This very image heavy (but worth it) post over at Monster Brains contains a large collection of work by Ken Reid.
This World Wide Weirdies series is saturated with puns (of varying cleverness and success). Either way, these are very fun to look at.
See the rest here.
This little baby buggy tends to circulate every year on various sites. Awww…precious.
Swoon-worthy decoration…
I’d like to see real photos of these:
These as well…
A lovely sculpture by Kate MacDowell:
Ugh…there were always the dreaded houses that dispensed awful Brach’s candy when I was a kid. No one even wanted to trade this stuff.
And arguably even worse…
(I’m not anti-raisin, but this is HALLOWEEN…who wants to gather typical lunchbox fare?)
Definitely an inspirational image for awesome kitschy decoration:
Best passive-aggressive note card ever:
Well, hello there.
One lump, or two?
This is either pretty great, or a sad sign made by a dyslexic man named Brian:
Hang on while I hyperventilate because this collection is so fantastic (wish I had the source!):
Groovy retro style pattern:
Not intended for Halloween…but amazing:
Also unrelated, but this octopus looks monstrously friendly. He’s smiling. At you.
This was by far the most fun post to put together in ages. For the first time in 20 years, I dug out my old sticker collection from the 80′s! Here are some Halloween selections to take my fellow children of the 80′s down memory lane.
Remember Stick-R-Treats? Hallmark released a variety of these circa 1984, ostensibly to hand out to Trick or Treaters. I don’t think I ever got one on someone’s doorstep…which was fine, because I wanted the candy.
A couple of the pumpkin stickers were actually scratch n’ sniff. So was the skeleton on top, which is “old bone scent” (can’t personally say how reliable their rendition of the fragrance is…but it ain’t too pleasant).
On the bottom, you’ll find the “cutesy” Stick-R-Treats, which I believed were a giant waste of time. People could collect unicorns and rainbows anytime. Halloween was for SPOOKY things. Even at five years old, I found these stickers to be a betrayal of the Halloween spirit. I gave most of them away and kept the spooky ones for myself.
These are from the Grossman’s Halloween sticker collection (1981). Grossman stickers were quite plain, but could be pretty slick. They had a certain understated charm.
I loved these as a kid, from Hallmark (1983):
(I seem to have fashioned a mini book by stapling some of these together. That’s obviously a ghost in a graveyard that I drew on the front of it. Dig my toddler art skills.)
I was never a huge fan of Peanuts stuff (which might be why I did such a bang up cutting job on these). Images were actually from 1952-1962, but stickers were released in the early 80′s:
A few Sanrio cuties (1985):
Quotes and funny faced ghosts (date missing because I clearly couldn’t resist anything with perforated edges and simply HAD to separate all the stickers in the sheets):
A delightful glittery appetizer for what’s up next…
Sheets aplenty! (1981-1986)
I feel all warm and fuzzy inside now. And I humorously noticed myself organizing these afterward in the same exact way I meticulously organized my sticker albums as a very young child. Perhaps I’ll post the “stragglers” later in the week.
Did you have any of these stickers growing up? I’d love to see your photos of ones I didn’t have, too.
October has arrived! I can’t wait to start my Halloween blogging, but I haven’t launched my yearly countdown yet (not everyone is a Halloween freak like I am, so I’m trying to be courteous by including other posts).
Fellow children of the 80′s, remember Ed Emberley? To this day, I still think his Big Orange Drawing Book is awesome.
Just the sight of the cover brings back so many memories! When grabbing the cover image for this post I came across Emberley’s Drawing Book of Halloween!
I can’t believe I didn’t have the Halloween version. It’s going right on the wish list.
If only I could find some of my childhood drawings based on this book to post…
I’ve posted about the Hatbox Ghost before (this fellow has also been an inspiration for jewelry and T-shirts I’ve made). Now Kevin Kidney has fashioned a wonderful maquette for an auction celebrating Walt Disney resort’s 40th anniversary, October 1st.
The sculpture is based on Collin Campbell’s original painting for the famous 1969 Disneyland Record, “The Story and Song from The Haunted Mansion.”
See the artist’s post about Hatbox Ghost here.
It’s been a while since I’ve done a thrift horror post, so here are a few recent goodies.
Is there a medical condition that causes two-tone bodies?
Two words: Wolf Eyes (and I ain’t talking about the band).
Frankenbunny…the perfect toy for undead children (that “cotton tail” almost looks like something is bubbling out of him *shudder*).
Pilgrim Children…of the Damned.
Ow. It hurts to look at these. Streeeeeeeetch….
“Oh honey…I want a portrait to remember you just as you are now…crying and depressed.”
Santa is either drunk, or serious about his Pilates routine.
And speaking of Santa, here he is incorporated into a mind-blowingly bizarre tribute (I almost feel offended by this…but I’m not exactly sure how).
What the…?
Look at this shifty-eyed, shady bear! Lecherous creature! Hide your children.
I always pictured Jesus as a fat lumberjack.
Today’s forecast: cheesy with a chance of scattered awful.
Some things cannot be unseen…
I find this idea cruel, actually. Don’t tease me with your pastry realism.
Party Aardvark bids you farewell…
Most images taken from here.
Let me preface this by saying I have not had Internet for four days due to Hurricane Irene. My entire town and surrounding areas are still without it and we don’t know when it (or other media/communications) will be restored. I feel VERY lucky to have electricity right now. I drove to the closest place I could find to get online for a moment, and will try to do so again as soon as possible. In the meantime…
This made my day, because outside of saying it myself I’ve never seen the phrase “Zoologically incorrect”…and it’s a favorite.
Peeeeeeek-a-Boooooo!
Another unsettling Peek-a-Boo:
Think about this next time someone uses the fine colloquialism “He/she’ll have my head on a platter!”
This actually got printed:
You might be living in an insane, surrealist dictatorship if your “Dear Leader” is plastered on boxes of tongue scrapers…and walks by to inspect them for quality.
Awww…
Go ahead Betty…one Business Casual Angel Donut won’t hurt…
Yep.
The comic panel of my life (books rule!):
The female of this species probably takes a ages doing her makeup in the morning.
And speaking of other species…we will never be as awesome as this guy…
I’ll leave you with this, folks…
I have no idea why I decided to seek out “Victorian Flea Circus” images. Just a whim. I’ve had stranger ones.
Not all of these images are Victorian, obviously. I just used the search term because I wanted to find flea circuses with that special antique feel.
A little flea circus info.
Running low on Scandanavian 1970′s musicians in bright, coordinated outfits this morning? Look no further than this post to remedy the situation.
Preview:
Let’s begin this post with a luminous sunrise over the rolling hills of a meatscape…
As you may know by now, I love photos of glistening industrial structures.
Nature is amazing.
Two bits of street art that really grabbed my attention recently:
Excellent display.
He’s late for a very important date, indeed…
No idea:
Had this mode of transportation been available to me, I might have attempted to attend Sunday school…once.
I know nothing about the origin of this illustration, save for the title: “Experiment With a Unicorn Horn.”
Arguably the world’s most useful superpower:
I wonder if there’s a number around which the subject matter starts to get a bit tired (101? Really? It’s almost impressive).
Ooh…the candle makes it fancy.
A beautiful clock (it sings!) for the minimalist:
Where is this an actual problem?
I’ve saved the best for last. Here’s a great wedding greeting to send all your newlywed friends. Feel free to post your interpretations in the comments.
