R.I.P. Jonathan Frid

Paul Naschy R.I.P.

RIP John Keel

I recently learned that one of my early favorite authors, John A. Keel, passed away in a nursing home this past June 3rd at the age of 79. A copy of his The Mothman Prophecies caught my eye when I was about ten, more particularly the phantasmic titular character displayed on the cover stalking a couple of teenagers in the moonlight. It's really a wonderfully mysterious book, particularly if your mind is open to such phenomenon, which mine assuredly was at that age. I believed in ghosts and Bigfoot and UFO's and so why not sinister flying trans-dimensional harbingers of doom?

Here's a good obituary of the man at Cryptomundo. And a simple simple wallpaper tile I did several years back:

Remembering Vampira

Mail Nurmi died one year ago today.

Uncle Forry R.I.P.

Famous Monsters of Filmland founder Forrest J. Ackerman died yesterday at the age of 92. I'll always remember the hours of joy the magazine brought me as a kid. May his memory live on.
AICN Obituary
Portraits by Mark Berry