Happy Halloween!

TODAY’S FEATURED ITEM:

The always wonderful Golden Age Comic Book Stories has been posting some particularly wonderful spooky images for Halloween recently. One of the J. Allen St. John Weird Tales covers is shown above. Check out the Weird Tales covers (part 1, part 2), Horror Movie Posters and Stills (part 1, part 2), Haunt of Fear covers, Vault of Horror Covers, Tales from the Crypt covers, and much more!

• “WESTSIIIIIIIIIDE!”: How to REALLY Talk to Cops
  from Cracked: All Posts
• Fencing School
  from BibliOdyssey
• Check Your Passwords Against Brute Force Attacks [Passwords]
  from Lifehacker
• Bow Down And Tremble Before It, All Ye Strong Persons Of The World
  from CR Briefings
• Today’s Rumor: Trudeau Calls Election?
  from CR Briefings
• Brede Building
  from Mark Simonson Studio / Notebook
• Halloween: The Haunted Mansion
  from Uncle John’s Crazy Town
• Comic Book Legends Revealed #179
  from Comics Should Be Good!
• Interview: Larry Mader Pt. 2 [of 3]
  from The Daily Cross Hatch
• Go, Look: Kiel Phegley’s Life As Told Through 22 Halloween Costumes
  from CR Briefings
• Tips and Tricks: “It’s Who You Know”
  from Big Time Attic
• Oct. 31, 2008: Halloweeeeeeeen…
  from Journalista – the news weblog of The Comics Journal
• I Like the Christian Life! #6
  from If Charlie Parker Was a Gunslinger
• More Agents for Graphic Novelists.
  from adistantsoil.com
• *Yog-Sathoth ~ Yog-Sathoth ~ Yog Sathoth* *Happy Halloween!*…
  from Golden Age Comic Book Stories
• Halloween Truffles: WOWE-E!
  from WFMU’s Beware of the Blog
• Monkey Beard
  from Genius Chimp
• Interview: Keith Knight
  from The Daily Cross Hatch
• Poster art *by* Neal Adams & Frank Frazetta
  from Golden Age Comic Book Stories
• Advertising: UPA’s Bert and Harry Piels
  from ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive
• Onion headline from 1993: Roy The Forklift Driver Addresses Nation
  from Boing Boing
• Bob Harris’ photo diary of a trip to the North Korea border
  from Boing Boing
• “Mail Pilot” (1933) – 32-Inch Pencil Pan Background (11 of 20)
  from Cowan Collection: Animation
• Mad Monster Party clip (1966)
  from Saturday Morning Blog
• MinnPost – Sen. Norm Coleman rejects use of anti-Franken "rape comic book"
  from minnpost.com
• Natick artist Rick Keene restores luster to comic books of yesteryear – The Boston Globe
  from boston.com
• Panel Borders: Eddie Campbell – the life and many deaths of the artist
  from “Reality Check” & “Panel Bord
• The New Yorker’s annual Cartoon issue
  from THE BEAT
• Box update
  from 24-Hour Comic Day
• Display of bad things swallowed
  from Boing Boing
• Portraits made from type
  from Boing Boing
• Charles Burns and FEAR(S) OF THE DARK
  from THE BEAT
• Giant spider eats bird
  from Boing Boing
• What the TSA’s new body scanner images look like
  from Boing Boing
• Sala’s Scary Story
  from FLOG! Entries
• Tales of cranky book sellers
  from Boing Boing
• Read Justin Green’s intro to Jim Woodring’s Portable Frank
  from FLOG! Entries
• Anti-war cartoons wanted
  from FLOG! Entries
• “Marc” Your Calendar!!! This Tuesday!
  from Drawn and Quarterly
• Toot Bd – 1 pt 1
  from Michael Sporn Animation – Splog
• Interview: Art Spiegelman Pt. 4 [of 5]
  from The Daily Cross Hatch
• Podcast: James Kochalka on the 10th Anniversary of American Elf
  from TalkAboutComics Blog
• Laurie Lipton’s Day of the Dead drawings
  from Boing Boing
• Random Comics News Story Round-Up
  from CR Briefings
• Go, Look: Gene Simmons, ‘Zine Maker
  from CR Briefings
• Go, Watch: David Frost Interviews Gerald Scarfe On Frost Over The World
  from CR Briefings
• Long profile of Dean Kamen, discusses his Stirling engine
  from Boing Boing
• Cross Hatched!
  from Larry Marder’s Beanworld
• Interview: Dash Shaw Pt. 3 [of 3]
  from The Daily Cross Hatch
• Halloweenville
  from PCL LinkDump
• New Blog
  from Comics Comics
• Interview: Jesse Reklaw
  from The Daily Cross Hatch
• Drawing with Water: Emmanuel Guibert
  from Drawn! The Illustration and Cartooning Blog
• Blotchmen and other Watchmen Parodies
  from Read Comics
• Test your Color IQ
  from Drawn! The Illustration and Cartooning Blog
• ‘Christian Science Monitor’ Is First Major Daily Newspaper To Give Up Print Edition
  from Disinfo.com
• Halloween #29
  from Little Hokum Rag
• Notable quotables
  from THE BEAT
• Toot Art
  from Michael Sporn Animation – Splog
• Marmoset Baby Abandoned By Mother
  from Monkeys In The News
• 70 Years Ago Today! The War of the Worlds Radio Scare
  from The Comic Book Catacombs
• Bowl of WTF Halloween Edition – featuring Toby the Pup!
  from ThadBlog
• Halloween: Boogie Men
  from Uncle John’s Crazy Town
• Coulmn de la Cox: The RAINA TELGEMEIER Interview!
  from Comics Should Be Good!
• *Weird Tales* *The Unique Magazine*
  from Golden Age Comic Book Stories
• Halloween: Scrappy’s Ghost Story
  from Uncle John’s Crazy Town
• Muscles and Frights review at Ain’t It Cool News
  from bewilderedkid.com
• Oct. 30, 2008: Unknown blogger
  from Journalista – the news weblog of The Comics Journal
• Congratulations To James Kochalka On The 10th Anniversary of American Elf
  from CR Briefings
• Agents who handle graphic novels
  from THE BEAT
• Sixteen Days of Halloween: Adam Koford
  from THE BEAT
• Andrew Keen predicts the end of “free labor” online
  from Boing Boing
• Synchronized Presidential Debating
  from Boing Boing
• Errol Morris’ “real people” ads for Obama
  from Boing Boing
• God Hates Signs protest waged against Westboro Baptist Church
  from Boing Boing
• Bat-Manga: the lost Japanese Batman comics of 1966
  from Boing Boing
• It’s That Scariest Time Of The Year
  from CR Briefings
• LOLarts show
  from Boing Boing
• Oct. 29, 2008: Vampires and zombies and stuff
  from Journalista – the news weblog of The Comics Journal
• Halloween: Hell’s Bells
  from Uncle John’s Crazy Town
• Happy Halloween! Hittin’ The Trail For Hallelujah Land
  from ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive
• That dirty fuck!
  from ThadBlog
• *BIZARRE* The *landmark* issue from March/1962
  from Golden Age Comic Book Stories
• *EC* *a handful of misc images*
  from Golden Age Comic Book Stories
• Photoplay Editions *some great covers*
  from Golden Age Comic Book Stories
• Hurry, Mister Zip! Hurry!
  from Hairy Green Eyeball
• Torching Porn for Christ
  from ThadBlog
• Halloween: The Haunted House
  from Uncle John’s Crazy Town
• Happy Halloween! Dulac’s Poe
  from ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive
• News of Yore 1919: Bert Green on Animation
  from Stripper’s Guide
• OBEY ALFRED E. NEUMAN
  from Boing Boing
• Oct. 28, 2008: The relentless and unchangeable nightmare
  from Journalista – the news weblog of The Comics Journal
• Lying In The Gutters – 10-27-2008
  from Lying In The Gutters
• Multicolr – stunningly elegant Flickr tool
  from Boing Boing
• German traffic cops angered by British driver who mocks traffic cams with a Muppet
  from Boing Boing
• Japanese Prime Minister complains that he no longer has time to read comic books
  from Boing Boing
• Oct. 27, 2008: Of course he’s a total geek
  from Journalista – the news weblog of The Comics Journal
• freddiefisher.com
  from freddiefisher.com
• The 150 Best Online Flash Games
  from techcult.com
• Mark Evanier
  from Inkstuds
• SAVAGE ANIMAL WORSHIP – STRANGE EMOTIONS
  from Gorilla Men
• Interview: Larry Marder Pt. 1 [of 3]
  from The Daily Cross Hatch
• Scientists may soon be able to erase fear and trauma from your mind
  from Disinfo.com
• The Human Tornado!!! (video + MP3)
  from WFMU’s Beware of the Blog
• TMBG’s trip to Waldo World
  from FLOG! Entries
• Piglet Squid is Cute
  from Boing Boing
• Obelisks of Erotic Gratification from 1930s Gernsback magazine, Sexology
  from Boing Boing
• HOWTO win the nerd vote
  from Boing Boing
• Oct. 24, 2008: Smelling fresh money
  from Journalista – the news weblog of The Comics Journal
• Bob Camp Remembers Me!
  from Cartoon Brew: Leading the Animation Conversation
• Teens convicted of virtual theft
  from Boing Boing
• Virtual “murderer” jailed
  from Boing Boing
• CR Review: Moomin: The Complete Tove Jansson Comic Strip Vol. 3″
  from CR Briefings
• OMG… Humbug!
  from FLOG! Entries
• Biography: Canemaker on Tytla
  from ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive
• Today’s Bonus Video Link
  from news from me
• My Weekend With Dolemite
  from WFMU’s Beware of the Blog
• The Interview: “Opus’s” Berkeley Breathed – Comic Riffs – Michael Cavna strips down the funnies
  from voices.washingtonpost.com
• Video of Big Bird singing at Jim Henson’s funeral
  from Boing Boing
• Joy to the Weird
  from B o n e v i l l e
• The Queen of All the Music Boxes
  from Schadenfreudian Therapy
• HOWTO read the secret forensic dots in your laser-printer output
  from Boing Boing
• Vintage Japanese movie-monster anatomical illustrations
  from Boing Boing
• New US RFID passports manufactured offshore at a huge profit, transported by unsecured couriers
  from Boing Boing
• 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea pop-up book — the paper kraken wakes
  from Boing Boing
• Wertham Curios…
  from Myrant
• Organ Grinder and Daughter
  from Shorpy Photo Archive – ShorpyBlog
• Oct. 23, 2008: Testing 1-2-3
  from Journalista – the news weblog of The Comics Journal
• 24-Hour Comics Day Tip Round-Up
  from The Daily Cross Hatch
• My new head is in…
  from PCL LinkDump
• Home Page: Walt and the “Girls”
  from MichaelBarrier.com
• Woody Allen in Unlikely Places
  from WFMU’s Beware of the Blog
• THE APE MAN
  from Gorilla Men
• Album Covers: The Batmen
  from Martin Klasch
• Cliff Edwards as the voice of Jiminy Cricket
  from I’m Learning To Share!
• Podcast: Charles Brownstein talks about the Unfortunate Case of Christopher Handley
  from TalkAboutComics Blog
• Pop!
  from CBR Columns
• Duos
  from Jim Flora
• Cartoon Brew TV: Peanuts Ephemera
  from Cartoon Brew: Leading the Animation Conversation
• 7 Terrible Early Versions of Great Movies
  from Cracked: All Posts
• Man Goes To Jail To Keep His Monkey
  from Monkeys In The News
• Interview: Art Spiegelman Pt. 3
  from The Daily Cross Hatch
• Contrasting 2 40s Animation Drawing Styles
  from John K Stuff
• Links Ahoy, October 2008
  from B o n e v i l l e
• Book Covers: Tirez le rideau
  from Martin Klasch
• Before and After
  from Blog Flume
• Rudy Ray Moore 1937-2008
  from WFMU’s Beware of the Blog
• INVITATION ONLY
  from Gorilla Men
• Interview: Dash Shaw Pt. 2 [of 3]
  from The Daily Cross Hatch
• Eisenberg and Kelly
  from John K Stuff
• This Saturday: SketchCrawl 20
  from Drawn! The Illustration and Cartooning Blog
• Interview: Theo Ellsworth
  from The Daily Cross Hatch
• The Architecture of Fantasy I
  from BibliOdyssey
• Where’s Your Polling Place?
  from news from me
• WKSU News: Derf’s new graphic novel Punk Rock and Trailer Parks
  from wksu.org
• Print your pages!
  from 24-Hour Comic Day
• need
  from Doot Doot Garden Blog