Cool photos to ease the heat

This week I am sharing photos of some architectural griffins, ornamental basilisks, a ghostly lion sculpture and a fairy-tale tower that I snapped in St. Louis, Missouri in 2005. St. Louis is being parboiled right now (along with the rest of the Midwest, and the South), and my thoughts are with my friends back there.

Here are some griffin photos to start out with.






All photos copyright Max Cheney 2005.

Frightening Flier Richard Olson and I created

Just to give the drunken severed head gainful employment, I was asked to create a flier for the Universal Monster Army's display at this weekend's Archon sci-fi/fantasy/comic convention, held in the St. Louis metro area. Naturally, I turned to super-talented pal and blog partner Richard Olson for help. Here's what we came up with (somewhat reduced in size, even after you click on the image):

Top photo-- Front

Bottom photo-- Back















Special thanks to Raymond Castile for printing the flier on green paper (to make Frankenstein look ghastly) and for distributing it at Archon.

Art of The Voodoo Queen

The Voodoo Queen (my wife Jane) has taken up her drawing pencils after a very long time away from them. Working from photographs, She* recently completed a portrait of an elderly Christopher and a young Peter Lorre. Here they are for your ocular delectation. **

A photo of the artist is below the portraits.

































* The capital S is used on purpose!

** My, what big words I use at this blog!

Bill Tuttle - King of the Duplicators

A mini-documentary about Bill Tuttle. Unfortunately, the audio portion is not in sync with the video, and races ahead of what is seen onscreen.

Makeup maestro Bill Tuttle dies

The first man to be given an honorary Oscar for achievement in makeup (in 1965; the category of "Best Makeup" was not established until 1981), William Tuttle, has died at age 95. He worked most often for MGM. His credits in horror, fantasy, and otherwise psychotronic films are amazing:

Mark Of The Vampire
The Wizard Of Oz
Angels In The Outfield
The Glass Slipper
Forbidden Planet
Lust For Life
Jailhouse Rock
The World, The Flesh, And The Devil
Tarzan, the Ape Man (1959)
The Time Machine
7 Faces Of Dr. Lao (for which he was given his Oscar)
What's The Matter With Helen?
Necromancy
Young Frankenstein
Logan's Run
Silver Streak
The Fury
Love At First Bite

His television credits included work on the programs One Step Beyond, Twilight Zone, and the television movies Moon Of The Wolf, The Night Strangler and The Phantom Of Hollywood. The photo above is of Tuttle working on Yvette Mimeux during the production of 1960's The Time Machine. Below are photos from 7 Faces Of Dr. Lao, showing Tuttle's work on actor Tony Randall:






















Rest in peace, William Tuttle, and thanks for the work that impressed us all.

(A recent photo of Bill Tuttle with makeup artist Tom Savini can be seen here.)

Monster Mini-Golf: the next big thing?

Want to be your own boss? Want to care for large sculptures coated with phosphorescent paint? Want to hand out little pencils to people for eight to ten hours a day? Want to be stand out and be DIFFERENT in the local Chamber of Commerce meetings? Then YOU should check into THIS opportunity: Monster Mini-Golf!

Even though I'm giving this franchise a free plug, I have no connection to it whatsoever. I just came across their site and thought the idea was a novel one, and made for good fodder here!


The photos I found on Flickr, and were in a photostream set by s_a_r_a_h_k.