Everybody hail to the Pumpkin Throne

I love Halloween. In my opinion, its the only holiday worth going all-out in celebrating. One of the things I like about Tucson, is that I basically get TWO Halloweens (one on the usual day--Lisa and I are going to the shindig at Hotel Congress--this great old hotel where they caught Dillinger that last time; he was sent back to Chicago, escaped, and went to the movies at the Biograph. The other celebration is Day of the Dead, which is a big deal here--I'll be marching in that parade, and you can lay to that.) In between, we'll be cooling our heels at Old Tucson Movie Lot, where its a month of vampire zombie cowboy au-go-go with pyrotechnics and general gothic/western nuttiness. Heaven.

In honor of this, the best of holidays, here's some stuff for you to take a gander at--I don't think I've posted any of these before, but if I have, I apoligize, and I'll give you some kandy korn next time I see you...

Most of you who know me know that I think vampires are the cat's pajamas. Vampires in movies, books, plays, comics, and video games, anyway. People who think they're real vampires , on the other hand are kind of sad. But sad in a great way. And by "sad", I mean, fun to laugh at and tease.

Skeletons! Skeletons are great! If you are ever not sure of what you want to be for Halloween, be a skeleton. Its a classic, everyone will know what you're supposed to be, and you'll feel quite bad-assed. If you want to get fancy, you can paint your face like a skull, and wear a skull mask over it, and say you're Barrel from Nightmare Before Xmas. Or you can add a prop or costume piece, and say you're "(fill in the blank) back from the dead". For instance, in high school, I did a skull makeup, added ears and white gloves, and was Mickey Mouse back from the dead. I was beating the chicks back with a shitty croquet mallet that night, I tell you what. This guy is a lot like me--he loves skeletons and cartoons. Unlike me, he has a lot of spare time on his hands, and great skills as a draftsman. Man, I love this site--the PowerPuff Girls and Betty Boop are particularly disturbing.

Scariest of all--Christians trying to be topical and funny . At the same time, yet. Oy.