In Praise of Bacchus

Can you feel it? October is in full dying mode. The plants K and I worked so hard to keep alive all summer long through the heat are succumbing to the dying time. So am I, sonically speaking. So yeah, here's one of my all-time favorite tracks from one of my all-time favorite bands, so perfect for Autumn. I think that, after I post this, I'll get high, open another beer and read Dawn: Lucifer's Halo. Just list those autumns so long ago.

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31 Days of Halloween:

I had the really cool experience of finally seeing George A. Romero and Stephen King's original Creepshow on the big screen last night. Regal is doing a Horror movie a day in October, and this week is the big week for me: Creepshow last night, John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness tonight (never thought I'd have a chance to see this one at a theatre) and The Black Phone 2 on Thursday. Black Phone is not part of this month-long repertory stint; I'll be back at that next week. 

1) Incident On and Off a Mountain Road///The Funhouse

2) Tales From the Crypt Ssn 1 Ep 4, "Dig That Cat... He's Real Gone"///Cabin in the Woods

3) Satanic Hispanics

4) Creature From the Black Lagoon 3D///May

5) The Strangers

6) [REC]

7) The Autopsy - GDT Cabinet of Curiosities///[REC]2

8) Where the Devil Roams

9) The Roost

10) Good Boy/The Viewing - GDT Cabinet of Curiosities

11) Blood Moon (aka Wolf Girl)/All Hallows' Eve (The Last Drive-In Helloween)

12) The Shining/The Simpsons Ssn 6 Treehouse of Horror V

13) Stream (2024)

14) Creepshow (1982)

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NCBD:

Tomorrow's Pull at Rick's Comic City, Clarksville. 

LOVE this cover. I'm getting Shockwaves vibes from the thing in the background. Very cool.

As usual, it'll be a minute before I get my hands on the last couple Z News, but I always love to look at the covers and wonder what bizarre copy Mr. Zdarksy and crew will throw at us on any particular topic. 

So, The War turns out to only be 3 issues? The solicitation on League of Comic Geeks starts with, "the stunning conclusion...".  I'm both bummed and relieved. Even though the second issue of this series didn't hit me as hard as the first did, this is all so relatable it's insane. Ennis and Cloonan should collaborate more often - I definitely think she captures the darker aspects of his characters. 

I'll always support the Laphams, and after only one issue of Good As Dead, my doing so is rewarded. This book feels like it's going to be a wild ride. Nobody does crime comics like the Laphams. Sure, Brubaker and Phillips are at the top of their game, but this is something else entirely. There's always an element of low-key magical realism in the Laphams' work, and it often just springs out of nowhere. 

Another Night Force issue. Cool. I'm looking forward to how the two teams play out. G.I. Joe still feels like the Energon Universe book with the most to prove, and I'm hoping something big will come into play soon. 

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Playlist:

Black Tape for a Blue Girl - Remnants of a Deeper Purity

Blindfolded and Led to the Woods - The Hardest Thing About Being God Is That No One Believes me

Testament - Para Bellum

Tool - Aenima

Tear for Fears - The Hurting

The Damned - Evil Spirits

The Damned - Night of 1000 Vampires

sunn O))) - Eternity's Pillars b/w Raise the Chalice & Reverential EP

Saigon Blue Rain - Oko

Type O Negative - October Rust

Sisters of Mercy - Floodland

Skinny Puppy - Mind: the Perpetual Intercourse

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Card:

From Jonathan Grimm's Hand of Doom Tarot, which you can buy HERE.

And Grimm's Kickstarter for The Eldritch Lace Tarot deck is now live! You can go check it out and support it HERE.

• Five of Wands

• Six of Swords

• Four of Pentacles

Conflict, Science (skill) and a base of power. Sounds like it's time to circle the wagons.