Trailer: The Peanuts Movie


When I first heard that there was going to be a new Peanuts movie, I was excited but worried.  As someone who grew up watching and loving the Charlie Brown holiday specials, I worried that the new movie would try too hard to update the characters and the humor for a new audience.  I was worried that the movie would ruin all of my childhood memories of watching It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.

However, the first two trailers have stayed true to the spirit of Peanuts.  In the second trailer, Snoopy fights the Red Baron while Woodstock decorates for Christmas and Charlie Brown spills popcorn on himself.  You can watch it below.

The Peanuts Movie comes out next year.

Horror Artist Profile: Richard Tennant Cooper (1885 — 1957)


There’s not a lot of information available on the artist Richard Tennant Cooper.  It’s known from 1910 to 1912 that he painted several paintings that were meant to show the effects of disease on the human body.  In his paintings, disease was represented by skeletons and evil ghosts, which are often seen hovering above the sick.  Cooper also served in the British Army during World War I and painted several pictures based on his experiences.  The first five pictures below are examples of Cooper’s medical work while the final four were inspired by World War I.

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Horror Artist Profile: Chris Kuchta


The paintings below are by horror artist Chris Kuchta.  Hailing for Lafayette, Indiana, Kuchta graduated from The American Academy of Art in 2000 and, in 2004, he opened the Kuchta Academy of Fine Art and Illustration.  Along with being a freelance illustrator, he is also an art instructor.  You can see more of his work and find out more about the artist at Horrorartist.com.

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Horror Artist Profile: Alan M. Clark (1957– )


After receiving his Bachelor of Fine Arts from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1979, Alan M. Clark has gone on to become a prominent illustrator and book cover painter.  Most of his work has been in the horror genre.  Along with winning the World Fantasy Award in 1994, Clark was nominated for a Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel in 2005 for his book, Siren Promised.  You can see and purchase more of his work on his website.

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