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A Pop-Up Studio in Las Vegas Lights Self-Made Style Like Couture, 150 Portraits of The Alt Side
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Gothic Beauty 25 Year Reunion of Original Artists Calendar
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Gothic Beauty Magazine #53: A Velvety Blend Of Gothic Flavors
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Gothic Beauty Magazine Issue #52: A Feast Of Gothic Artistry
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Panel of Experts: How do you feel fiction-writing and screen-writing compare?
Walking Dead: The Grove
Do you like getting punched in the stomach over and over again? Yes? Well have I got a Walking Dead episode for you! This was a Walking Dead episode that people are going to talk about for a long time. Years from now, we’ll look back on it as one of the most memorable episodes in the series’ history. A lot of people may observe that it showed the emotional depth the show is capable of, and I’ll do that too in moment. It was… Read More »
Face Off: Mad Science
Face Off goes for the jugular with medical horror this week, but not everyone gets the concept. We’re getting down to crunch time on Face Off, those last few weeks where the remaining artists are at the top of their game, and any mistake can get you sent home. And while there’ve been some great designs this season, it does feel like the overall talent level is down a bit from the last couple of seasons. I don’t think a design like Rashaad’s patchwork face… Read More »
The Walking Dead: Alone
The scattered survivors continue their slow march toward Terminus on this week’s Walking Dead. Again we find strength in focus, with this episode centered on two of the six or seven groups currently wandering the wilderness. We start with a flashback to the moment Bob Stuckey joined the group. He’d been traveling alone, finding reasonably safe places to sort of sleep. When Glen and Daryl find him, he answers the Three Questions and reveals that his previous two groups had all died. In present time,… Read More »
Face Off Season 6, Episode 8
With eight artists remaining, the group goes to Tokyo to face their next challenge. They get to experience a little bit of the culture as they make their way to a temple where they hear that the next challenge is the oni. They are entities from the spirit world that can boast extra fingers, toes, etc. To up the tension, they added guest judge, Kazuhiro Tsuji, well known in the industry. Each artist approaches the challenge differently. Rashaad thinks of a samurai’s last spiritual battle,… Read More »
Face Off Season 6, Episode 7
I’m jumping in here as a guest writer replacing Ed while he visits a tropical paradise for a little vacation getaway. Don’t worry, folks, your trusty reporter will be back in two weeks, bringing you the scoop on all of your favorite television shows. Until then, thank you for having me. The challenge tonight started off by taking the contestants to The Magic Castle where they learned they would be designing wizards for this episode. Each person got to choose a wand and build a… Read More »
The Walking Dead, Season 4 Episode 12
For a particularly creepy opening, Daryl and Beth come busting out of the bushes on a dark, ominous night where zombies are not far behind them. They stumble upon an old, abandoned piece of crap car and shut themselves in the trunk as the zombies shamble all around them and thunder rumbles on in the distance. They somehow wait it out all night with Daryl training his crossbow at the sliver of light while he holds the trunk shut with a towel. Good grief. This… Read More »
Walking Dead: Claimed
Walking Dead cranked up the tension this week, with Rick’s stealthy standoff and Tara and Glenn learning more about the strange crew that rescued them. Rick, Michonne, and Carl have a little domestic bliss, with Carl and Michonne joking about soy milk over dry cereal. It’s all fun and games until someone accidentally mentions his (presumed) dead baby sister. Rick suggests they hang out at the house for a while until they figure things out, so Michonne and Carl head out for supplies while Rick… Read More »
Face Off: Cryptic Creatures
The Face Off contestants make creative cryptids and we get a visit from Doug Jones, acclaimed creature actor. A foundation challenge starts us off, and it’s one of those fun “transform an entire group in two hours” challenges, like we saw last season with zombies. I love these, it’s very much like what the haunted house make-up artists do. This time it’s orcs! Laura Tyler (last season’s winner, and an avid D&D player) would have been right at home! Each team of two picked a… Read More »
Walking Dead: Inmates
Walking Dead messes with nonlinear time and reveals snippets of what happened to the survivors of the prison battle. Sadly, most of these small stories are pretty dull. We start with Beth and Daryl escaping the walker-infested prison as Beth from the past narrates. The narration is actually her writing in her diary after the group found the prison. Her words are full of hope for their future living in the safety of the prison, obviously juxtaposed against the complete disaster that turned out to… Read More »
Face Off: In the Shadows
From a shadowy shape, contestants must create a horrifying creature. Some of them will haunt my nightmares. Some of them were made of red solo cups and cling wrap. In a lonely warehouse, everyone meets McKenzie and Oren Peli, producer of the Paranormal Activity series and other horror films. They’re playing off the idea that it’s better and scarier to hide your monster in the shadows instead of showing it clearly. This is a horror idea I fully subscribe to, but how do you pull… Read More »
