Thursday, October 21, 2010

Halloween Countdown 2010 Day 21: Pop Century Elvira Signature Card

On my trading card want list is the AU-E1 card from Razor's Pop Century Signatures trading card series since it has Elvira's picture and signature on the front:
Front of Pop Century Elvira Signature Card
The top back of the card has the following text: "Casandra Peterson is known worldwide as her raven haired alter ego Elvira, Mistress of the Dark. Besides numerous guest roles in both TV and film Cassandra most recently emerged in a new cult horror film, All About Evil (2010)":
Back of Pop Century Elvira Signature Card

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Halloween Countdown 2010 Day 20: Catwoman And Elvira On Parenthood

Yes, today is a special Halloween edition of Women's Wednesday for last night's episode of NBC's Parenthood had a Halloween episode titled "Orange Alert". Sarah Braverman, played by the beautiful Lauren Graham, was dressed up as Catwoman from the 1960s tv show at her job as a bartender
Sarah Braverman as Catwoman on Parenthood #1
Sarah Braverman as Catwoman on Parenthood #2
Sarah Braverman as Catwoman on Parenthood #3
Also of note is Sarah's mother, Camille Braverman (Bonnie Bedelia), who was dressed as Elvira in the same episode. She is not in as many scenes but she was still a delight to see.
Camille Braverman as Elvira on Parenthood #1
Camille Braverman as Elvira on Parenthood #2
Camille Braverman as Elvira on Parenthood #3
Camille Braverman as Elvira on Parenthood #4
Camille Braverman as Elvira on Parenthood #5
If you missed the episode, then you can watch it here.

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Hallowen Countdown 2010 Day 19: Alice Cooper's Countdown To Halloween

Alice Cooper is having a Countdown to Halloween to celebrate his Night of Fear. His website will be featuring a different video from his Theatre of Death DVD. Today's video is "Be My Lover":
Alice Cooper Be My Lover from Theatre of Death
You can buy the DVD from Amazon using the link below:

Monday, October 18, 2010

Halloween Countdown 2010 Day 18: Farmville Halloween

One of the loading screens for Facebook's FarmVille online game features a horse and duck in costume. However, my favorites are the ghost and mummy gnomes. Yes, you can actually grow candy corn as a crop in the game.
Farmville Halloween

Sunday, October 17, 2010

Halloween Countdown 2010 Day 17: Super FV Man, Woman And ?

FaceBook's Farmville is one online game that really gets into the spirit of Halloween. Not only can you grow pumpkins, decorate the farm and go trick n treating but your farmer can dress up in costumes. They have several different costumes but I picked the Super FV Man costume:
Super FV Man Halloween Costume in FarmVille
Front view of Super FV Man on my farm
Back view of Super FV Man on my farm
Here is a female farmer in Super FV Woman costume:
Super FV Woman Halloween costume in FarmVille
What made me laugh was that I was able to dress up my male farmer in what I am calling Super FV Drag:
Super FV Drag Halloween costume in FarmVille

Saturday, October 16, 2010

Friday, October 15, 2010

Halloween Countdown 2010 Day 15: Benchmark's First Halloween Party

Benchmark presents "A Scare For The Cure" Halloween Party" on Saturday, October 30, 2010. The Four Corners Tavern is located in Chicago, Illinois but I will not be attending since I live in Kansas. I received the following ad in their newsletter (I wonder if the soot covered she devil will be there):
Benchmark's first Halloween party

Thursday, October 14, 2010

Halloween Countdown 2010 Day 14: Superhero City

Superhero City is a FaceBook online game that is getting into the spirit of Halloween. There are spooky costumes (one just happens to look like Elvira) and equipment available while bats fly around during the battles.
Vampire and Elvira costumes at Superhero City
My character is Shadow Avenger and I battled Xena twice earlier. Here are some screenshots from the battles:
Part one of Shadow Avenger vs Xena in Superhero City
Part two of Shadow Avenger vs Xena in Superhero City
Part three of Shadow Avenger vs Xena in Superhero City
Part four of Shadow Avenger vs Xena in Superhero City

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Halloween Countdown 2010 Day 12: Barbie Medusa

I do not have any Barbie Dolls but my younger sister does and still enjoys getting one every now and then. I doubt that she will be getting the Barbie Collector Medusa Doll anytime soon because the price tag is $599.95 at Amazon.
Barbie Medusa

Monday, October 11, 2010

Halloween Countdown 2010 Day 11: Horrorhound Special 2009 Featuring Elvira

No, it is not Women Wednesday yet but one can never get enough Elvira (maybe it is time for a Magazine Monday ongoing feature). This time around I present to you the cover of Horrorhound Special 2009. The sixteen page guide was released at the HorrorHound Weekend Cincinnati 2009 show which features an Elvira timeline and pull-out poster.
Cover of Horrorhound Special 2009 featuring Elvira

Sunday, October 10, 2010

Halloween Countdown 2010 Day 10: Gunwitch: The Outskirts of Doom

Gunsmith: The Outskirts of Doom was a three issue mini series that Oni Press released in 2001. The covers were done by Daniel Brereton and Ted Naifeh (the former wrote the series while the latter inked the interior). The resurrected gunslinger is part scarecrow and part zombie. Eve was also featured in this series that was a spin off from The Nocturnals.
Cover of Gunwitch: The Outskirts of Doom #1 by Daniel Brereton and Ted Naifeh
Cover of Gunwitch: The Outskirts of Doom #2 by Daniel Brereton and Ted Naifeh
Cover of Gunwitch: The Outskirts of Doom #3 by Daniel Brereton and Ted Naifeh
Cover of Gunwitch: The Outskirts of Doom trade by Daniel Brereton and Ted Naifeh
Pinup of Gunwitch

Saturday, October 09, 2010

Halloween Countdown 2010 Day 9: X23 Vampire

I am not at all familiar with X23 from Marvel Comics. I think she's Wolverine's daughter or perhaps his twin. I do know that Mike Mayhew did a variant cover for X23 #2 for which you can buy the original 11x17 artwork here. You can find a three page preview of the issue at Comic Book Resources.
Black and white X23 #2 cover artwork by Mike Mayhew
X23 #2 color cover artwork by Mike Meyhew

Friday, October 08, 2010

Halloween Countdown 2010 Day 8: Deadpool Vs Dracula

The variant cover of Deadpool #28 by Mike Meyhew has the title character from Marvel Comics trying to put the bite on the old Count himself with normal teeth. You can buy the black and white artwork here and view a four page preview of the issue at Comic Book Resources.
Black and white Deadpool #28 cover artwork by Mike Meyhew
Deadpool #28 color cover artwork by Mike Mehey

Thursday, October 07, 2010

Halloween Countdown 2010 Day 7: Daken Vampire

Here is the variant black and white artwork for Daken: Dark Wolverine #2 cover by Mike Meyhew for Marvel Comics (you can buy the original 11x17 artwork here):
Black and white Daken: Dark Wolverine #2 cover artwork by Mike Meyhew
Here is the color version:
Daken: Dark Wolverine #2 color cover artwork by Mike Meyhew
A four page preview of the issue can be found at Comic Book Resources.

Wednesday, October 06, 2010

Halloween Countdown 2010 Day 6: OC Weekly Featuring Elvira

Here is the cover of the September 24-30, 2010 issue of OC Weekly featuring Elvira (you can read the article here):
Cover of OC Weekly featuring Elvira

Tuesday, October 05, 2010

Moongem Comics Hits Seventy Thousand Visitors

Thanks everyone for helping Moongem Comics hit seventy thousand (actually 70,311 when I noticed it). The top five keywords are free walpaper dc comic, christmas with the joker, alex toth, women dress up as a cat and alison angel. Hopefully, we can get another seventy thousand during this year's Halloween Countdown.

Halloween Countdown 2010 Day 5: Tigra Vampire

Here is the variant cover for Avengers Academy #5 by J.S. Rossbach featuring Tigra vampire putting the bite on Hank Pym (the issue hits the newsstands on October 6, 2010 and a six page preview can be found here):
Variant cover for Avengers Academy #5 featuring Tigra vampire

Monday, October 04, 2010

Halloween Countdown 2010 Day 4: Spider-Man Vampire

Here is the variant artwork for Amazing Spider-Man #646 cover by Mike Mayhew for Marvel Comics (you can buy the original 11x17 artwork here):
Black and white Amazing Spider-Man #646 cover artwork by Mike Mayhew

Here is the color version:
Amazing Spider-Man #646 color cover artwork by Mike Mayhew
I find it funny that the only way to tell if Spider-Man is a vampire is for him to raise the lower part of his mask to show his fangs.