Texas Frightmare Weekend 2011: Prelude

So I have it on good authority that "all those horror con people want to do is drink and get laid" (looking at you, Scott). With that ominous warning still echoing in my ears, I snapped up my ticket to Texas Frightmare Weekend posthaste. I'll be spending this weekend, April 29-May 1, at the Sheraton Grand Hotel in Dallas, TX.

Highlights I'm looking forward to:

• Zombie walk
• Hearse and shock rod show
• Fondling other people's gorgeous tattoos
• Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl screening
• Human Centipede screening with live commentary by director and star. Can't wait to hear them justify this.
• Mutant Girls Squad screening
• Clive Barker doing... whatever he's doing, and looking pretty while he does it
• Voltaire puppet show
• and there's a teeny part of me that really wants to go to the Sharktopus screening, because after all that it's not like I have any damn shame left. I can feel you judging. Quit it.
• Also, watching my best friend wet herself at the sight of Costas Mandylor and the rest of the SAW cast
• And possibly, just maybe, imbibing some spirits

Updates to follow!

Review: The Pound, issue #1

 

The Pound, issue #1. Written by Stephan Nilson, art by Karl Waller. Published by Frozen Beach Studios. Created by Stephan Nilson and Charles Pritchett. FREE DOWNLOAD! :D

Animal control's dangerous enough when you're dealing with plain old dogs. Two laid-off dog catchers go into business for themselves. Just as the full moon is getting close.

The story starts with action right off the bat, and then we meet our heroes. Followed by some more action and end with a question. A good, solid structure for a first issue.

For a comic and a horror comic at that, a lot of work is put into developing Scott. That's worth mentioning. That work includes a strange moment, though. I can understand being offended by unrequested charity. Going out and starting a business because of unrequested charity threw me for a while... I guess I see the connection now, but he sounded pretty sure they were financially stable.

Unfortunately, there are a few places where the sequence of events is unclear and one place where the dialogue seems to be out of order. On the whole, the art's good and there are nice compositional details.

It's a start, though, and I do tend to be forgiving when it comes to first issues. I'd definitely look at #2 when it comes out.

Two and a half weeblies out of five.