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Awesome Bill Murray Art Exhibit – ‘Please Post Bills’ at Gallery1988

My long-standing adoration of comedic actor Bill Murray is probably no secret [see my earlier entry/photo:  "Peter Venkman, Ph.D. -- Busted" ].  So you can imagine how enthralled I am by the new exhibit of Bill Murray-inspired artwork at Gallery1988 in California, called "Please Post Bills -- An Art Tribute to a Comic Legend."  Nearly all of Murray's major film characters are represented and I was pleased to see that some were not overlooked amidst all the Ghostbusters and Steve Zissou images (especially "Big Ern McKracken" from Kingpin).  I was impressed by the numerous horror interpretations, especially the zombie versions…
November 6, 2011Posted inSnippets of the Strange
Posted inSnippets of the Strange

A Baby Costume for Halloween

This is probably the most literal Baby Costume I've ever seen. via benjikane.livejournal.com Imagine if you answer the door on Halloween night, and all of these little wrigglers whisper "Trick or Treat" in infantile glee as they reach out at you for some candy. And in the center of the undulating gyre, "Daddy" would just stare at you. This image is shared from the "Halloween Countdown" over on horror author Benjamin Kane Ethridge's weblog, Cloth's Chapel, in the entry for Halloween baby costumes.
October 22, 2011Posted inSnippets of the Strange3 Comments
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Photos from Frostburg Small / Regional Press Fair 2011

Had fun in Frostburg this weekend for the 2011 Western Maryland Small and Regional Press Festival. The fun folks I got to hang with are in the photos: my co-editor for Many Genres, Heidi Ruby Miller and I sat on a panel with Courtney Ruffner (editor, Florida English) on "Publishing Basics"; authors Jason Jack Miller, Jessica McHugh and Post Mortem Press editor Eric Beebe and I all sat on a panel about science fiction, fantasy and horror; and two of my publishers were on hand -- Jennifer Barnes and John Edward Lawson from Raw Dog Screaming Press, and Cynthia McCloud…
October 16, 2011Posted inAmbulations
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Peter Venkman, Ph.D. — Busted

I spotted this trove of Halloween dolls inside a crane toy at a restaurant the other day and had to take a photo.  That's Peter Venkman (aka Bill Murray) from Ghostbusters, right in the middle.  His sarcastic smile has been flattened by the cartoonery of it all...and this disturbed me a little, so I took a photo. But then I looked over the photo again and realized why it really struck me as so creepy.  It is downright odd for the hero of Ghostbusters to be trapped inside a glass cage, surrounded by monsters and ghosts and skulls... he should…
September 22, 2011Posted inBlather