And what Creepy does it put me in a very happy and calm world where I can detox from a day of bits and loops and schemas and other complexities that stress my already stressed brain more than I should let it.

When I reach for a read right after a stressful day, the last thing I want to do is get into something that’s going to be as difficult or more difficult than what I had already been focusing on for 10+ hours.

Not saying that Creepy is dumb, but far from it. It’s downright witty!

The reason I started picking up the old Creepy books was that Dark Horse has put out a new version of the book (volume 1 recently came out), and I picked that up and started doing some research. The whole story of Warren publishing is inspiring.

Creepy Magazine. #1 was published in 1964, about 10 years after Tales From the Crypt was canceled amid pressure from the Comic Code Authority (assholes). What Warren did was to release the comics in magazine format instead, bypassing the authority. Awesome.

The original Creepy has since been re-released as a series of 5-issue collections by Dark Horse, and is already up to the 9th volume.

Creepy is very much in the vein of TFTC: short stories, good prologue, a build up, and generally, a twist! The content varies from volume to volume, but you’re guaranteed to get a full dose of classic monsters (werewolves, vampires), some sci-fi (weird worlds, space), and lots of “karma is a bitch, now you’ll die” revenge stories. All easy to read, and each like candy, making you crave more after more.

One of the coolest parts of these archives is that they’ve included original read letters, as well as the old advertisements for things like monster rings, ant farms, movies, etc. Brings back memories no matter what era you were born.

I also picked up Eerie Archives Volume 1, and read it, and some consider it better than Creepy, which is weird considering they use the same authors and artists. Both good.

There’s a Creepy website too, although sadly, it is very old.

• Remote control zombie toys (awesome)
• Zombie-proof housing
• Book on how to survive the zombie economy

In case anyone needs a birthday gift idea for me, buy here:

[Via Boing Boing]

The trailer for Dead Island just premiered, and all I can say is “wow”. It’s quite disturbing, even if you live and breath zombies.

There’s a great writeup at Destuctoid as well.

[Via IGN]

Ars Technica posted a cool article yesterday detailing the release of a new AR (Augmented Reality) game for the iPhone. It was developed to promote the upcoming release of Paranormal Activity 2 on DVD, and I was curious so I downloaded the game.

I’ve yet to fully explore it, but it is surprisingly large and involved for a game that could have been a total throwaway. The basic gameplay involves the user (you) navigating a map of your area (NYC being mine) investigating haunted locales. Once you find one you can search for ghosts, draw pentagrams to protect yourself, and generally act like a fool right out in public. It’s surprisingly fun.

I snapped the photo above last night as I was waiting to get my hair cut. Ghost, busted. Give it a whirl.

FourSquare in Hell: augmented reality games discover demons [via ars technica]

There were lots (ok, a few) of great commercials during lsat night’s Super Bowl. The only one relevant to this blog, however, was Sony Ericsson’s super-grisly back-alley surgery commercial. It was very evocative of Tim Burton’s Joker surgery scene from Batman. This will tickle Price as well, because he 1) Works for Google and 2) missed all of the commercials due to being in London during game time.

Sean Hartter has created some ridiculously awesome alternate universe movie posters (think wrong actor wrong film) for some classic films. I am seriously freaking out at how awesome this is.

I really like Friday the 13th, Batman, and Ghostbusters.

Check out all the posters here. You can even buy them!!!

[Via Rue Morgue]

Not QUITE as much shit as I’ve gotten in Christmas’ past, as I have asked the mother to tone it down just a bit (it’s just a pain in the ass to haul a bunch of stuff from North Carolina back up to Brooklyn), but I still got some really awesome things that I am very proud of.

Zombie Socks

Mom got me theses awesome zombie socks, which apparently were labeled as “dancing zombie socks”, which means there’s always a party going on with my feet. Don’t tell Rex Ryan that though.

Buy these gems here.

RIP M.D.

My brother picked up this awesome-looking graphic novel, RIP M.D., a fun-looking adventure that should be a great read. I’ll review later.

Heavy Metal Activity Book & Hellbent for Cooking

Two more gifts from my brother are fun and also super functional. The Heavy Metal Fun Time Activity Book is great for dinner parties parties, or to kill time on an airplane, or to help yourself come down after a night of hard partying. Hellbent for Cooking is great for dinner parties, or to help yourself come down after a night of hard partying.

Dexter Blood Soap

We really love Dexter here at the Devil’s Demons, even if Michael C Hall is the dick he apparently is by sleeping with everyone he stars with. Anyways, my better (less evil) half found some killer soap on Etsy, just what I need to help start the day!

How to Survive a Horror Movie

My dear friends gave me this book, which is the perfect toilet book for a horror fan. Also, it’s been a long-standing dream of mine (or nightmare?) to be in a horror movie, so this should come in handy.

There were plenty of other little nicks and knacks, but they’re for another day.

There was a time when I would have picked this shit up faster than a piece of dropped bacon off the floor.  That time was my early 20′s. I’m too old for this now, unfortunately.

Buy one for your loved one:

Zombie Attack Hoodie [via ThinkGeek]