24 Hours of Halloween: Freelance Blues

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In the real life terror dept. we have FREELANCE BLUES created and written by Ian Daffern and Mike Leone and drawn by Vicki Tierney. Here’s a cover by Mike del Mundo.

24 Hours of Halloween: Hound Kids Comics launches

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A new line of kids graphic novels has launched today for iPhone and iPad from Hound Comics, including MY FAVORITE GIANT, about being Chewbacca and being tall by Peter and Angie Mayhew with art by Terry Naughton. There seems to be something terrifying about this so it fits in with the spirit of the season.

24 Hours of Halloween: NIGHTMARE WOLRD

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Dirk Manning sent us the covers of all three NIGHTMARE WORLD collections, by Kristen Perry. The third and final volume just came out.

24 Hours of Halloween: Mari Naomi's Sleep Deprived

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This is a real-life story, and a pretty familiar one to inhabitants of hip urban areas. But it is still SCARY AS %$^*!!!!

24 Hours of Halloween: the costumes of New York Comic Con

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Courtesy of the Science Fiction Book Club, a video remembrance of the great costumes from NYCC.

24 Hours of Halloween: Kevin Colden

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Kevin sent along his version of Jack the Ripper, above and an illo of the story The Pink from a collection of Grimm’s Fairy Tales.

24 Hours of Halloween: Something

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We’re not quite sure what this is. But if you see it, run the other way. Click for the NSFW version.

24 Hours of Halloween: Heidi Klum as a corpse

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OTOH, the latest from the queen of Halloween might just be the best costume evah.

24 Hours of Halloween: Kim Kardashian as Poison Ivy

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Is this the most terrifying thing you will see all Halloween?

Probably.

24 Hours of Halloween: Ronn Sutton's Vampira and more

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Via Ronn Sutton, B-movie legend Vampira (Malla Nurmi) and a spooky vampire hunter.

BTW, if you poke around Sutton’s site you’ll find an interview about his job as a courtroom sketch artist — some of that is truly scary.

24 Hours of Halloween: Hipster Ghost Rider

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On a fixie by Tony Goins. More Ghost Riders in the link.

24 hours of Halloween: Halloweirdos

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Bradwick McGinty, J Chris Campbell, and Josh Latta have been getting into the psirit of the season at the sketch blogHalloweirdos. Guests like Rob Ullman and Pat Lewis and Ashley Holt (Above) have also contributed. McGinty was so excited he drew his own Mars Attacks card (below.)

31 Days of Halloween: Infant in Red Lantern costume

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Todd Kent, who directed the Comic Book Literacy Documentary, sent along pictures of his 3 month old daughter dressed in ALL the Lantern costumes.

I don’t quite know what to say about this but it is cute…and very scary!

31 Days of Halloween: James Kochalka

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Simple but this should get you in the mood.

Kochalka tells us he drew this map for the Halloween party at son Eli’s school. It lists the various activities, but some abstractly. “For  instance, ‘silly windsi is a ping pong ball race where you blow the ping pong balls with a straw.”

To do tonight SF: Isotope Trick-Or-Treat w/ First Second Books

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A Halloween costume contest at a comics shop — isn’t this the most natural promo ever? Be there and take pictures!

POSTPONED until November 12!!!! UNDERWIRE at Bergen Street

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Jennifer Hayden is at Bergen Street Comics, and you will be there in your Ben Cooper costume!