Don't Be Afraid of the Dark

Don't Be Afraid of the Dark, January 21st, 2011

Cereal Killers

Kreepsville Industries Presents: Cereal Killers

The Artistic Halloween Queens

The Artistic Halloween Queens are having a blog giveaway! You get up to 3 entries to win. Lots of beautiful hand made and OOAK prizes, that will all soon belong to The Captain. As per usual here at The Captain's Ramblings we feel inclined to remind you that you should not enter because people like you never win things like this. The Captain will let you look at pictures of the goodies after he has won them.

The winners will be announced September 22, the first day of Autumn. If you feel that you must attempt to win this blog giveaway, then go ahead and visit the ladies over at The Artistic Halloween Queens.

A New Addtion To The "Family"

I received my beautifully hand crafted ceramic jack-o-lantern in the mail from ShellHawk.

He is currently living on a shelf right above my monitor, where he watches over me.

Once we decorate the rest of the house he'll end up out in the front room.
Thanks Shelley

William Basso

Check out the art of William Basso

Dark Fairies

Meatyard

Ralph Eugene Meatyard

Romance of Ambrose

Gollum

Still searching for more inspiration, creepy, twisted, green, and wet are Gollum's body and limbs. Movie art from the 1977 version of The Hobbit.

Killers

Eddie The Corpse

I have always loved the image of Iron Maiden's mascot, Eddie The Corpse. In high school my walls were covered with Iron Maiden album cover posters. If I knew were those posters were today, I'd put them up on my garage walls.

LIFE ~ October 31st 1960

Me and my love for a good skeleton costume . . .


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I build my stuff because

I build my stuff for me.
I build my stuff because I love Halloween.
I build my stuff because I love horror movies and anything scary.
I build my stuff because I want to impress my online Halloween peers.
I build my stuff because I’ll probably never get around to writing that amazing horror movie I’ve always wanted to.
I build my stuff because most people frown on grown men trick r’ treating!
I build my stuff because I want to help create someone else’s fond memories of Halloween.

I build my stuff because . . . . .

Day of the Dead

The celebration is coming to an end. Winter is here. I love this picture.

Dia De Los Muertos

Just a few Dia De Los Muertos images that I had floating around on my hard drive.

For Marvin and Greg
RIP

Another Halloween

We had a good mellow evening, only 21 kids. Only 364 days till next Halloween.

Devil's Night

The Little Big Book of Chills and Thrills

I was helping my Mom, Sister, and nephew move today and we were going through a bunch of boxes out in the storage closet. Nothing really of particular interests to me just a bunch of this and that and a ton of crap. As I sorted through so much of other people keepings, I moved some papers and what caught my eye but the words “Ye Ghost” on a ripped up book. I picked up the book whose cover had been long since ripped off to read the title. I was holding a coverless first edition of “Little Big Book of Chills and Thrills.” This book is so awesome! All vintage art and drawings, ghost stories, tales of magic and fantasy, poems, spells and curses, recipes, magic tricks, superstitions, legends, and lore, and all things Halloween. This book has that “found treasure” feel to it. If you love the Halloween of yesterday, the Halloween of your childhood, you will love this little gem of a book.

Whats an ArtVelope?

Go check it out over at ArtVelopes and find out for yourself.

Class Photo

I found this awesome filcker photo set by way of Pumpkin Rot's blog. They are posting an old school Halloween photo everyday in October.

Witches Sabbath

I'm on a Witch kick this week!