Tag Archive | "Halloween"

The horror… the horror of it all…

Monday, October 31, 2011

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As a ghoulish Halloween treat we thought the blog crew could have a rake through their repressed memories of terrifying moments from their comics reading. I’m a huge horror fan, from reprints of the old EC comics when I was a kid to Hammer films, then that first wave of Video Nasties during the home [...]

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Boys and girls of every age.. Wouldn’t you like to see something strange?

Sunday, October 31, 2010

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It’s that time again, where all over this Great Britain of ours, boys and girls who’ve grown up on the idea of US culture wander around housing estates with badly made costumes wondering why very few of those old people are too keen on the concept of trick or treating. But enough cynicism, Happy Hallowe’en [...]

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Nostalgia & Comics video

Thursday, January 28, 2010

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I Am Birmingham has posted up a cool ten minute video of the dressing up fun (what do you mean that’s how the staff normally dress?) in our Nostalgia & Comics store in Brum last Halloween. I love the wee zombie supergirl!

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Tank Girl, Gorrilaz, Demon Lighting?

Saturday, December 19, 2009

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Yep, according to Drawn, this Demonlamp is the design of one Jamie Hewlett, artist/co-creator of Tank Girl and Gorrilaz. Maybe too late for Christmas, but time for the New Year gift perhaps? Or maybe early Halloween? The 40cm tall lamp costs £79.

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Halloween fun at N&C!

Monday, November 2, 2009

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Our colleagues in our much-loved Nostalgia & Comics store in Birmingham enjoyed some Halloween fun at the weekend, with costumes encouraged in-store; even flaming skulled Ghost Rider needs to stop by to get his new comics, you know: Some young fans enjoy some Halloween costume fun: And the N&C guys also ran an art competition [...]

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Happy Halloween!

Saturday, October 31, 2009

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Have a delightfully spooky day. (One of a couple of great Halloween Peanuts homages from J. Bone. Warning – the second one has CB cussing at Lucy. Via CBR) (Dr Monster gives us a very nice Scooby & Velma. Via Boing Boing) (Gene Ha cover to the 2008 DC Halloween Special & Batman’s Long Halloween, [...]

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Drop Dead Gorgeous in Belfast this Halloween

Thursday, September 24, 2009

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My colleagues at the Belfast FP (52 -54 Ann Street, phone 028 9043 8744) tell me they are planning a highly appropriate event for Halloween with local writer Wayne Simmons. On the 31st of October Wayne will be in the Belfast FP from 2 to 4pm to sign from his recent novel Drop Dead Gorgeous, [...]

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