Vampirella and Other Girls '77

I've been doing my best to keep things hot around here this December, so let's turn up the heat a little more with a classic 1977 Warren calendar collection of Vampirella (and other girls) art by the always excellent Spanish master of the painted cover, Enrich Torres! All 12 months are featured, and printed on a nice textured paper which adds another dimension to these luscious, otherworldly women. I particularly love Miss June holding up Tor Johnson's severed head! And now that we have your blood pumping uncontrollably (Vampirella likes the sound of that), you can discover much more about Enric Torres-Prat at his official Facebook page HERE!

Oh god, more candy containers...

Yeah, but I promise this is the end of 'em this year-- for now! And I'm sure anyone who's ever received these can agree, they were always fun stocking stuffer type presents to get back in the day; I'd definitely prefer these over a box of Queen Anne chocolate covered Cordial Cherries, even if the cheapo candy was nowhere near as tasty. Seriously, what movie lovin' kid like myself wouldn't want their super sugar rush and eventual case of tooth rot coming from within a dinosaur, alien, or killer shark?! Or a laundry machine, boom box, or lantern, for that matter?

AEET's 2025 Haunted Holiday Special

Someone actually suggested this as a post a few years ago, and the old me would absolutely not even entertain the thought of having Elvira featured on my blog --I swing forever eternally loyal to Vampira, for obvious reasons! But having little else really that great to offer here at AEET this year around, (I know, it occasionally even happens to the best of us!) --not to mention that I love what Frank Springer has delivered with the art-- I thought I'd go ahead and fill that ancient request, and give said thorny horror ho-hostess a little time to shine here on this horniest of horrorday seasons. It's a fun twist on the Dicken's classic, and as mentioned, the art is really well done, as is the super funny xmas tree horror back-up tale also featured in this same issue (love that appropriately timed political wish-list ending too!) So have yourself some merry lil titillating thrills 'n chills from the March 1987 issue of Elvira's Haunted Holidays Special #1, and be sure to visit THOIA tomorrow on Xmas Eve for an even more appropriate double-shot of Xmas evil...

 

The Laugh (Le Rire) Cover Gallery

Who's ready for more pleasing candy to the 'ol eye? To say that I wasn't prepared to stumble upon a nice big stack of Le Rire back issues (covers only actually) at a local antique mall last week would be a serious understatement. Le Rire, aka "The Laugh", was a weekly satirical magazine published in Paris from 1894 until 1971. As you skim through the covers below you'll notice that most, if not all, are likely from the later half of this publication's great, length run. With very attractive illustrative art, done in a variety of somewhat realistic but mostly cartoony styles, and executed by a variety of equally talented masters of the craft (fyi: every piece is signed!) And since it's December, we'll kick off this great girly gallery with a festive holiday chuckle, my own gift to everyone out there who continues to support and visit AEET on a regular basis. Enjoy!