You read that title correctly, it is indeed Zombie Awareness Month once again. Despite Weird Jon being a complete sourpuss about it, the rest of the Local is feeling more festive (though we did meet him halfway on the podcast). In addition to the various zombie–related articles that have been posted recently (or will be …
Category: News
May 07 2011
It’s Free Comic Book Day!
That’s right, today’s the day when comic book stores across the country are giving away free comics and having special sales! If this horror-related free comic from Dark Horse Comics isn’t enough to convince you to head out to your local comic book store, perhaps this vintage GdL16 article will. Happy Free Comic Book Day!
May 04 2011
Free Comic Book Day is Coming!
Apr 29 2011
I’m Officially Sick of Zombies!
I suppose it all began when I was putting together last year’s Christma(dnes)s article. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies was bad enough, but an even lazier knock-off of a lazy novel? And a knock-off based around A Christmas Carol? No thanks. Seeing not one, but two zombie poetry books only added to my displeasure on …
Apr 16 2011
It’s Record Store Day!
Although Weird Jon has explained Record Store Day in detail before, here’s a brief summary: On the third Saturday in April, select independent record stores give away free goodies and sometimes even host live performances in order to increase awareness of their existence. Those who have listened to the first episode of our podcast may …
Apr 15 2011
Evil Bong 3D Sneak Peek
It’s official: Full Moon Features is releasing a third installment of their Evil Bong series. Not only that, but it’s going to be in 3D and Sniff-o-Rama! To promote the film’s upcoming release, Full Moon was kind enough to send me a preview disc containing the first 22 minutes of the movie in 2D (along …
Apr 13 2011
Record Store Day is Coming!
Mar 23 2011
Remember the Rondos
That banner pretty much sums it up, doesn’t it? The only thing we here at Gravedigger’s Local 16 can add to that is how voting ends this Saturday evening. Please take a moment to vote, all you have to do is copy-paste the ballot (with your choices filled out) and submit it to the email …
Mar 16 2011
Update Your Bookmarks and Links
A lot of changes are coming up for us here at Gravediggers Local 16. First off, as of April 01, we will no longer be using the blogger site (gravediggerslocal.blogspot.com) but moving completely over to our current locale, http://www.gravediggerslocal.com. For those of you who still view the blogger location, please update your bookmarks and links. …
Feb 09 2011
It’s News to Me!
While browsing through Comcast’s OnDemand service, I discovered that the “Preferred Collection” menu (found in both the “Free Movies” and “Premium Channels” sections) contains free movies that aren’t listed in any of the other movie categories. If you want to see films like Curse of the Demon and Attack of the 50 Foot Woman, I …
Oct 20 2010
Help Us Rock the Rondos!
Oct 14 2010
Revamping the Mission Statement
“Young Harry, propp’d up just as straight as he’s able, Will soon lose his wig and slip under the table, But fill up your goblets and pass ’em around Better under the table than under the ground! So revel and chaff As ye thirstily quaff: Under six feet of dirt ’tis less easy to laugh!” …
Oct 10 2010
The Onion News Network: Halloween Edition
Although I’m more partial to its AV Club spin-off, I do enjoy the occasional Youtube video by The Onion every now and again. Don’t let the quality of The Onion Movie fool you, the writers are capable of some hilarious stuff when they don’t need to fill out a feature film’s running time. So when …
Oct 08 2010
Weekly Weird News
Google Books never ceases to amaze me. Not only has it been a boon to the Local’s horror research, but it also has full uploads of The Weekly World News back issues from its now-defunct print edition. Now you can finally read the infamous tabloid like you’ve always secretly wanted to, but were too embarrassed …
Oct 03 2010
Meanwhile…
Our apologies for not getting back to http://www.countdowntohalloween.com/ to get listed in the directory for the 2010 Countdown to Halloween. Paperwork has kept us from making the right connections. Luckily, many others have signed up to the Countdown and here are a few you should check out. Weird Hollow highlights Stan Lee’s Monsters To Laugh With, showing …
Sep 08 2010
Best Birthday Ever!
On this day in 2008, Strange Jason posted the first ever Gravedigger’s Local 16 entry. To celebrate the site’s birthday, let’s watch a video of a birthday party featuring an amazing (and huge) King Kong costume: Awesome stuff, right? It gets better: I noticed that video’s description said the father of the boy the party …