Over the course of this particular column, we’ve learned that Topps isn’t afraid to slap anything of popularity onto the face of a trading card. They’ve has sets featuring hairy aliens, man eating plants, Bigfoots (or do we call those dudes Bigfeet?) and children that supposedly come from garbage cans. So…cashing in on a hit […]
Goosebumps
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While Goosebumps gets a lot of attention for being THE preeminent scare series during everyone’s childhood, there’s actually another collection of books that pre-dates R.L. Stine. Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, first released in 1981, consists of three books written by Alvin Schwartz and illustrated by Stephen Gammell. Based primarily on folklore and […]
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Our latest crop of creepy Goosebumps fan art comes from Geeselumps, a “collection of redrawn versions and re-imaginings of Goosebumps covers” curated by illustrator Zac Gorman. Rather than parody, like our Ganderlumps postcard set, these tributes to R.L. Stine’s scare series are reinterpretations—some creepy, some funny, but all pretty freaking rad! Got some freaky Goosebumps […]
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[Our month long celebration of all things Goosebumps continues! But it’s not really a party until you invite some friends over, right? This week we invited a few of our fellow pop culture blogging colleagues over for a glass of Ghoul-Aid and asked them to share with us their favorite Goosebumps book or TV episode. […]
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As someone who was raised on R.L. Stine’s original series of Goosebumps books, and the TV adaptation that followed, I must admit that I entered the theater this past weekend with an equal amount of excitement and caution. Any doubts I had were soon replaced by chuckles and wide-eyed wonder as one monster after another […]
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#FanArtFriday Goosebumps Edition 2
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Last year, over 40 artists from around the world joined forces to pay tribute to R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps franchise in the form of a 46 page, full color art zine. Spearheaded by artists Sabrina Parolin and Jennifer Ilett, each piece is inspired by a different book from the original Goosebumps series (much like our parody […]
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Sender beware, you’re friends are in for a scare! When we first started planning this month-long love fest of all things Goosebumps, my co-conspirator over at the Monsters & Metal Podcast and founder of the Ghastly Awards (“Decapitated” Dan Royer) came to me with a proposal…an “indecent proposal.” Actually…looking back on it his proposal was […]
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Photo credit: NCPR While doing research for this month’s Goosebumps celebration, I came across a small book titled IT CAME FROM OHIO! My Life as a Writer. Subtitled “By R.L. Stine (as told to Joe Author), this simple 140+ page book is was first published in 1997 and is the only known (auto)biography on the […]
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[EDITOR’S NOTE: Strange Kids Club is happy to welcome back Decapitated Dan (Ghastly Awards, Monsters & Metal Postcast) to our month-long Goosebumps celebration for another Top 5 countdown. This time, Dan is taking a look at the five highest ranked titles based on various sites polls. Never one to rely (or trust) the laurels of […]