Meet Skeletina

If you "Like" us on Facebook, you may have seen my post on the Haunted Paper Toys. Well, while surfing the Internet tonight, I came across this. I've always liked skeletons...especially if they're in funny dresses.

Courtesy of Pritty Litter: Paper Dolls & Me

"And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him."

Phew, it's hot as Hell. It's 102 degrees here in Philly. The editors need snow! Let's go skiing with Poe:

Paper fun!

Yesterday at the beach I bought Edgar Allan Poe and Mark Twain greeting cards that bore a striking resemblance to paper dolls, so of course I got crap from my friends about it. Regardless, since I love paper art and Coraline, I stumbled upon this.

For more info on my not-paper dolls, visit the Web site here.

Here is Edgar in front of The Concrete Ship of Sunset Beach. He shall become my Flat Stanley and travel the world.

While we're on the subject, how about write a poem about having dinner with your idol. It's an oldie but goodie.

SpongeBob needs your help!

Well, maybe not SpongeBob, but some of the cast (including Tom Kenny, the voice for everyone's favorite yellow cube) is trying to raise $5,000 to fund Monstoville. Visit IndieGoGo for more info.

ABOUT Ever wonder where Halloween candy comes from? If you’re brave enough to venture through the haunted woods, past the old Jack Hill Graveyard, you’ll find MONSTROVILLE!
Monstroville follows the misadventures of a juvenile delinquent monster kid, Edward Von Ghastly, who lives in the haunted seaside town of Monstroville.

Edward, with his mechanized sidekick, Gear, are always up to no good. The denizens of the town features all sorts of monsters, witches, ghosts, ghouls, and other things that go bump in the night. There are mad scientists, gruesome greasers, outer space monsters, even pirates, and other creeps lurking around every tombstone.
Edward’s family, the Von Ghastlys, is the most successful and oldest candy-making family in town. In his home, Monstroville Manor, Edward learns the time honored family tradition of candy-making. Their famous candy, “Ghastly Gruesome Goodies,” is made in their factory, which sits atop Spook Hill, the second tallest hill overlooking the town and the root beer sea beyond.
For centuries, Edward’s family has made their creepy brand of candy for Monstroville’s most beloved holiday, Halloween. Their marvelous candy concoctions have on occasion been known to spring to life and reek havoc upon the town and it’s up to Edward to help save the day.
One day Edward will be in charge of candy-making at the old mansion, but until that time he has to protect Monstroville from all sorts of seen and unseen menace and worse, mediocre candy produced by his family’s most unscrupulous rivals, Los Phantasmos. Their mediocre candy making facility is located in an old abandoned amusement island park and he has vowed to crush his number one candy making rivals, the Von Ghastly family!

Welcome to Monstroville!

THE CAST:
Tom Kenny (SpongeBob SquarePants) as Baron Von Ghastly, Clancy Brown (SpongeBob SquarePants, Highlander) as Gear, Mech Gear, and El Phantasmo, Carolyn Lawrence (SpongeBob SquarePants, Jimmy Neutron) as Elsa Von Ghastly, and Jason Marsden (Batman The Brave and the Bold) as Edward Von Ghastly.

This is a animated short created using Flash, and some CG elements. It will also serve as a 5 min. teaser to help fund a Halloween movie special in the same vein as; “Mad Monster Party”.
If you would like to learn more about our talented crew etc., please visit the links listed below. Or you can also reach us directly at cartoonfunland@yahoo.com

Thank you so much for your support!
The Monstroville Team

Guest Post: Call of Duty: World at War Review by James (Shane's newphew)

Call of Duty: World at War’s leisure game, Nazi Zombies, is one of the coolest zombie video games. There are a lot of maps and a lot of weapons. It takes a lot of effort to win a level and you can get money for killing zombies. It’s a very creepy game because sometimes you don’t even know the zombies are coming at you.

Nazi Zombies looks realistic—like you’re actually in the game which is what makes it scary. All of these things are coming at you, and I get scared playing it [and I know you will, too]. The zombie dogs are the scariest part mostly because they’re on fire. The dogs jump at you and start to attack. Then they rip open your back and you lay on the ground until someone repairs you.  

On a scale from one to five (one being the lowest and five being the highest), I would give Nazi Zombies a five because it’s cool and crazy. Out of the six Call of Duty games I would say this is a five out of a five, but Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is ultimate! Better than a five. The first three get a three out of five.

People should buy Call of Duty: World at War because even though a lot of [my friends] say it sucks, it's cool and has two games in one! When you put it in the game console it’s just Call of Duty, but then they have the option for Nazi Zombies.

James is in the third grade and the oldest of five kids. He loves video games, writing, reading, music and sports. When he grows up, James hopes to be an illustrator-writer-basketball player among other things. This is his first publication. 

The Nightmare Before St. Patrick's Day

One, two Freddy's coming for you...

TO DANCE! This is amazing!