue, and the Secret Saturdays make an appearance. In an article called "TV's Coolest Cartoon Creeps", the Saturdays rank alongside such unforgettable animated freaks as Casper the friendly ghost, Milton the Monster, The Gruesomes, Groovy Goolies, Fangface, Beetlejuice, and Ruby Gloom... Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16113962325456572827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17313394.post-23453472881069940512009-10-08T12:53:00.004-04:002009-10-08T13:02:03.695-04:00Hammerstad!Seems like everyone's been blogging about the awesomeness that is Norwegian artist Kristian Hammerstad, but I couldn't resist the overkill, as his stuff is pure Monsterama magic. The work is decidedly Charles Burnsesque, but has a poppy gore charm all it's own. From Screamstress...“Some of my first memories of being awed by artwork was seeing skateboard graphics that the older guys in my Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16113962325456572827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17313394.post-53810390104875393212009-10-08T12:34:00.007-04:002009-10-08T12:47:13.176-04:00Potty Monsters Loving the new kiddie book written by Kelly DiPuccio and illustrated by the brilliant Mike Moon, How To Potty Train Your Monster. The scans don't do it justice-- the art is shockingly day-glow! Mike is one of the few truly Creative Executives in animation. An Emmy-Winning Art Director (for Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends) and current VP of Animated series for The Disney Channel. From Line Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16113962325456572827noreply@blogger.com