inktober 2016: week three
Inktober 2016 continues. Here is my entry for week number three. Poor Nancy Thompson. Is she sleeping? Is Freddy Krueger the man of her dreams?
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DCS: phyllis creore
For fifteen minutes, every Friday night, US soldiers fighting in World War II were comforted by the songs and stories of “Phyllis Jeanne, your Canteen Girl.” Broadcast on the NBC network from 1942 until the end of the war, Phyllis Creore was a friendly voice for homesick troops. She used the name “Phyllis Jeanne” because …
inktober 2016: week two (and a half)
Here’s another Inktober 2016 bonus… “Just tell it to call you Billie, you bitch!” – Henry Northrup’s parting words to his shrewish, overbearing wife Wilma in “Creepshow” (1982) Here’s an account of my encounter with the aforementioned “Billie.”
IF: ice
J. Abercrombie Glacier, the inventor of the ice cube. When he passed away, scientists studied his extensive notes and journals, working diligently to duplicate his secret recipe.
inktober 2016: week two
Inktober rages on! Here is my entry for week number two. It’s Dr. Anton Phibes, as portrayed by the inimitable Vincent Price in the 1971 camp horror classic The Abominable Dr. Phibes and its sequel, Dr. Phibes Rises Again, released the following year.
DCS: dennis wilson
Dennis Wilson was the self-proclaimed “black sheep” of the Wilson family. At his mother’s insistence, he was admitted to his brother Brian’s fledgling surf band, The Beach Boys, in 1961. Ironically, Dennis was the only member who actually surfed. Playing on the strength of a few school-sanctioned drum lessons, he recognized his own musical limitations and …
inktober 2016: week one (and a half)
Here’s an Inktober 2016 bonus… Poor Marion! As Norman Bates said, “She might have fooled me, but she didn’t fool my mother.”
IF: weapon
I was a fan of Pat Benatar and I bought Crimes of Passion when it was released in 1980. Spawning three best-selling singles and several AOR station favorites, Crimes of Passion was the biggest selling album of Benatar’s career. By the time Seven the Hard Way, her seventh album, came out, my musical tastes had moved on …
inktober 2016: week one
“…and He Who Walks Behind The Rows did say, ‘I will send outlanders amongst you: a man and a woman. And these outlanders will be unbelievers and profaners of the holy.’” — Isaac Well, here we go again! Inktober is upon us. While other online artists are attempting the “one drawing per day” challenge, I, …
DCS: herschell gordon lewis
I have a friend named Sherry who is a writer. Although, she has written a novel, she spent a good portion of her career as a marketing copy writer. Once, in an online conversation, she mentioned a book on marketing techniques by Herschell Gordon Lewis. I questioned her about the author. She said he had …