THIS IS HALLOWEEN!

And now, a word from the Grim Reaper:

Going batty on Halloween Night!

Happy 4th Birthday to my beautiful little Granddaughter!

                                                  Little Rebecca is Four Years Old today!
                                                           Happy Birthday, Princess!

A Blast from the Past...

Antonio meets Jack Skellington!

Living Alone...

KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER

KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER was a television series which aired during the 1974-75 season on ABC and was preceded by two TV movies, THE NIGHT STALKER (1972) and THE NIGHT STRANGLER (1973). The series was inspired by writer Jeff Rice who created the character of Carl Kolchak for his unpublished novel THE KOLCHAK PAPERS.

The series presented the adventures of reporter Carl Kolchak, played brilliantly by Darren McGavin, who investigated strange and sometimes eerie and unexplainable crimes which always baffled the law enforcement authorities.
Kolchak's boss, Tony Vincenzo, head of the Independent News service, played by Simon Oakland, was permanently flustered, irritated and downright infuriated by Kolchak's relentless pursuit of the macabre and unbelievably far-fetched stories.
McGavin, a personal favorite actor of mine, had been the star of the 1950s series MICKEY SPILLANE'S MIKE HAMMER and RIVERBOAT, the 1960s THE OUTSIDER and was a seasoned veteran of stage and screen. He would also become memorable as the Old Man in 1983's A CHRISTMAS STORY.

It's been reported that THE X-FILES creator Chris Carter named KOLCHAK as one of his main sources of inspiration in creating the series. McGavin even appeared in a couple of X-FILES episodes as retired agent Arthur Dales.
Today, the series and character have developed a cult following and for me, every Halloween season is welcomed by repeated viewings of the films and TV series on DVD.

      

THE NIGHT STALKER (1972)
Starring Darren McGavin as Carl Kolchak and Barry Atwater as the vampire Janos Skorzeny.

KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER -
The TV series with Jack Grinnage, Simon Oakland and Darren McGavin

   Jack Grinnage as Ron Updyke

HALLOWEEN IS COMING!

Halloween is just around the corner so I thought I'd repost this cartoon:

A MONSTER CALLED FRED

A MONSTER CALLED FRED ©  -  This is the last comic strip from the Monster Trilogy under the banner name of CREEPY CONDO, my unsold comic strip project.
Maybe the Newspaper Syndicates today are more inclined to favor strips with social significance and topical themes over purely gag-oriented material.  This type of humor may be on its way out but I strongly suspect the whole idea of funny monsters isn't that original, to begin with!

MAX THE VAMP

MAX THE VAMP © is another character from the unsold Monster Trilogy Comic Strips.

LARRY THE WEREWOLF

Larry The Werewolf © is part of an unsold comic strip idea I submitted a couple of years ago to several newspaper syndicates under the banner title of CREEPY CONDO. The rejection letter came only from a few of them. Others didn't even bother to acknowledge, which is par for the curse...I mean, course.  Tough luck! 

MOBSTER NICK meets ROD SERLING...

Mel Crawford's LIDDLE WOLFGANG

A short story from THE MUNSTERS comic book #5. (Gold Key 1966)

THE TWILIGHT ZONE!

THE TWILIGHT ZONE was an anthology tv series created by noted writer Rod Serling and dealt with fantastic stories which almost always featured a surprise and horrifying ending. The original series ran from 1959 to 1964 with a total of 156 episodes. The series quickly became a cult classic and still runs in syndication. It has been revived several times and a feature film produced by Steven Spielberg was released in 1983.
The original series remains the better one and some of my favorite episodes still hold up very well. The Twilight Zone has also been adapted into a series of comic books, the best ones being published by Gold Key Comics during the 60s.
Much has been written about the show and details are easily found everywhere on the Internet so I won't delve too much into them.
All I can say is that October and the Halloween season always seem to be the best time to enjoy these timeless episodes.
So here's remembering Rod Serling and the immortal Twilight Zone!

"There is a 5th dimension beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space, and timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow - between science and superstition. And it lies between the pit of man's fears and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination. It is an area which we call...

THE TWILIGHT ZONE!"

In The Spirit Of Banksy's Stunt...

My son Ricardo's birthday! Always, a very special event! Many happy returns, son!

A Cartoonist's Halloween Nightmare!