Another Fine Link Dump
Sketchy Santas – Some of the most disconcerting mall santa photos, ever.
Zombies Can’t Dance – Baxter King reviews a “musical graphic novel”…thingie.
Ghost Sex – Article about people who claim to engage in a little supernatural bonking. I’m listing this largely because the subtitle “Things That Go Hump in the Night” cracked me the hell up.
Vampire Cafe – A few photos of a very neat themed restaurant in Tokyo. There’s also a link to the cafe’s site, but it’s all in Japanese, so good luck.
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies – Variety reports that Natalie Portman will be cast in the movie adaptation.
Krampus – You’re probably already at least peripherally aware of Krampus, who accompanies St. Nick in certain parts of the world and inflicts trauma on naughty children. Most of the images I’ve seen of him have been on the kitschy-vintage side, so I especially like the first two photos in this roundup.
Stubbs the Zombie – Computer game featuring the “rebel without a pulse.” (Hat tip to Kitten Herder)
Monster Cereal – As I have commented before, I sort of love blogs that are dementedly devoted to one particular subject. This one is given over entirely to Count Chocula, Boo-berry, and the rest.
Christmas Goblins! The Shadow Farm has done a series of gremlinlike critters that make your holiday go wrong: 1, 2, 3, 4
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December 23rd, 2009 at 4:17 pm
I used to live in Germany & we’d go skiing in Austria on the weekends. I was in Austria at a bar apres ski one year, when about 10 youths dressed as Krampus burst in, demanding free drinks, kisses from the women (or you could refuse and get beaten with their clubs), and generally causing mayhem. They drug one guy outside when the left, kicking and screaming, before we heard them enter the bar next door. As a stupid young American I (a) had no idea this was tradition, (b) did not understand that probably everyone was in on it/knew the kids who got to be Krampus this year, and (c) was absolutely terrified.
Krampus is one of my favorite holiday traditions—getting beaten, then placed in a burlap sack and sold as a slave is far more motivating than simply getting coal.