Dinosaurs Run Amok in Chicago!

This past weekend I took my 7 year old son, Luke, to the “Discover the Dinosaurs” show at Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Illnois. The venue was just across the street from The Crowne Paza Hotel where the quintessential Godzilla festival, G-FEST, takes place each July. Actually, the two have much in common as dinosaur fans and Godzilla enthusiasts are often one in the same. The Big G is, after all, a dinosaur that’s been mutated by atomic power (no, not an iguana, I’m not talking about the Tri-Star version).

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SHOCK IT TO ME! San Francisco Bay Horror Hosts get their due!

Last year, we posted a blog featuring the classic horror hosts of Southern California (which you can revisit HERE). California, however, is a large state and has an equally rich history in its northern region. The new book, “Shock it to Me,” written by Michael Monahan a.k.a. Doktor Goulfinger, is a MUST HAVE for any Horror Host fan’s library – highlighting these very hosts!

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Horror Artist Spotlight: JAMES KAVANAUGH!

“He comes from the bowels of hell a transformed race of walking dead, a zombie guided by a master plan for complete domination of the Earth.”

Jim Kavanaugh was born March of 1978 in Boston MA.  He attended college at the Art Institute of Boston studying in Fine Art Illustration.  Noticing his artistic abilities as early as 7 and taking a pastel class with artist Willimina Cook resulted in his first image of a sad clown.

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