Countdown to Halloween...: 2011

Nov 1, 2011

Thank You, Everyone!

I hope everyone had an extraordinary Halloween. Now that everyone is bleary eyed and exhausted from getting their houses ready for trick or treaters, putting the last minute touches on their own costumes for Halloween parties they were either attending, or hosting, or simply watching too many horror movies, I wanted to take the time to thank you all. Whether you participated directly as one of the Cryptkeepers, or simply as someone who went from blog to blog in order to see what daily treats were being offered, I thank you for turning this annual online event from just a few houses spread out across the globe into a tight knit neighborhood, where every house is "the good house' for trick or treating.

This year, by my count, there were 279 participants in the Countdown. A few had dropped out from the year before, but we still gained 75 more participants than we had in 2010. It's clear looking through everyone's posts that we all share a tremendous love for Halloween, and that everyone put in a lot of effort to share that love with the hard work that went into putting together a month's worth of posts celebrating as many different aspects of the holiday as can be imagined. Like most of you, who keep Halloween present in some form throughout the year, I'm looking forward to months of catching up with the roughly 8649 posts that everyone has collectively created.

Next year will undoubtedly be even bigger. With that in mind PLEASE try and remember to check in here by September 2012, or email me and let me know if you'll be participating again next year. This will save a lot of time on tracking people down.

Thanks again, everyone! Now go enjoy your leftover candy and hitting the stores for their heavily discounted Halloween items. See you next year.

Oct 30, 2011

The Ultimate Yard Haunts

Bob Burns is a really cool guy. He owns the original armature for King Kong amongst tons of other important sciience fiction, fantasy and horror props. He's been a special effects artist himself and a gorilla suit actor, and when he puts on Halloween at his house he goes all out.

What kind of yard haunt can you put together when your friends include hollywood actors and Oscar winning special effects wizards? Take a look at this link and see for yourself. Bob has been posting videos of his Halloween shows for the past few Halloweens. Unfortunately, the older shows are no longer available to watch (though there are still galleries which you should check out) and these will be taken down in just a few days so make it a priority to go watch them. You won't be disappointed.

Oct 27, 2011

Forthcoming Halloween Related Graphic Novel

Please forgive me for a bit of shameless self-promotion here. The only reason I'm doing this is because I truly believe that this is something that will appeal to the majority of people participating in the Countdown to Halloween.

In February 2012, DC Comics will be releasing a trade paperback collection of Xombi, a six issue comic book series that I wrote for them, that was published serially through the Spring and Summer of 2011. The insanely gorgeous artwork was done by the incomparable Frazer Irving, and the series received overwhelming accolades from just about everyone who read and reviewed it, such as this one from Ain't It Cool News.

So what's it about, you ask? Xombi is about a normal scientific researcher who has had his body infused with microscopic nanomachines, following a mortal injury. The nanomachines repaired all of the damage to his body and continue to do so, keeping him perpetually in what they deem peak physical condition using material taken from outside of him and converting it into healthy tissue. He can never die. He can heal any injury, resist any disease. He will never age or lose his hair or eyesight. He never even needs to eat if he doesn't want to. It sounds like a really cool way to live, but it has its downsides. One of them is that because of the circumstances that led to his injury, he's also become something of a weirdness magnet. This comic book is full of people, places and monsters the likes of which you've never seen before. This piece I wrote for DC Comics will give you a better sense of what I mean, as will this interview from i09 which also features the first five pages of the comic for you to check out.

Amazon.com has Xombi available for pre-order for under ten bucks.

If that's not enough, then try this...

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Thank you for your time and indulgence. HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Oct 23, 2011

Halloween Photo Contest

Fujifilm and Rite Aid Announce the Picture Perfect Halloween Photo Contest and Daily Giveaway

Enter to Win Fang-tastic Prizes Including a Grand Prize Trip to Hersheypark in the Dark Valued at $3,919*

Valhalla, N.Y., FUJIFILM North America Corporation and Rite Aid Corporation today announced that entries are currently being accepted for the 7^th annual Picture Perfect Halloween Photo Contest. From now through November 8, 2011, entrants can submit Halloween-themed photos and vote for their favorites in seven categories: Best Pumpkin, Cutest Baby Costume, Best Kids Costumes, Best Teens and Adults Costumes, Best Pets, Spooktacular Decorations and Best Make-up.

To enter, consumers can go to www.HalloweenPhotoContest.com to register and to upload photos from any personal computer; you do not need to be a Fujifilm or Rite Aid customer to enter. Enter as many as 70 pictures per household among the seven categories.

Consumers can also enter the Daily Giveaway to win thousands of prizes: picture frames and personalized photo t-shirts, puzzles, mugs, stickers, mouse pads, free photo prints, Freaky Monsters buttons and wet n wild Make-up items including, Tattoos, Bewitching Eyes false lashes, Ghoulish Glam liquid eyeliner, Mystifying Night Sparkling Lip Gloss, Kiss of Death Black Lipstick, Ghostly Nails Wild Shine Nail Color, Pretty Wicked Glitter Palettes.

HalloweenPhotoContest.com is also a destination for fang-tastic ideas to create a spooktacular Halloween. It is a one-stop shop for decorating ideas and party planning guides, printable jack-o-lantern stencils, makeup tips from wet n wild Make-up, crafts and recipes by Kraft Food and Hershey’s Candy, fiendishly clever party game suggestions, expert photo tips, digital scrapbooking kits, and more.

What’s in store for contestants? The grand prize winner of the overall best Halloween photo will win a trip for four to Hersheypark in the Dark at Hersheypark, PA, including three days and two nights’ deluxe accommodations at Hershey Lodge, four two-day admission passes to Hersheypark in the Dark, four “Create Your Own Candy Bar” experiences at Hershey’s Chocolate World, four tickets for the town tour on the Hershey Trolley, $300 in Hersheypark “Chocolate Currency,” a Fujifilm FinePix F300EXR digital camera, a Rite Aid photo book and a HERSHEY’S chocolate gift basket.

First, second and third place prizes will also be awarded to the winning entrants in each of the seven categories:

• First prize: Fundamentals of Digital Photography course from the New York Institute of Photography, Fujifilm FinePix F300EXR Camera, $250 Rite Aid gift certificate, Hershey’s chocolate gift basket and Rite Aid photo book (retail value $1,217)

• Second prize: Fujifilm Instax Mini Camera, $150 Rite Aid gift certificate, HERSHEY’S chocolate gift basket and Rite Aid photo book (retail value $649)

• Third prize: Fujifilm FinePix AV100 Camera, Pinnacle 16x20” frame, $100 Rite Aid gift card, HERSHEY’S chocolate basket and Rite Aid photo book (retail value $354)

Full details regarding contest rules, prizes and giveaways are available atHalloweenPhotoContest.com. To keep up with the Halloween Photo Contest via social media, follow @MyWayPhoto and become a fan on Facebook.

About Fujifilm
FUJIFILM North America Corporation, a marketing subsidiary of FUJIFILM Corporation, consists of five operating divisions and one subsidiary company. The Imaging Division sells consumer and commercial photographic products and services including film, one-time-use cameras, online photo services and fulfillment, digital printing equipment and service. The Electronic Imaging Division markets consumer digital cameras. The Motion Picture Division provides motion picture film, and the Graphic Systems Division supplies products and services to the printing industry. The Optical Devices Division provides binoculars, and optical lenses for closed circuit television, videography, cinematography, broadcast and industrial markets. FUJIFILM Canada Inc. markets a range of Fujifilm products and services. For more information, please visit www.fujifilm.com/northamerica, or go to www.twitter.com/fujifilmus to follow Fujifilm on Twitter. To receive news and information direct from Fujifilm via RSS, subscribe at www.fujifilmusa.com/rss.

FUJIFILM Holdings Corporation, Tokyo, Japan, brings continuous innovation and leading-edge products to a broad spectrum of industries, including electronic imaging, digital printing equipment, medical systems, life sciences, graphic arts, flat panel display materials, and office products, based on a vast portfolio of digital, optical, fine chemical and thin film coating technologies. The company was among the top 20 companies around the world granted U.S. patents in 2009, and in the year ended March 31, 2010, had global revenues of $23.5 billion. Fujifilm is committed to environmental stewardship and good corporate citizenship. For more information, please visitwww.fujifilmholdings.com.

*Approximate retail value of the Grand Prize is $3,919. Actual value may vary depending upon timing and departure city.

Oct 18, 2011

Some more Indie Horror/Halloween Comics!

I thought I'd take a second to highlight a couple more Horror/Halloweeny comics anthologies that I've stumbled upon this season. First up is the second issue of the Strange Kid Comix Magazine...

This second installment is certainly seasonally appropriate and has a bunch of great comics and artwork by folks like David Hartman, Aaron Klopp, Andrew Barr, Brian Fyffe, Christine Larsen, Craig Collins, Glen Brogan, German Orozco, Keith Allen, Sean K. Dove, Neil Camera, Smo, Beans and Bueller and Zach Bellissimo. There are also interviews and some really fun paper project surprises inside!

Next up is a horror anthology from the folks at Wide Awake Press called 666. There are a metric ton of contributors in this volume, but there are a few that I'm particularly familiar with whose work I really dig including Justin Gammon, Brad McGinty, and Josh Latta. Also, Wide Awake is also offering up a really cool Mars Attacks homage trading card...

The best part? The card is free when you pay a small shipping fee ($2 gets you five copies of the card mailed to your door.) These would make great treats for the kids this Halloween as well as a fun piece of monster art to share with friends.

Oct 17, 2011

Special Offer to Countdown Participants

The fine folks at Crazydog T-Shirts have a generous offer just for people taking part in the Countdown to Halloween. So whether you are blogging or just visiting the blogs you can enjoy $5.00 of your orders by using the code: SCAREME5 during the check out process when placing your order.

That of course applies to any of their tees, but they wanted to also show off some of their newest Horror T-shirts for your consideration:

Gettin Down on Friday: http://www.crazydogtshirts.com/servlet/the-2765/Get-Down-on-Friday/Detail
Haddonfield High: http://www.crazydogtshirts.com/servlet/the-2668/haddonfield-high-t-shirt%2C/Detail
Zombie Disguise T-shirt: http://www.crazydogtshirts.com/servlet/the-2829/ask-me-about-my/Detail

I have a couple of t-shirts from Crazydog and they are cool and comfy. You can visit Crazydog T-Shirts by going here.

Oct 11, 2011

Candy!

With just under three weeks until the big day, it's time to get your candy plan in place for the hordes of trick or treaters that'll be knocking on your door or ringing your bell (of course, those kids dressed up as classic monsters, superheroes, or other geeky characters get extra candy, right?).... or maybe you just need to satisfy your own personal sweettooth!

Well, I have a place you can consider when getting your plan together... a company called Blair Candy, which contacted me last month with an offer to send me some free candy in exchange for posting about them here... well, they came through for me, and so here's the post! When I checked out their website to select what kind of candy I wanted them to send, I was kind of overwhelmed, because there was so much to choose from! I mean, there's all kinds of Halloween-specific candy there, from lollipops to candy bars and more, including stuff I've never seen offered in stores in my neighborhood! But where I think they really excel is in their nostalgic candy bars, the kind of stuff that we had as kids that you can't seem to find these days... Abba Zabba, Big Hunk, Black Cow, Clark Bars, Chick-O-Stick, Chocolate Ice Cubes, Necco Waers, Mallo Cups, Oh Henry, Sky Bar, Zagnut, Zero... and that's not all of them! Plus, they also carry candy with other themes, such as sports, plus there's categories for gluten free and sugar free candy, and you've got to check out their concession candy selections! It would be so easy for me to drop a lot of cash there getting goodies... and it's not all candy, either! You have a variety of shipping options to choose from, too!

Anyway, what they sent me to try out included a Witch's Finger lollipop (which was tasty, but I personally don't have the patience for lollipops), Fright Bites (chocolates shaped like a vampire's mouth -- pretty tasty stuff), and a mixed bag of Twizzlers and Jolly Ranchers (love the former, will save the latter for when we're making Christmas cookies this year). So, yes, I did already get something out of this, but I'll tell you, the package arrived well packed, and it was a nice surprise to see what they sent me (as I said above, I was kind of overwhelmed at the variety, so I asked them to pick for me).

So go check them out, you hear?

Oct 7, 2011

Halloween Ornaments for Sale

Tom Taggart has a variety of ornaments for sale that are perfect for Halloween and for adding a bit of ghoulish fun to the Christmas tree. There are black cats, jack o'lanterns, skulls, monsters, and more. Each of them are about the size of baseball and can be purchased at Tom's etsy shop.

Be sure to tell him I sent you.

Oct 2, 2011

Halloween Hits 8

Why read through the Cryptkeeper's blogs in silence when you can be enjoying suitable music instead? Dan Augustine has made available Halloween Hits 8, his most recent hand-picked selection of spooky tunes for the Halloween season. If you've missed any of the previous seven compilations, don't fret because they're also available -- for a limited time. When the last Jack O'Lantern is blown out on November 1st, these compilations will disappear until next Halloween. Get them here while you can, and don't forget to send Dan an email thanking him for his generosity.

Independent Horror via Kickstarter...

First off, I wanted to let all you Boils and Ghouls know that the 2011 Cryptkeeper list is live and will be available all month on the sidebar to the right. As any new sites join we'll be adding them to both the main Participant List blog post (in case you want to link directly to that) and the sidebar so they should always be on the front page and linkable.

I'd also like to take a second today and bend your ear a little to a couple of really cool spooky and Halloween-y projects that are currently up on Kickstarter. For those not familiar with the service, Kickstarter provides a platform for independent artists of all kinds to fund creative projects by offering a portal to raise money in the form of a fundraiser. The projects have stated goal dollar amounts, and if in the time allotted the goal is reached then the project is funded and all the pledges will be accepted. If the goal isn't met in time, then all the pledges are canceled and no one is charged. Well there are two projects that caught my eye recently that I thought would be worth sharing here..

The first is a comics anthology called Dark Mischief that is using Halloween and horror as it's backdrop. The project is spearheaded by Jenni Gregory of Ka-Blam, and features a varied roster of talent from all over the country. What's unique about this project is that they aren't seeking funds to produce the anthology (e..g printing, etc.) They're using the Kickstarter platform to help secure advances for all the participating artists. From the project:

"So this Halloween will see the release of Dark Mischief Volume One featuring stories by Mitch Byrd (Starman, Predator, Starship Troopers), AP. Furtado (Heavy Metal), Dirk Manning (Nightmare World), Thomas Hall (Robot 13), Dani Jones (My Sister the Freak), Dave Flora (Ghost Zero), Sara Turner (Ghosts of Pineville), Kim Holm, Mark Rudolph, Cayetano Garza, Sam Kirkman, Pam Harrison, Wayne Spencer, Kenny Durkin, Thomas Florimonte Jr, and more."

I've had the opportunity to meet a lot of the folks involved with this project and their comics work is really top notch. So if you're interested in comics and horror, you might want to check out Dark Mischief Vol. 1...

The second project I wanted to spotlight today is called the Crania Anatomica Filigre by Joshua Harker, and is already well past it's goal and looks to be a huge success...

These skull sculptures are beautiful and draw a lot of influence from the Mexican Day of the Dead sugar skulls. From the Kickstarter campaign page...

"I’m introducing my new sculpture entitled Crania Anatomica Filigre & looking to Kickstarter to help get my work seen & collected by more people. The traditional way of communicating, exhibiting, & selling art is profoundly changing & I intend to embrace it. The idea is to offer my work for a limited amount of time directly without the extraneous exhibition costs & markups...a sort of pre-release. I will make as many as are pledged for in the next 45 days...be it one or a million billion. Assuming all goes spectacularly, I intend to offer all my work this way before it goes to a gallery or exhibition. This sculpture is simultaneously powerfully delicate, a great conversation piece, & completely bitchin cool."

There are a wife range of ways to support either project if you're interested, so check them out if you're thinking about picking up some Halloween-y art this month!

Sep 30, 2011

This Year's Participants

WELCOME TO THE 2011 COUNTDOWN TO HALLOWEEN!

If you want to know which houses are giving out the good candy this year, then look no further than the list below. Remember when you stop by to say thank you by leaving them a comment for all the hard work they've put into making Halloween the greatest holiday of the year.

All sites are listed alphabetically. Keep checking back as updates will be made all month long. It's never too late to join in. Just let us know who would like to be included and send us a link to your blog(s) that you'd like to have included.

IMPORTANT NOTE TO PARTICIPANTS: It's nice to see a lot of new faces this year as long as many returning participants. If you don't see yourself on this list, or would like a blog added, removed, or renamed on this list, or if a link is broken, or incorrect, please leave a note in the comments section below. Every effort was made to contact everyone who participated last year, but a number of last year's participants did not have any contact information attached to their blogs.

This is a really impressive beginning. I think we have around 215 people participating as of this year's launch and anticipate more will be joining us as we go.

Now that that's out of the way it's time to put on your masks and start trick or treating. Happy Halloween!

13 Visions

2nd Street Cemetery

AEHorror

AEIOU and Sometimes Why

All Eyes and Ears

Alpha-Sketch

And Everything Else Too

Anime Hell

Apetoes

Arbogast on Film

Armagideon Time

Art Bliss

Atom Kid

Atomic Action

Bad Ronald

Bathed in the Light From Andromeda

Bel's Nook

Beware the Blog that Walks Like a Man

Bewitchingyou

The Big Scare

Blackwood

The Bliss Massacre

Blog of Frankenstein

Le Blog de Real Chanty

Bluestocking Farm

The Boo Blog

Branded in the 80s

Brittny Roberts

Bully Says: Comics Oughta Be Fun!

Cabinet of Curiosities Podcast

Cabrina at Large

Caffeinated Joe

Calvin's Canadian Cave of Coolness

The Captured Bird

Caramel Apple Day

Cassiopeia Celebrates

Castle Monster

Catalogue of Curiosities

Caterwaul Studios

The Cathode Ray Mission

Cavalcade of Awesome

Celluloid Terror

Celtic Pumpkin

Chris Thorndycroft

Christmas TV History

Chuck Norris Ate My Baby

The Church of Rabbit

Cinebeats

Cinema Du Meep

The Cinema 4 Pylon

Cinema Suicide

Comatised.com - February Stars

The Comic Treadmill

Comics Oughta Be Fun!

Confessions of a Book Whore

Confessions of a Pagan Soccer Mom

Cool and Collected

Count Gregula

Crafty Lady Abby

The Crazy Apron

Creature From the Blog Lagoon...in 3-D!

Creep Show 2: The Ultimate Halloween Experience

Creepy Cupcakes

Creepy L.A.

Cult of the Great Pumpkin

Dane Jackson's Blog

The Dark Forest

Dartman's World of Wonder

Dave Lowe Design

The Davis House

Derek Obscura's Blog-Tober

Digital Meltd0wn

Distinctly Jamaican Sounds

Diversions of the Groovy Kind

Doo Wacka Doodles

Dr. Terror's Blog of Horrors

Dracula's Crypt of Collectibles

Earth Station One

Edge of Forever

Erstwhile Dancefloor Revolution

Eternal Sunshine of the Logical Mind

Everybody Like Yikes

Family-Friendly Halloween Movie Countdown

Family Strong

Fantasy Ink

Fenwright Manor

The Fenwright Museum of Yesteryear

Frankensteinia

Frog on the Pumpkin

From the Brain of John

frytopia

The Ghost Town

Ghoulie Girls

Ghoulie Guide

Go-Go Godzilla

The Good, the Bad, and Godzilla

Goobeetsa Blog

The Goods

Gravediggers Local 16

The Grim Gallery

Guts and Grog Reviews

Hallowaltz

Halloween Addict

Halloween Haunted Houses

Hallowe'en Machine

Halloween Night

Halloween Overkill

Halloween Queen

Halloween Shows.net

Halloween Special

The Halloween Tree

Haunted Design House

Haunted Eve's Halloween Blog

The Haunted Library

Hero (& Heroine) Histories

Hey! Look at My Toys!

Highbury Cemetery

Histories of Things to Come

Holiday Film Reviews

Holiday Hollow

The Holidaze

The Horrors of It All

Hot Costumes Blog

The Inferno Music Vault

Infinite Hollywood

It Came From the Man Cave!

iZombie

Jaclyn Di Ann's Creepy Curiosities

Jerry's Movie Blog

John Rozum.com

Jon's Random Acts of Geekery

Kaedrin Weblog

Keep Fear Alive

Kevin Cross: Laser Beams Go!

KostumeGirl's Closet

Krell Laboratories

Kweeny Todd

Kyle's Astro Lounge

L.A.'s Life Lessons

Ladydragon Queen

The Land of Cerpts and Honey

Leigh Young Illustration

Light and Dark

Limerwrecks

Lounge of the Drunken Severed Head

lux umbra dei

Macabre Drive-In Theater

Magic Carpet Burn

Mankind's Fascination with Self-Expression

Maple Grove Cemetery

Mark Harvey's World

Me and You and a Blog Named Boo

Mephisto's Castle

Michael May's Adventureblog

Midnight in the Garden of Evil

Monstars

Monster Crazy

Monster For Rent

Monster Movie Music

Monster Spookshow Radio

Monsters on My Shelf

The Moon is a Dead World

Moongem Comics

Mother Firefly's Faster Pussycats

Mr. Chicken's Yard Haunt

Mr. Gable's Reality

Mrs. ZOG's Halloween Adventure

Music You (Possibly) Won't Hear Anyplace Else

Musty TV

My Power is Beyond Your Understanding

My Scary Halloween

My Two Yen Worth

Neato Coolville

Necropolis

Need Coffee.com

Negative Pleasure

Negative Pleasure 2

Never Sleeps Again

The New Adventures of Desdinova the Super Villain of the Ozarks

New World Food

Notchordamnatchoz

Oddments & Curiosities

The Ol' Skethbook: Art of Eric Scales

On the Stick

Orange and Black

ParaAbnormal

Pensive Pumpkin

Plaid Stallions

Plastic Fetish

Plastic Pumpkins

Polish the Stars

PopCereal

Psychobabble

Puddle Hopping: 31 Days of October

Pumpkin Swirl's Blog of Everything

Pumpkinrot

Punch and Judy Productions

Puppatoons

PurpleGurl's Halloween Haven

The Queen of Darkness: Halloween, Haunting and Life

Radiator Heaven

Raggedys and Recipes

Rare Halloween Videos

Redecorating Middle-Earth in Early Lovecraft

Return to the Devil's Alcove

The Ringmaster's Realm

The Roads of Autumn Dusk

RubyMarilyn

Scare Me On Fridays

Second Star to the Right

Secret Mountain Labratory

Secret Sanctum of Captain Video

The Sexy Armpit

Sexy Witch

Shades of Gray

She Walks Softly

ShellHawk's Nest

Sherry Lou Toys

Shingle Creek Manor

Shoot from the Belly

Sideshow Cinema

Silent Weirdness

Sinedelphia

Six Weeks of Halloween

Sketches81

Sketchup/Screw-Up

Skrattkammaren

Skull-A-Day

Skull Salad Reviews

Skylarking

Slash the Zombie

Something Got Me Started

Something wicKED this way comes...

Son of Celluloid

Son of Danse Macabre

Spooky Laboratory

The Spooky Vegan

A Spoonful of Everything

Step Up to the Mike

Stephanie Buscema's Blog

Strange Kids Club

The Swell Life

Swing with Shad

Tea and Top Hats

Terror Titans

THAT...Was My Foot

The Theatre of Terror

Thiel-a-Vision

Things That Don't Suck

Till The Following Night

Trixie's Treats

True Love Comics Tales

Twin Cities' MONSTER KIDS & MORE

Twisted Cartoons

Two Thumbs, Eight Fingers

Uncle Ernie's Creature Ink

Underneath the Juniper Tree Children's Horror Magazine

Unique Unusual or Interesting

Universal Horror Sounds

The Universal Monster Army Presents the Drunken Severed Head

Unpopular Culture

VampireWiki Blog

Wag the Fox

War: Past, Present, and Future

Weekend Drive-In

Weird Hollow

Western Comics Adventures

What Ever Happened to the Transylvania Twist?

Whatever I Think Of

Who is Afraid of...Mrs. Lovett?

Who Killed Orrin Grey?

Wicked Crochet

The Windesphere Witch

The Witches of Muckmire Marsh

Without a Map

Wonderful Wonderblog

Xemnu

The Year of Halloween

Your Skin Will Crawl

Sep 27, 2011

Super New Contest with Creepy Prizes

Our friends and fellow Cryptkeepers over at AEIOU...and Sometimes Why have put together a contest which is open now and ends on October 12th. You can see all the great prizes and find out how to enter by going here.

Aug 31, 2011

2011 Countdown Badges are here!

We've dug up some new 2011 participant badges that you can post on your site to point readers back to the Countdown to Halloween site for the complete list of blogs joining in on the spooky fun! This year I've created a couple of standard badges, as well as some extra special Vincent Price themed variants in further celebration of the Vincentennial (the horror icon would have turned 100 this past May!)

Badge #1 (featuring the Hammer/Christopher Lee version of Frankenstein's Monster)...

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