Below are the 3 most recent journal entries recorded in Atomic Mystery Monster's LiveJournal:

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008
11:43 pm	Shameless self-promotion Awhile back, I wrote up an article about bizarre Halloween costumes and knock-off masks over at a friend's site. Since many of you are interested in Godzilla, comic books, 70's televison, and horror movies, I think you'll enjoy it. You're probably wondering why I linked to a blog that talks about my article rather than to the article itself. The reason is because, not only am I friends with the blog owners and wanted to give them some publicity, but also because I may be doing some articles for them in the future! (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, August 13th, 2008
10:26 pm	Concerning the alleged Georgia Bigfoot body... You might have heard about someone unveiling information on an alleged Bigfoot body on "Fox and Friends" this Friday. You might have even heard about the discovery of a commercially available costume that looks very similar to pictures of the "body." However, chances are that you didn't hear who deserves the credit for this discovery. You can find all the juicy details here (Page 2 is where the fun really begins). Current Mood: amused (Comment on this)
Saturday, June 14th, 2008
2:56 pm	Homemade replacement cover art I've been thinking about custom cover art for VHS and DVD as of late. Specifically, covers created by rental store employees after something happened to the original cover. I've only seen this happen at a rental place called "Movie Doctor", in which they had replacement covers for three VHS tapes: A child's drawing of a robot for ROBOCOP, a B&W drawing of a corn stalk with a trickle of blood on it (red ink was used for the blood), and some horror movie whose name escapes me where they used one of those "blank burst" advertising signs with the title written on in black marker and crammed it into a black clamshell case. Of the three, the CHILDREN OF THE CORN one was the most impressive since the artwork was good and (if my memory serves me correctly) the artist actually went through the trouble of designing a logo for the title instead of just scrawling it on (as was the case with the ROBOCOP cover). However, I've noticed that practically everyone I've talked to about this has never been to a video store where this has happened. Instead, the stores used photocopies of the original cover art. So has anyone out there ever seen the sort of replacement covers I'm talking about? Bonus links: Printable custom DVD covers hosted by Retroslashers. TheGreatWhiteDope's custom DVD covers. This page offers horror-themed printable CD/DVD covers (similar to the cardboard slipcases used for promotional CDs). These covers look great, but don't seem to be printable. This page has some more examples of amatuerish-looking covers put out by a professional video company. (Comment on this)