Get Ready For The Horror Season With The Help Of Some Old Friends


It’s October and with my Rangers not in the MLB playoffs this year, I’ll have even more time than usual to help out with  this site’s annual Horrorthon!

Are you having trouble getting into the October spirit?  Don’t worry!  The pulps and the comics are here to help!  Here are a few covers that should get anyone into the Halloween mood!

By Earle Bergey

by Harold W. McCauley

Artist Unknown

by Norman Saunders

by Modest Stein

by J.C. Lyendecker

Artist Unknown

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Happy horror season!

Celebrate Halloween With These Vintage Holiday Illustrations!


Vintage Halloween Postcard, artist unknown

Here to add some historical perspective to your Halloween celebrations are some wonderful vintage images of the holiday.  The illustrations below were all done during the first half of the 20th Century and they all show that Halloween is a holiday that’s been celebrated treasured for years before we came along and which will continue to be celebrate after all of us are gone.

Enjoy these classic images!

1913, by J.C. Leyendecker

1921, by Normal Rockwell

1923, by J.C. Lyendecker

1926, by Edgar Franklin Wittmack

1934, by Eugene Iverd

1943, by Charles Kaiser

And to all, a happy Halloween!