Oct 19 2015

Pictures from Rock and Shock 2015

By Jason Harris

Rock & Shock

Actress Samantha Mathis.

The Cast of The Monster Squad.

Actor Duncan Regehr (“Dracula”).

Actor Stephen Macht (“Del”).

Actor Michael Reid MacKay (“The Mummy”).

Author Stacey Longo.

The American Horror Story panel with Erika Ervin and Naomi Grossman.

Beetlejuice cosplay.

Writer and director George Romero.

Actress Rachel True (The Craft).

John Kassir, the voice of the Cryptkeeper.

Elvira and friend.

Actress Sarah French and author Joe Knetter.

Actress P.J. Soles (Halloween).

Actor Robert Mukes (House of 1000 Corpses).

Actor Dan Yeager (Texas Chainsaw 3D).

Author Jack Ketchum.

There will be a second post with pictures from Rock & Shock 2015 coming in a few days.

Oct 11 2015

Looking Forward to Rock and Shock

By Jason Harris

Rock & Shock begins this coming Friday. I have always enjoyed going to and taking pictures at conventions. This year I’m looking forward to seeing authors Jack Ketchum, Joe Knetter, and Stacey Longo again. They have all attended the convention in the past.

The celebrity, who hasn’t been to Rock & Shock in the past and the one I’m looking forward, is Samantha Mathis. I have been a fan since her first movie, Pump Up the Volume.
Lately, Mathis can be seen on the television series The Strain or the now canceled Under the Dome. You can find out about the other celebrities and events happening at Rock & Shock here.

Oct 4 2015

‘The Monster Squad’ Comes to Rock & Shock this Month

By Jason Harris

I was happy to see that three actors from the 1987 movie, The Monster Squad, will be at this year’s Rock & Shock, which takes place Oct. 16 – 18. These actors are Stephen Macht, Duncan Regehr, and Michael Reid Mackay. Macht and Mackay play Del and The Mummy respectively. In the last few years, Macht has been in the television series, Suits and The Mentalist while Mackay has been in Insidious Chapter 3.

The one I’m looking forward to meeting though is Regehr who portrayed Dracula in the movie. I have always loved The Monster Squad. Yes, it has its flaws, but to me they are easily overlooked because of my love of the movie. If you haven’t seen it or don’t own a copy, it is streaming on Netflix at the moment. I own a copy, but once it became available on the streaming service this past September, I watched it there as well.

Besides The Monster Squad, Regehr has been in a few favorite television shows of mine such as V: The Series and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. I recently rewatched “The Begotten,” an episode of DS9, and it dawned on me that the same actor who portrayed Shakaar was also Dracula in The Monster Squad. I’m not sure if I’ve made that connection before. Before I started writing this post, I thought Regehr was on more than just three episodes of DS9.

So if you are a Star Trek or V fan, make sure to come to Rock & Shock to meet Regehr. Don’t me surprised if you see some V cosplay when you are attending Rock & Shock.

The Connecticut Visitors.

Sep 29 2015

‘Insanity Tales II’ Cover Revealed by Books and Boos Press

Books & Boos Press has debuted the cover for Insanity Tales II: The Sense of Fear. The cover plays off of the eye theme from the original Insanity Tales anthology cover. Both covers were created by artist Melinda Phillips.

Insanity Tales II: The Sense of Fear will debut in early October. According to Stacey Harris, co-owner of Books & Boos Press, she hopes to have copies of the new anthology to join the first one at their table at Rock & Shock. Two of the authors, Stacey Longo and Rob Smales, will be on hand during the convention to sign copies.

The collection features eleven stories from six of New England’s finest storytellers. David Daniel, Stacey Longo, Dale T. Phillips, Rob Smales, and Ursula Wong each have two short stories in the book; Vlad V. contributed a novella. Multiple Bram Stoker winner Joe McKinney (Crooked House, Plague of the Undead) wrote the foreword.

The book is a themed anthology: each author based their stories on different senses, going beyond the traditional (sight, smell, hearing, touch, and taste) to elements such as a sense of doom, of powerlessness to control the future, and a sense of false hope.

The anthology is the second installment from Books & Boos Press. Insanity Tales debuted in October 2014.

Sep 24 2015

Pictures from Vermont Comic Con 2015: Part II

By Jason Harris

Me with actor Scott Schiaffo, the Chewlies rep in Clerks.

Steampunk Dorothy.

The Incredible Hulk.

A zombie.

Rochelle Davis (The Crow).

Deadpool and friend.

Loki.

Artist Dan Parent.

Wonder Woman, Iron Man, and Spawn.

Author Matt Spencer.

Artist Jay Mooers.

Wednesday Addams.

Me with Wolverine and the Montreal X-men.

Wonder Woman and friend.

Brimstone.

Sep 22 2015

Pictures from Vermont Comic Con 2015: Part I

By Jason Harris

Vermont Comic Con held it’s second annual convention this past weekend. It was bigger and better than it’s first convention in 2014.

Characters from Alice in Wonderland visit VT Comic Con.

Mutants ready to protect the convention.

Violet Parr and friend.

Princess Leia and V.

Author Stacey Longo.

The Baroness and Deadpool.

Me with actorBrian O’ Halloran.

Iron Man.

Comic book writer Joe Caramagna.

Harley Quinn.

Actor Nicholas Brendon and me.

Stormtrooper and Emperor’s Royal Guard.

Work release inmates from Orange is the New Black.

Sep 15 2015

Pictures from GraniteCon 2015: Part 2

By Jason Harris

Steampunk Iron Man and Black Widow.

Nick Fury.

The Joker’s henchman.

Cynthia Scott and Ricco Ross of Aliens.

Robocop’s police cruiser.

Spider-Woman.

Deadpool.

Author Stacey Longo and Cosplayer R.W. Martin.

Ecto-2

Catwoman and Zatanna Zatara.

Sep 14 2015

Pictures from GraniteCon 2015: Part 1

By Jason Harris

The 13th Annual Granite State Comic Con took place in Manchester, New Hampshire this past weekend. They had guest stars from the movies and television along with artists, authors, and cosplayers. It was a great weekend. Here is the first entry of pictures from the convention.

Author Stacey Longo.

Jason Voorhees.

Han Solo in carbonite.

Black Widow and Spider-man.

Rocket and Star Lord.

The Black Panther.

Kylo Ren from Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens.

The Disney Princesses.

Actress Cindy Morgan (Tron).

The General Lee.

Harley Quinn and The Riddler.

Ghost Rider.

Yellowjacket.

Deadpool.

Actor Noah Hathaway (The Neverending Story).

Artist Sara Richard (Jem and the Holograms).

Artist Paul Ryan (The Phantom).

Iron Man and Wonder Woman.

Me with Dawn Wells (Gilligan’s Island).

Aug 16 2015

Pictures from Connecticut’s ComiConn

By Jason Harris

The 8th Connecticut ComiConn took place in the Mohegan Sun Convention Center this weekend. It was my first time attending this convention even though it has been going on in different locations in Connecticut over the last seven years. Read more on the Bleeding Cool website here. I have attended many conventions over the years and I have also been a vendor too. I can say I will be attending this one again next year, which happens Aug. 19 – 21, 2016 at Mohegan Sun under the name, TerrifiCon.