Ladies, gentlemen… and the rest of you sick freaks, start your engines! Just before Halloween, Toys R Us revved up a new and exclusive line of hot rod monster toys, known as Monster 500. Monsters and hot rods are a proven recipe for success. They can be found burning rubber together in the visual stylings […]
Sean McCauley
Sean McCauley is an unabashed child of the 80's, growing up on Star Wars, Nintendo, and Happy Meals. Sean makes his living as a graphic designer and illustrator, and writes retro video game news and reviews at the world famous Power Pak Blog.
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Halloween 13: Beetlejuice (1988)
[EDITOR’S NOTE: Seeing as how this Halloween falls in the year 2013 the crew at SKC decided to invite 13 of our blogging brethren for a monster-sized countdown, weekdays now until Halloween day, celebrating each person’s favorite Halloween movie or animated special.] It’s SHOWTIME! My pick for Halloween ’13 is the ghost with the most, […]
Tagged with: 80s, Beetlejuice, Halloween, Halloween 13, Tim Burton
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Psycho for Syclodoc! Onell Design ‘Syclodoc’ Action Figure Review
This is vinyl, the Glyos way. In case you missed it, Glyos is a line of action figures by indie toy maker Onell Designs with an emphasis on interchangeable parts and old school playability. Syclodoc’s place in the Glyos universe is explained thusly: “Specially developed for dark missions of questionable intent by Glyaxia Command, the […]
Tagged with: action figures, Glyos, indie, Onell Designs, toys
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Bustin’ Makes Him Feel Good! A Chat With Comic Colorist Andrew Harmon
If there’s something strange, in your neighborhood, who ya gonna call? Don’t say Ghostbusters, because they’re trapped in another dimension! In IDW’s The New Ghostbusters series, a ragtag group of newcomers, including former secretary Janine, are taking up the proton packs and bustin’ some ectoplasm. Today, we’re hangin’ with up-and-coming colorist Andrew Harmon to discuss […]
Tagged with: Andrew Harmon, colorist, comic books, Dan Schoening, Ghostbusters, IDW, The New Ghostbusters
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MUNSTER GARAGE: A Look at the Hellraisin’ Hotrods of ‘The Munsters’
“Nobody with a good car needs to be justified.”–Ministry, Jesus Built My Hot Rod Today is 1/3/13, or “1313.” Even casual purveyors of pop culture will recognize this as the street address of America’s favorite monster family, The Munsters, who lived at 1313 Mockingbird Lane. Two things stand out in my mind when I remember […]
Tagged with: 1313, Dragula, hot rods, monsters, Rob Zombie, The Munsters, toys
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Independently Awesome: Glyos System Toys by Onell Designs
There was a time not long ago when a handful of giant companies decided what you could see and hear on the TV, the radio, and at the movies. Today, it’s possible for anyone with a computer to produce their own album or movie and distribute it online. It’s routine for someone to have a […]
Tagged with: Glyos, indie, Legos, mini figures, Onell Designs, sci-fi, Science Fiction, toys
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Greetings Strange Kids and Kiddies, and welcome to the underground. Down here, the good guys don’t always win. In fact, there aren’t necessarily any good guys to be found here. Freaks rule. The good is mixed with the bad and even our heroes are flawed. And sometimes we root for the bad guy, just for […]
Tagged with: alternative comics, indie, Johnny Childish, Pushead, Robert Crumb, skateboarding, Thrasher Comics, Thrasher Magazine
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Toys in Time! Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
The endless march of time brings change. Evolution. Mutation. If a creature is to survive, it must adapt. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are such creatures, having managed to remain relevant since they burst onto the scene in 1984. Spawning a line of toys that chronicles their evolution, from comics to cartoons and live action […]
Tagged with: action figures, Kraang, ninjas, Shredder, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, TMNT, toys, Toys in Time
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Since the advent of the internet I’ve been searching for a mind-blowing cartoon that I saw late one night in my early adolescence. The sequence depicted a futuristic race track where one driver refused to stop driving and was ultimately torn apart by his own obsession. I didn’t know the name of the animation, but […]
Tagged with: Aeon Flux, Beavis and Butthead, Cartoon Sushi, Liquid Television, mtv, MTV's Oddities, Running Man