When I saw this pattern by Rabbit & Hat for a lace-up bodice with tails that was intended to be reversible, I knew it would be handy. Turns out, this became the perfect costume for two different vampire balls around Halloween 2023. The pattern itself ...
…Gilbert Bundy was seeing stripes rather than stars… …while James Thurber’s medium was getting in touch with an equine spirit… …scientific inquiry knew no bounds in Robert Day’s world…. …and in the world of Alain (aka Daniel Brustlein), old habits died hard… …and we close wit...
But since it’s usually among the last of my Halloween posts, I go ahead with it, anyway. Nonetheless, while costume stores like Spirit Halloween are filled with any costume your heart desires, some people prefer to make their own. And there are plenty Internet guides to do that. Hell, ...
Jasmine is loosely based on the character of Princess Badroulbadour from the Aladdin fairy tale featured in the One Thousand and One Nights storybook collection. She is also the sixth official member of the Disney Princess line-up, and the first to be of non-Caucasian descent. Contents...
A recent rash of rain storms caused some heavy flooding in parts of the State. Some of it was so bad that entire sections of roads on some of the major routes were destroyed. Suffice it to say, a lot of lines piled up going through Southbury as they were surveying some of the ...
…Jack Markowhad some bad news for two sign painters (the caption size is increased for readability)… …and we close withPeter Arno, and the winner of most original Halloween costume… …and before I go…this is being posted on Halloween, 2023, so here are a few images from 1934 to ...
After the success of A Nightmare on Elm Street in 1984, New Line managed to crank out no less than five sequels in the subsequent decade. Freddy, a figure of true menace in the first instalment, was reduced to a stripey clown, the Halloween costume of choice for eight year olds. No ...
19. Everyone loves a Halloween costume party. Though whether to dance with a medieval version of the Joker is another matter. Seriously, his costume’s kind of freaky if you ask me. 20. The black cat in a pumpkin has a letter for you. Though the kid doesn’t seem to think twice abo...
That’s when a lightbulb came on regarding the casual violence and commercialization of death in this world and how the evil megacorporations were the true “bad guys” of the story. When it sunk in that the violence was pretty much part and parcel of the cyberpunk package (don’t ask ...
Let me be clear – this has to showcase music that has a small, but devoted following. Don’t mess with successful acts as neither of you have time for each other and in any case would be sure to be tremendously boring. Remember, not-yet successful acts who have already proven ...