Time in the Studio

I'll be squirreled away in the studio for the next three days relentlessly casting and painting away. No new blog posts 'til Monday here. Got a new series planned for next week called "Masks in Art & Design". See all you rubber monster mask lovin' creeps then...

Photo from J. Willis' Flickr Photostream Photo by Jackie Alpers,

Don Post Studios - Men of a Thousand Faces Illustration

Trick or Treat Website Redesign

I wasn't planning to kick the week off here with back-to-back Trick or Treat Studios postings, but this one is personal. I had the distinct pleasure of re-designing the Trick or Treat website over the course of the past few weeks and the site went live Monday night. It was a fun job made smooth and easy due to the elaborate mood boards and vision that Art Director Justin Mabry provided. Check out the new site and let me know what you think...

2013 Trick or Treat Studios Catalog

Random Sunday Morning Mask Pic: Happy Mother's Day!

I found this photo on eBay last year with the following title: "PROUD MOTHER of SATAN BOY-DEVIL MASK VINTAGE HALLOWEEN COSTUME-1969 PHOTO"

Classified Corner: Making Masks...

The classified ads of Fangoria provided many opportunities for aspiring mask and monster makers to learn the trade. Today's Classified corner takes a look back at those ads, both classified and larger, that tempted would-be mask makers with nuggets of knowledge and enlightenment... 

1982 Be Something Studios Catalog

The 1982 Be Something Studios line-up included 7 new masks that were proudly displayed on the catalog cover...

While I don't own an actual psychical copy of the '82 catalog, from what I can tell it's internal pages are identical to the 1981 and 1983 BSS catalogs

Frankenstein Monster Mask Ad

This Frankenstein Monster Mask ad could be found on page 46 of the first issue of Fantastic Monsters Magazine.

The mask appears to be a Don Post Studios B-1 Frankenstein Monster Mask. It's a bit hard to tell as the face is slightly misshapen, but the forehead scars seems to be consistent with the catalog photo of the B-1 pictured below...

Don Post Studios B-1 Frankenstein Monster Mask

Paul Williams - The Hell of it

A handful of vintage Don Post Studios masks can be seen in this video including a Skull, Mr. Hyde, and Old Vampire...

Ellis Burman Article - Horror Monsters #1

One of my own highlights of Monsterpalooza last month was meeting John from the Monster Magazine World blog. John sent over a big surprise a few days after the convention wrapped up in the form of this Ellis Burman article which appeared in the first issue of Horror Monsters Magazine...