One from my sketchbook this week: …and six that are now up for sale in my Etsy store.
Movies Seen Recently: Safety Last!, Octaman, Caltiki the Immortal Monster
Safety Last! (1923) – You’ve seen this image of silent movie star Harold Lloyd clinging to the hands of a huge architectural clock, right? This movie is where it comes from. Lloyd is a small-town boy moved to the big city to become “a success,” after which he’ll send for his sweetheart and they’ll get…
Sketch of the Day Omnibus Post.
One sketch posted this week was straight from my sketchbook… …and the rest were convention sketches that I’ve put up for sale on Etsy. Enjoy!
Movies Seen Recently: Count Dracula, Air Force One, Three Fugitives
Count Dracula (1970) – In the middle of his two-decade run as Dracula for Hammer Films, Christopher Lee turned around and made a Dracula movie with Jess Franco. Way to fight the typecasting, Chris! You can tell it’s not a Hammer flick, though; Dracula has a mustache! (As any self-respecting 19th-century Eastern European nobleman would…
Halloween Movie Marathon 2019
In my long tradition of doing this with my children, this year’s move marathon was the most ill-attended. Jason (lives elsewhere) and Emma (lives at home) didn’t show up for it at all; Jason was in a performance of Mamma Mia and then had to be up at 8am to take the ACT, and Emma…
Movies Seen Recently: Monster Island, The She-Creature, Belles on their Toes
Monster Island (2019) – No, I don’t learn. To cash in on Godzilla, King of the Monsters, The Asylum released this shoddy quickie, with bad acting, cheap SFX, a pointless plot, and Eric Roberts. Here’s really all you need to know: Roberts’ role is, as usual, a confined cameo (i.e., he’s in one location, communicating…
Movies Seen Recently: He Never Died, C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America, Some Like It Hot
He Never Died (2015) – This is one of those movies that’s impossible to discuss without giving something away… but I guess since the title isn’t actually going out of its way to keep a secret: The main character Jack (Henry Rollins) is a loner, a drifter, and as we start to figure out, effectively…
New poster: González!
It’s been a long time coming, but my latest bogus B-movie poster is finally available: González! Available right here, or on Etsy!