I Want This! Wednesday May 7th, 2008

Remember sitting up late at night with a flashlight under the blanket reading “Creepy” and “Eerie” magazines? I sure do. In fact I can still smell the sweet aroma of lilacs outside my window wafting in on a warm June night mixed with the moldering smell of decayed zombie flesh. Yeah, I had a disturbing childhood.

Anyway, if you’re like me and have few of these mags left over from the 60’s then fear not. Creepy’s last issue would be #145 in February 1983 when Warren Publishing, who had run the mag since 1964, went bankrupt. Now Dark Horse Comics is reissuing the legendary Creepy in a hardcover collection. This groundbreaking material turned the world of graphic storytelling on its head in the early 1960s, as phenomenal young artists like Bernie Wrightson and Neal Adams reached new artistic heights with their fascinating explorations of classic and modern horror stories. In this addition you’ll find brilliant, classic Creepy stories from 1964-1966 raised from the dead after twenty-five years featuring work by such comics luminaries as Joe Orlando, Al Williamson, Alex Toth, and Frank Frazetta. Volume One is due June 25th, 2008 according to Amazon and reprints the first five terrifying issues of the magazine’s original run in the original magazine size! Man I gotta have this. Dark Horse lists it at $49.95, but you can pre-order from Amazon for $32.97 with free shipping.

While you’re at it why not order Uncle Creepy himself. The graphic story medium’s favorite moldering corpse is none other than Uncle Creepy. Exhumed from his crypt by Warren magazines in 1964, the titular host of Creepy magazine has cheerfully introduced many a scary story. As rumored in dark corridors, the stage is being set for his revival. Now at a list price of $150.00 or $120.00 pre-order you can resurrect the old ghoul yourself from TFAW.com.

Now, since I’m spending money I don’t have on statues, why not pick up a “Day of the Dead Dr. Tongue Action Figure“. he’s a lot less pricey than Uncle Creepy above at only $14.99, and with 7 points of articulation, rubbery tongue and real hair, Dr. Tongue is sure to terrorize your kid’s Barbie in his his never ending toybox quest of brains.

Last, but certainly not least, here’s a lovely severed arm from Grossparts.com. Made of high quality silicone this full length severed arm is Hollywood quality but with GrossParts.Com unique bladder system added. This gives the arm realistic expanding and collapsing veining action. Simply hook up to any light powered air source (not an air compressor unless you want to explode the arm, which dos have possibilities I suppose but not at 250 bucks) and you’ll be in for tons of pulsating gruesome fun. Thin blood can also be run through the bladder system, which allows you to cut holes in the veins to allow it to come spurting out. I can see this being an amazing addition to any Lab or Mortuary scene. At $250 it may be a little pricey, but is sure to beat actually cutting a volunteers arm off to use. Plus it’ll spurt blood way more consistently that a real arm.

Well, that’s plenty of crap I have no space or money for. Maybe you do. If you get any of the items above be sure to taunt me with some photos and I’ll put them up here.

May 7th, 2008