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The First Of Its Kind – QuarantinedCon Brings Convention To Your Home

Is being in isolation got you bummed? Wishing you could be out doing something amazing? Head to QuarantinedCon! The best part? You don’t even have to leave the comfort of your couch or put on pants. The entire Con is a livestreaming one of a kind event! QuarantinedCon is an innovative, full-experience, Pop Culture Expo gathering with Artists, Vendors, Celebrities, Live Q&A Panels, Watch Parties, and more! QuarantinedCon is also here to provide a resource for many of the people struggling unable to perform their crafts. The community of convention vendors and artists have greatly been affected through this pandemic. This con is giving the communities a chance to interact and support one another. Join the Con community for this COMPLETELY ONLINE event at www.Quarantinedcon.com for 36 hours of fandom with the fun beginning at 10 am on Saturday, May 2nd through Sunday, May 3rd at 10:00 pm. Founder Dirk Strangely and a network of industry professionals collaborated with several

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 23, 2020
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Buying This Ghoulish Cereal Can Help Others

Funko and BoxLunch teamed up to create unique collector’s item for fans, FunkO’s, a cereal. They’ve already come out with “Lord of the Rings Gollum” where inside is a Pocket Pop! version of everyone’s little tormented former Hobbit. Now they have a “Beetlejuice” themed cereal with everyone’s favorite ghoul waiting inside, and you don’t have to say his name three times! What makes these products (and BoxLunch in general) awesome is the fact that buying them will provide one meal to a person in need. For those not familiar, BoxLunch is a website that sells pop culture memorabilia but with a humanitarian twist. For every $10 you spend, a meal is provided for a person in need. What’s cooler, they even have exclusive collectibles you can only find there, here’s a tease of what you may find!

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Capt McNeely
Aug 4, 2018
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Krampus: The Christmas Demon

It’s been in vogue the past couple of years to address Santa’s counterpart, Krampus. Cartoon appearances, a few movies (one of which was a major motion picture), t-shirts and sweaters, various other media are all filling up with this Christmas Demon. But, where did he come from? Why did he disappear? And why is he back? So, sit back, get cozy on a chair in your new Christmas pajamas, and let’s explore the legend of this anamorphic demon. The origin time period of Krampus is unknown. Like St. Nicholas, he pre-dates Christianity and has been found in Alpine regions, Austria, Germany, Hungary, Slovenia, and the Czech Republic, he has stretched all through Europe and around the world. It seems, however, that his origins are in Norse folklore. The daughter of Loki (yup, Thor’s brother) is named Hel and oversees the land of the dead. Legend is it that she bore a son to an unknown father who she named Krampus

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Capt McNeely
Dec 27, 2016
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Frankenstein is Not My Name

At my day job, I dress up in a shirt, tie and polished shoes. I am not a shirt, tie and polished shoes kind of guy. Therefore, I have found fun little ways to break out of the tie-noose, things like various colors of shoelaces and funky belt buckles. No, I’m no Wolowitz, but I am happy with my little collection. Among my favorite are a couple of different skull buckles, Freddy Krueger’s claw and the head of Frankenstein’s monster. I know, by now you are asking “what’s the point?” But here it is. In my opinion, in the monster world there are the big four: Dracula, Wolfman, The Mummy, and Frankenstein’s Monster. I do believe that there are very close second tier villains like Kruger, Voorhees, Ghost Face, Swamp Thing, and then spirals down into an infinite number of characters, but I want to focus on the Big Four. Here’s the point: The monster has no name? Yes, people

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Capt McNeely
Nov 29, 2016

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The First Of Its Kind – QuarantinedCon Brings Convention To Your Home

Is being in isolation got you bummed? Wishing you could be out doing something amazing? Head to QuarantinedCon! The best part? You don’t even have to leave the comfort of your couch or put on pants. The entire Con is a livestreaming one of a kind event! QuarantinedCon is an innovative, full-experience, Pop Culture Expo gathering with Artists, Vendors, Celebrities, Live Q&A Panels, Watch Parties, and more! QuarantinedCon is also here to provide a resource for many of the people struggling unable to perform their crafts. The community of convention vendors and artists have greatly been affected through this pandemic. This con is giving the communities a chance to interact and support one another. Join the Con community for this COMPLETELY ONLINE event at www.Quarantinedcon.com for 36 hours of fandom with the fun beginning at 10 am on Saturday, May 2nd through Sunday, May 3rd at 10:00 pm. Founder Dirk Strangely and a network of industry professionals collaborated with several

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 23, 2020
Horror Fuel

Buying This Ghoulish Cereal Can Help Others

Funko and BoxLunch teamed up to create unique collector’s item for fans, FunkO’s, a cereal. They’ve already come out with “Lord of the Rings Gollum” where inside is a Pocket Pop! version of everyone’s little tormented former Hobbit. Now they have a “Beetlejuice” themed cereal with everyone’s favorite ghoul waiting inside, and you don’t have to say his name three times! What makes these products (and BoxLunch in general) awesome is the fact that buying them will provide one meal to a person in need. For those not familiar, BoxLunch is a website that sells pop culture memorabilia but with a humanitarian twist. For every $10 you spend, a meal is provided for a person in need. What’s cooler, they even have exclusive collectibles you can only find there, here’s a tease of what you may find!

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Aug 4, 2018
Horror Fuel

Krampus: The Christmas Demon

It’s been in vogue the past couple of years to address Santa’s counterpart, Krampus. Cartoon appearances, a few movies (one of which was a major motion picture), t-shirts and sweaters, various other media are all filling up with this Christmas Demon. But, where did he come from? Why did he disappear? And why is he back? So, sit back, get cozy on a chair in your new Christmas pajamas, and let’s explore the legend of this anamorphic demon. The origin time period of Krampus is unknown. Like St. Nicholas, he pre-dates Christianity and has been found in Alpine regions, Austria, Germany, Hungary, Slovenia, and the Czech Republic, he has stretched all through Europe and around the world. It seems, however, that his origins are in Norse folklore. The daughter of Loki (yup, Thor’s brother) is named Hel and oversees the land of the dead. Legend is it that she bore a son to an unknown father who she named Krampus

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Dec 27, 2016
Horror Fuel

Frankenstein is Not My Name

At my day job, I dress up in a shirt, tie and polished shoes. I am not a shirt, tie and polished shoes kind of guy. Therefore, I have found fun little ways to break out of the tie-noose, things like various colors of shoelaces and funky belt buckles. No, I’m no Wolowitz, but I am happy with my little collection. Among my favorite are a couple of different skull buckles, Freddy Krueger’s claw and the head of Frankenstein’s monster. I know, by now you are asking “what’s the point?” But here it is. In my opinion, in the monster world there are the big four: Dracula, Wolfman, The Mummy, and Frankenstein’s Monster. I do believe that there are very close second tier villains like Kruger, Voorhees, Ghost Face, Swamp Thing, and then spirals down into an infinite number of characters, but I want to focus on the Big Four. Here’s the point: The monster has no name? Yes, people

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Nov 29, 2016