Happy Easter friends and fellow creeps! I hope you've all got fun plans for this annual spring-time holiday. To help you celebrate, I've run through the internet and compiled a smattering of Easter goodies with a spooky twist. Enjoy!
The big J-man came back from the dead (Acts 2:24: But God raised him from the dead, freeing him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep its hold on him) and encouraged zombie-like behavior (John 6:53: Jesus said to them, "I tell you the truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you").
Not convinced? Then check out Rob Liefeld's webcomic (titled appropriately enough) Zombie Jesus.
If you were ever sketched out by those chubby old white guys in red that hang out in the mall during Christmas-time, just wait until you get a load of these Easter Bunnies!
Click the picture to see even more wacked-out, wasically wabbits.
The world has lost another giant in the comic book industry.
John Powers Severin, whose 60-year career in the comics world stretched from the dawning of MAD magazine to the Silver Age at Marvel to a gay revival of the Rawhide Kid and beyond, died over the weekend at his southeast Denver home, reports the Denver Westword. He was 90 years old.
Folks may not know this, but Severin's art is the single biggest inspiration for my own work and for this very website. I was introduced to Severin thanks to the magazine Cracked Monster Party -- a take-off of MAD but with a horror twist. If you're unfamiliar with his work, I highly suggest you do a little research.
In the meantime, enjoy one of my personal favorite comics from Severin:
Greetings friends and fellow creeps, and welcome to one of the spookiest days of the year - Friday the 13th! To celebrate, I tracked down a video featuring all of Jason Vorhee's kills. Enjoy!
If that video wasn't enough for you, and you find yourself in Hollywood tonight, be sure to check out a special screening of Friday the 13th (1980) and Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986) at the Vista Theater in Los Angeles.
It's a question asked countless times during the holiday season: Is Santa Claus real? Most scoff at the notion of a round little elf, toiling away at an undisclosed location somewhere around the 90 degree North latitude. Ask any know-it-all 5th grader, and you'll be sure to learn that there is - in fact - no such thing as a Santa Claus.
But in a world where people make a living investigating the existence of space alien encounters, ghostly visitations, and Donald Trump's hair -- why do we take for granted the notion that Santa is a mere fairy tale? I always thought that if you dig a little into the story of the true inspirations behind the concept of Santa Claus, you might find that certain paranormal activity indicates the existence of Ol' Saint Nick.
The following pictures were taken in the Saint Nicholas Church of Prague, and come courtesy of GhostPictures.cc:
According to the photographer:
I took these photos on a christmas shopping break in St Nicholas' church in the centre of Prague. I took the first photo, noticed something was up with it on the digital screen and took another one, I was being a tourist and didn't want a bad photo.
It was only when we blew them up we noticed what we had. Not only is there a halo on the statue of the saint, which is odd enough, but his face is different and he goes from bald to curly haired and the cherub just above him has a more demonic expression, it looks almost cruel. The two photos were taken less than a minute apart but you can see the differences in them clearly. If you have any explanation I'd be glad to hear it.
Far from me to offer a certain explanation for these supernatural images, but I would raise the possibility that perhaps Ol' Saint Nick's ghostly presence - the "spirit of Christmas" if you will - still walks this earthly realm.
Now if those pictures above weren't weird enough, the Dorset Ghost Investigators uncovered some interesting evidence of possible Saint Nicholas activity at his church in Pluckley Village in the United Kingdom:
Okay, so this audio isn't your typical "Ho Ho Ho" that you might expect from the jolly, bearded gentleman. However, this could be attributed to the fact that Pluckley is known as the "most haunted village in England." If these sounds aren't attributable to Santa Claus himself, perhaps they can be linked to one of Santa's little helpers (or more likely someone Santa put on the naughty list)?
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Regardless of whether you choose to believe in Santa, there is evidence that suggests Saint Nicholas continues to pay people visits - not only around the holidays, but throughout the entire year! Whether these visits involve the use of sleigh bells and reindeers is likely the subject for further research.
So this December 24th, if you hope to catch a glimpse of the jolly gift-giver, you may want to forget about the chimney and check your closet or under your bed. That spooky sound you hear late at night just might be Santa paying you a Christmas Eve visit!
Sunday, April 8, 2012 at 10:39AM 
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