Feb. 9, 2020
Frank Frazetta is born in Brooklyn in 1928. The award-winning and highly influential fantasy and sci-fi artist’s work adorned the covers of paperbacks, comic books, record albums and movie posters for decades. ...
Feb. 8, 2020
The Fog opens across the U.S. in 1980. John Carpenter directed, co-wrote and scored the film starring Jamie Lee Curtis, Adrienne Barbeau and Hal Holbrook. The film does well at the box office despited mixed rev...
Feb. 7, 2020
Steve Johnson is born in Houston in 1960. The special effects makeup artist’s long career stretches more than 200 films including An American Werewolf in London, Ghostbusters, Fright Night, The Fog, Bicentennia...
Feb. 6, 2020
Stephen King’s Night Shift is published in 1978. The collection of short stories includes unpublished and the first published stories of King in magazines through the late 1960s and 1970s. Several of the storie...
A Gremlins Maze On A Chilly Winter Night
A chilly winter night was the appropriate setting for a new Gremlins-themed maze in Los Angeles. The creation of teen maze-maker Zion Fenwick and friends, the maze featured surprising detail and of cours...
A Very Beetle House Christmas
It should not be surprising Beetle House L.A. put its own spin on the holiday season. The restaurant and bar each feature Tim Burton-themed Christmas trees and various decorations inspired by the Nightma...
Poe’s ‘Raven’ Is Still A Stunning Bird At 175
The Raven is now 175 years old and it's a bird that has aged remarkably well and still carries a long, long shadow. The first time Edgar Allan Poe's poem was published, it appeared as "an advanced copy...
New Comic Mashes Edgar Allan Poe And Film Noir
More than 200 years after his birth, Edgar Allan Poe’s stories remain as compelling as they are horrifying. And, if he were still alive to cash the residual checks, he’d know they’re also highly adaptable. His ...
Love The Goodies (And The Baddies) At Long Beach Comic Expo
Lovers of comics, cosplay, collectables and geek chic all had something to see, something to hear and something to buy at the 2020 Long Beach Comic Expo at the Long Beach Convention Center. 2020 Long B...
