Hello, dahlings! Please excuse our recent lack of updates, but our poor webminion has been swamped. As she was already a humanoid creature resembling a living pile of swamp mire, it took us a while to notice there was a problem. We decided to send her to Comic-Con so we'd have time to clean the mud off the keyboard, but then she got all offended when people complimented her monster costume (as she wasn't wearing one). But we think everything's all settled down now, so here's the latest scoop.
Michaels Remasters Monster Masterpieces
The Painted History of the Horror Film Collector's Cards, from monster artist Scott Jackson, is a horrific five-volume series, with new commentary on the back of the cards by Vampira: The Movie director Kevin Sean Michaels. You may remember Scott Jackson from this lovely poster he drew for a special event of ours in 2007. The first 10-card set in the series is a reissue of the 2003 edition.
The set includes: Edison's Frankenstein (1910), Nosferatu (1922), The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971), The Hideous Sun Demon (1958), Curse of the Werewolf (1960), London After Midnight (1927), Metropolis (1927), Invasion of the Saucer Men (1958), Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959), Destroy All Monsters! (1968) . . . and more from the wicked paintbrush of Scott Jackson!
You'll be able to order yours soon from the official site.
Updates from the bog . . . er . . . make that blog
We don't have a blog per se, but there are plenty of lovely tidbits we wouldn't want to get lost in the muck. Like for instance this fine pen drawing of Vampira by Etsy seller JMTolman. Or the flattering press we've recently added to our 2009, 2010, and 2011 press pages. (Oh dear, I hope we don't start blushing and lose this deathly pallor!)
And we can finally give an update on a project first announced right here aaaaaaaaall the way back in April 2007, regarding horror legend Ingrid Pitt. Sadly, she has since passed away, but her story will live on, first as an animated short film, then eventually as a full-length feature documentary. The short is entitled Ingrid Pitt: Beyond The Forest, and is a cross-generational collaboration between a world-class animation master, two-time Academy Award-nominated Bill Plympton, and a first-time animator, 11-year-old artist Perry Chen. It is narrated by Ingrid Pitt herself, and produced by Kevin Sean Michaels. You can read all about it on the official site.
That's it for now. We've told our webminion she should learn from the Ingrid Pitt: Beyond The Forest website and clean up her act, so take care as she may be mucking about on the internet trying to hone her webmastering skills. Just when you thought it couldn't get any swampier . . .
