Daffy Drafty's Halloween

We've had our fair share of horrors so far this month here at AEET: witches, phantoms, a handful of Frankensteins (with a few more on the way too!) --heck, we even encountered a Vamp'Beer! But now it's time for the most loathsome monster of all time to appear, and lawd help Daffy Drafty to avoid finding himself 6 feet under before midnight! This is a very funny, 4 page strip, via the unrationed and pocket-sized, September 1944 issue of Army and Navy Fun Parade Vol. 3 #6. WW2 era laughs like this from Art Helfant undoubtably helped lift morale and keep the boys ('n gals) chuggin' along in high spirits, especially when reminded that even a top dog nazi can always, and very easily, be knocked down and totally out of the picture once and for freakin' all, IYKWIM? Also, there's a silly blood bank gag at the end of the post, but I forget from where it originally came from... so yes, some assistance is required, please!

Movieland Wax Museum Monsters

If you're enjoying the Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery post over at THOIA HERE, then come and see what equally strange creatures await you today at AEET! Why, it's Boris again, and he's even brought along Bela and Lon! This is an incredible terror trio of vintage 1960's or 70's postcards originally found at Movieland Wax Museum's gift shop in Buena Park, CA! Dracula, Frankenstein's Monster, and The Phantom of the Opera, perfectly rendered in wax and posed in their natural, eerie environs, --and with a truly great use of lighting and atmosphere as well. I've also included each photo caption as it appears on the backside of the postcards.

Another Life of the Party: Vamp'Beer

I don't really collect beer cans (nor do I drink), but I thought this Vamp'Beer (rhymes with Vampyr) from Germany would make a nice addition to the Karswell Kollection. It's not too terribly old, early 2000's I believe, and the can itself is made of an oddly thin aluminum. The artwork is attractive enough to warrant a post all on its own of course, (plus those Halloween colors *chef's smooch!), with the red tips at the ends of her wildly blowing blonde hair being a really nice, artistic design touch (I predict Brian will say something about her Bill Ward-esque heels.) I just wish someone at the beer factory could've been bothered to glue the label onto the dang can a little better-- arghh! Oddly enough, there isn't a whole lotta info about Vamp'Beer online, although I did find a post about a Werewolf Beer HERE. I'd also like to add: be extra careful if you attempt to handle BOTH monster beers at midnight...

"Life of the Party"

It's not really October until ya bring on the rittle-rattle-thunder-clatter-boom-boom-boom noiiiiiise! And vintage old noisemakers like this gorgeous midcench, "Life of the Party" Product banger by Kirchhof is definitely one way to be heard and really seal the Halloween deal. Via proper cast and color, "Witches dance with cats 'n bats, while winking owls 'n jack-o's laugh!" 

Uhhh yeah, that's my big Halloween party poem this year. I just made it up. I hope you like it.

Mugged at the Jekyll & Hyde Club

Nope, this isn't a return to Jekyll Island (dig that recent sun 'n fun post HERE though if you wish to revisit it!), --because instead, we're held rather tightly in the devastating grip of a nifty gift shop momento, via the unfortunately defunct Jekyll and Hyde Club of Greenwich Village, NY (RIP 1999 - 2022.) This is a nice 'n sturdy, ceramic mug featuring the sculpted likeness of the good doc and the bad mister, as well as the famous quote from Henry Jekyll himself right there on the back. Thanks to the creepy Creeches, Frankenstars, and other throat assaultin' fanged fiends, I kind of feel like DJ & MH get somewhat forgotten during this glorious monster-filled, Halloween season. So hey, this post is deadicated to him-- errr, --them! And what, pray tell, mysterious potion are we guzzling from this macabre mug, you ponder? Just give me a few seconds, the answer will become quite bludgeoningly clear to you! (Bottom photo below by Jim Henderson.)

Hollow Hallowe'en

The 2026 Hollowe'en festivities have already begun over at THOIA (HERE!), so let's take a look at another young man with a few hollow spots deep within his not-so-nimble noggin'! Yes sir, planning a holiday shindig in the parent's cellar couldn't / shouldn't be this painfully difficult, but leave it to Johnny Prep and Polly to do their best / worst! From the December (not October!) 1948 issue of Aggie Mack #4, with art via good 'ol Al Feldstein, who (according to his 2013 biography) claims he actually produced this silly Archies wannabe story for Bob Farrell over at Superior. I've also added an old ad for Fun Balloons-- because what's a party (or anytime for that matter) without a couple of big 'n bouncy, beautiful fun balloons to play with now? BOMP!

Welcome to Clifton Hill!

Back in a mid-August AEET post HERE, I mentioned having visited Clifton Hill in Niagra Falls, Canada this summer, and only just now have I suddenly remembered that I never showed you some of the dang pix from this "Monster Mecca" tourist trap town of awesome! And of course October is an even better time to share these images now, because Clifton Hill is one seriously spook-filled place, almost obnoxiously overloaded with haunted houses, wax museums, rides, and a perplexin' plethora of amusements ominously designed to make you screeeeam --yep, even the ice scream! So once you've gotten an eyeful of that gorgeous giant waterfall, just turn around and head back inland a few blocks to start blastin' some ghosts, or stumble around inside a pitch black spook house or two, or three... errr, or four, plus go-karts, arcades, a Frankenstein themed roller coaster on the roof of a Burger King (!!!), Ripley's, Tussaud's, annnd etc etc. Sweet Jesus, don't ya dare even get me started on all of the tasty food 'n freakin' gift shops!