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Getting in that Halloween Spirit
If you’re burning the midnight oil working on a Halloween costume and want some background noise in the spirit of the season, here is nearly 12 hours of old time radio shows that will give you the creeps. These are … Continue reading
Posted in Halloween, Holiday, Mystery Matinee, Stuff Joe Likes
Tagged Creepy, Halloween, horror, Lights Out, marathon, old time radio, OTR, spooky
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Sofa Sketches and an Obscure Remake
I’ve been sitting on the sofa with a sketchbook in my lap trying out some of my new art materials and playing around with a few I forgot I had. I should be up at my desk in my studio, … Continue reading
Posted in It Came From the Sketchbook, Sketch, Stuff Joe Likes, Weird World of the Roku, What's on TV?
Tagged 1955, doodles, figure, Frankenstein, George Sanders, It Came From The Sketchbook, jungle, Laura, monster, mystery, Roku, running, sketchbook, sofa, TV
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Jerry’s Artarama Haul
I recently received my first order from Jerry’s Artarama, and I have to admit that I ordered because the store’s name had “arama” in it’s title. I’m glad that I did. Their website is easy to use, and their prices … Continue reading
Posted in Doodle Tuesday, It Came From the Sketchbook, Stuff Joe Likes
Tagged art supplies, Jerry's Artarama
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Why I Stick With Physical Media
Pepe Le Pew — that’s why! Having heard that maladjusted moralists with way too much time on their hands have targeted the beloved cartoon character and are trying to ban him from future appearances as well as streaming platforms, I … Continue reading
Posted in Curious Clutter, News, Stuff Joe Likes, Weird World of the Roku
Tagged Chuck Jones, disk, DVD, freaks, Moral Majority, Neo-Puritans, Pepe Le Pew
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The Light at the Edge of the World
I’m falling out of love with streaming. I’ve grown weary of a number of television streaming options and have pruned them from my monthly expenses. The free, ad supported streaming platforms occasionally offer a pleasant surprise, but the barrage of … Continue reading
We Are NOT Alone
My latest Halloween Head is a fellow with one hell of a commute. This visitor from another world is a vector illustration I whipped together in Affinity Designer.
Posted in Halloween, Illustration, Pixels Versus Pigment, Stuff Joe Likes, Technique
Tagged Affinity Designer, Alien, creature, Halloween Head, Illustration, Joe Williams, Martian, vector
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The Widow
My latest Halloween Head is more of a femme fatale rather than a monster. Illustrated by Joe Williams using the world’s greatest vector art program Affinity Designer on a well-worn 2010 Macbook at home and a battered 2008 Macbook at … Continue reading
Posted in Computers, Halloween, Illustration, Pixels Versus Pigment, Stuff Joe Likes, Technique
Tagged Affinity Designer, axe, femme fatale, giallo, Halloween, Halloween Head, Joe Williams, monster, mudreress
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The Vector Chainsaw Massacre
Here is another Halloween Head I illustrated in the marvelous vector design application called Affinity Designer. I started this yesterday morning with a vague polygon shape for a face and a cog shape for hair. I wasn’t sure if it … Continue reading
The Post-Apocalypse on $5 a Day
As Halloween approaches, I continue to watch some of the bottom-of-the-barrel horror films that I used to watch on UHF television way back when. Movies like this were usually presented by a horror host and constantly interrupted by commercials for … Continue reading
Posted in Blast from the Past, Halloween, Stuff Joe Likes, Weird World of the Roku
Tagged Halloween, horror, movie, Roger Corman, Roku, war
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Halloween Screenings Continue
Amazon Prime is the gift that keeps giving this Halloween season with an incredible selection of low-budget but beloved (by me) horror and science fiction films. I just watched Earth VS The Spider which I haven’t seen since the late … Continue reading
Posted in Blast from the Past, Halloween, Stuff Joe Likes, Weird World of the Roku
Tagged Earth VS The Spider, horror, Roku, streaming
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The Horror of Party Beach
One of my all time favorite, so-bad-it’s-good, horror films is available in a beautiful, high definition transfer on Amazon’s Prime. The Horror of Party Beach is the only beach party movie to have been made in Connecticut, and other than … Continue reading
Posted in Halloween, Stuff Joe Likes, Weird World of the Roku
Tagged Amazon, Connecticut, Halloween, Horror of Party Beach, Prime, Roku, streaming
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My Childhood Captured on a Single Page
Regular readers of the site are probably aware of the fantastic illustrative work of Tina Garceau. If not, you can head over to this page for a heaping helping of her incredible work. I’ll wait. Are you back? Good! As … Continue reading
Posted in Blast from the Past, Collage, Stuff Joe Likes
Tagged 1968, 1969, Captain Lazer, catalog, Christmas, collage, John Plain, space, Tina Garceau, toy
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Digital Clutter
This is a followup to my earlier post about the art school formerly known as The Philadelphia College of Art. Thanks to the Internet Archive which is probably the greatest site on the internet a number of odd, wonderful and … Continue reading
The Details – Upper Darby
Having basked in comic books and old movies my whole life, architectural details were what cities were supposed to be about. On a morning like the one above, the ornamentation would catch the light and look glorious. These details also … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures in Commuting, Blast from the Past, Stuff Joe Likes
Tagged architecture, Delaware County, Joe Williams, Pennsylvania, SEPTA, Upper Darby, USA
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Screened Window on the World
I was never much of a pet person. My eyes would usually roll up into my head when somebody would start to go on and on about their kitties or doggies. He did the cutest thing the other day…ugh! Now … Continue reading
Posted in Photography, Stuff Joe Likes
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