HAPPY HALLOWEEN FROM NEATO COOLVILLE

Wishing all you boils and ghouls out there a Happy Halloween!

This month zipped by in a flash and the 2009 Halloween Countdown is almost over. I hope that you’ve been clicking on the countdown banner in the sidebar and visiting some of the other Halloween bloggers. There’s been some excellent posting going on this year!

A Big haunted thanks to everyone who has stopped by this month. I’ve really appreciated all your comments and emails!

Congrats to Kodama, the big winner of the Monster Head Races!

Thanks to Major Pepperidge for supplying his fab photos for the Halloween Flashback Fifty-Nine post!

More thanks goes to the Williams brothers, Larry and Tim. Without you ghouls KRYP-TV would be kind of bore! Go watch Vlad's Halloween greeting!


Tomorrow, Neato Ghoulville will slither back under a rock until next year and the blog will be restored back to Neato Coolville. Posts will be on the slim side for most of November, cause the mayor needs a bit of a break. Hey, I gotta scrounge some stuff up for 12 Days of Christmas!

Everyone be safe, have fun and be neato cool to everyone this Halloween!

TRICK OR TREAT SMELL MY FEET GIVE ME SOMETHING GOOD TO EAT

Now that’s a line up of trick or treaters! Zorro, Skeleton Ghost, Supergirl, Mighty Mouse, Teddy Bear, Donald Duck, Squaw and a Moon Monster from Halloween 1958.

That Moon Monster looks like he’s up to something. Oh wait, look! He’s going to push that detonator button.


The Jack O’Lantern on Mighty Mouse’s trick or treat bag notices the detonator, but the other kids are too busy smiling for the camera.

Let's hope Supergirl and Mighty Mouse stopped the Moons Monster's dastardly plot to blow-up Halloween.

Oops, I guess I was jumping to conclusions again. That's just the button to turn on his Moon Monster lights on his mask. Of course, I should have known 'cause this little guy showed up in this slide two years later. And you know without his mask he looks like a good Moon Monster.

This is one of my favorite Halloween images in my found snapshot/slide collection.

CHECK OUT ALL THE STAR WARS HALLOWEEN PHOTOS

There's no photo proof, but I was Darth Vader for Halloween in 1978. I've always wished for a photo from that night, but at least I can see a bunch of other kids dressed as their favorite Star Wars character over at the flickr group, Growing Up Star Wars. As co-creator of GUSW with my pal Glen Mullaly, I can say we always get a kick out of seeing new Star Wars Halloween images added to the group.



Go check 'em out for yourself and relive some Halloween memories Star Wars style. If you have any photos of yourself related to Star Wars from 1977 - 1985, we invite you to add 'em to the group. You can visit Growing Up Star Wars by clicking here.

CALLING ALL HAUNTED MANSION FANS CHECK OUT THESE ANIMATIONS

David over at Quasi-Interesting Paraphernalia Inc. has created some amazing animatations based after unused Haunted Mansion concept artwork. These "labor of love" toons really take you inside a What If... Haunted Mansion. They're one of the best things I've seen all month!


Go check 'em out by clicking here!

Just for fun and since today is Halloween go watch a couple more of David's animation wizardry here and here.

3 HALLOWEEN PACK-O-FUN COVERS

BATSON'S PROFESSIONAL STAGE WARTS

"The ones that stay on" - is the tag line on this 1979 package of stage warts. Two of the warts didn't stay on as advertised as they've fallen to the bottom of the package. I guess we can give Woochie Industries a pass, because it has been 30 years.

ILLUSTRATED JACKS #18

Illustrated by John Huehnergarth and taken from 1967 The Riddle Book.

MY NEPHEWS DRAW HALLOWEEN

Last year I featured some of my nephew's artwork. Now his little brother has created some little masterpieces too. Here's some artwork that he made in his Kindergarten class -





And one more from the older nephew.