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Author: Eisner-nominated MYSTERIOUS TRAVELERS; scholar & cultural critic; convention organizer; sometime comics maker; radio & pod host; documentary filmmaker; professor at UW Green Bay. https://linktr.ee/zackkruse

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Haunt 130
[INTRO: The Moontrekkers – “Night of the Vampire”]

The Cramps -“Strychnine”
The Executioners -“The Guillotine”
Little Gerhard and His Rocking Men -“Rockin’ Ghosts”
Ralph Nielsen and The Chancellors - “Scream”
Zacherle -“Dinner with Dracula”
Jackie Morningstar -“Rockin’ in the Graveyard”

Randy Alvey -“Green Fuz”
The Pharaohs -“The Green Werewolf”
Isaac Rother and The Phantoms -“Witches’Brew”
Kip Tyler -“She’s My Witch”
Dead Moon -“You Must Be a Witch”
Southern Culture on the Skids -“The Great Atomic Power”
The Ghastly Ones -“Robot Atomico”
Roky Erickson -“Creature with the Atom Brain”
Frankie Stein and His Ghouls -“Wake Up Dead”

The Meteors -“Daughters of the Deep”
The Gories -“You Done Got Wrong”


[OUTRO: “Fantastic Horror Frolic”]

Haunt 130 [INTRO: The Moontrekkers – “Night of the Vampire”] The Cramps -“Strychnine” The Executioners -“The Guillotine” Little Gerhard and His Rocking Men -“Rockin’ Ghosts” Ralph Nielsen and The Chancellors - “Scream” Zacherle -“Dinner with Dracula” Jackie Morningstar -“Rockin’ in the Graveyard” Randy Alvey -“Green Fuz” The Pharaohs -“The Green Werewolf” Isaac Rother and The Phantoms -“Witches’Brew” Kip Tyler -“She’s My Witch” Dead Moon -“You Must Be a Witch” Southern Culture on the Skids -“The Great Atomic Power” The Ghastly Ones -“Robot Atomico” Roky Erickson -“Creature with the Atom Brain” Frankie Stein and His Ghouls -“Wake Up Dead” The Meteors -“Daughters of the Deep” The Gories -“You Done Got Wrong” [OUTRO: “Fantastic Horror Frolic”]

IT'S TIME, MUTIES! From the misty, mystic shores of Lake Michigan in northeast Wisconsin, it's THE MUTANT GRAVEYARD #130! Shamble, lurch, and scrounge around with the #MutantFam as we dig up the sludgy, slimy, lonely corpses of lost rock and roll!
www.suburbspod.com/radio/
TODAY @ 4 E / 3 C / 1 P!

08.10.2025 18:09 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

I’ve never much been interested in categorizing, critics can waste time on that. But I’m now totally convinced that The Return is a movie. The way the audience engaged with it felt exactly right and changed the experience.

22.09.2025 19:14 — 👍 25    🔁 2    💬 3    📌 0
14.09.2025 13:51 — 👍 336    🔁 71    💬 5    📌 1
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Robert Mitchum in a pair of noir classics! OUT OF THE PAST (1947) screens today & tomorrow, Saturday & Sunday September 13th & 14th, at 6:30pm paired with CROSSFIRE (1947) at 8:35pm. 35mm prints of both!

13.09.2025 16:58 — 👍 54    🔁 11    💬 0    📌 1

What’s the rhyme on this one?

12.09.2025 13:23 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

youtu.be/DawohSJUf2M?...

12.09.2025 02:19 — 👍 87    🔁 12    💬 3    📌 1

Excited to be among those people

11.09.2025 01:56 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
The Mutant Graveyard
Haunt 128

[INTRO: The Moontrekkers – “Night of the Vampire”]

The Coffin Shakers -“Vampires Don’t Cry”
Merced Blue Notes -“Do the Pig”
The Impacs -“Kool It”
Rick Roy - “Screamin’ Mimi”
Little Gerhard and His Rocking Men -“Rockin’ Ghosts”
Daniel Johnston -“An Idiot’s End”
Chuck Berry -“No Money Down”
Rusty York -“Shake ‘Em Up, Baby”
The Cramps -“Bikini Girls with Machine Guns (live)”

Thee Headcoatees -“Pinhead”
The Raiders -“Hocus Pocus”
The Third Bardo -“Rainbow Life”
The Tornnados -“Telstar”
Dave Gardner -“Mad Witch”
Eddie Noack -“Psycho”

Dead Moon -“Psychodelic Nightmare” 
Billy Lee Riley -“Flyin’ Saucers Rock ‘n’ Roll”
Brook Bond Food -“Red Rose Tea”

[OUTRO: “Fantastic Horror Frolic”]

The Mutant Graveyard Haunt 128 [INTRO: The Moontrekkers – “Night of the Vampire”] The Coffin Shakers -“Vampires Don’t Cry” Merced Blue Notes -“Do the Pig” The Impacs -“Kool It” Rick Roy - “Screamin’ Mimi” Little Gerhard and His Rocking Men -“Rockin’ Ghosts” Daniel Johnston -“An Idiot’s End” Chuck Berry -“No Money Down” Rusty York -“Shake ‘Em Up, Baby” The Cramps -“Bikini Girls with Machine Guns (live)” Thee Headcoatees -“Pinhead” The Raiders -“Hocus Pocus” The Third Bardo -“Rainbow Life” The Tornnados -“Telstar” Dave Gardner -“Mad Witch” Eddie Noack -“Psycho” Dead Moon -“Psychodelic Nightmare” Billy Lee Riley -“Flyin’ Saucers Rock ‘n’ Roll” Brook Bond Food -“Red Rose Tea” [OUTRO: “Fantastic Horror Frolic”]

IT'S TIME, MUTIES! From the misty, mystic shores of Lake Michigan in northeast Wisconsin, it's THE MUTANT GRAVEYARD #128! Shamble, lurch, and scrounge around with the #MutantFam as we dig up the sludgy, slimy, lonely corpses of lost rock and roll!

www.suburbspod.com/radio/

TODAY @ 4 E / 3 C / 1 P!

10.09.2025 15:29 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
The Mutant Graveyard
Haunt 128

[INTRO: The Moontrekkers – “Night of the Vampire”]

The Coffin Shakers -“Vampires Don’t Cry”
Merced Blue Notes -“Do the Pig”
The Impacs -“Kool It”
Rick Roy - “Screamin’ Mimi”
Little Gerhard and His Rocking Men -“Rockin’ Ghosts”
Daniel Johnston -“An Idiot’s End”
Chuck Berry -“No Money Down”
Rusty York -“Shake ‘Em Up, Baby”
The Cramps -“Bikini Girls with Machine Guns (live)”

Thee Headcoatees -“Pinhead”
The Raiders -“Hocus Pocus”
The Third Bardo -“Rainbow Life”
The Tornnados -“Telstar”
Dave Gardner -“Mad Witch”
Eddie Noack -“Psycho”

Dead Moon -“Psychodelic Nightmare” 
Billy Lee Riley -“Flyin’ Saucers Rock ‘n’ Roll”
Brook Bond Food -“Red Rose Tea”

[OUTRO: “Fantastic Horror Frolic”]

The Mutant Graveyard Haunt 128 [INTRO: The Moontrekkers – “Night of the Vampire”] The Coffin Shakers -“Vampires Don’t Cry” Merced Blue Notes -“Do the Pig” The Impacs -“Kool It” Rick Roy - “Screamin’ Mimi” Little Gerhard and His Rocking Men -“Rockin’ Ghosts” Daniel Johnston -“An Idiot’s End” Chuck Berry -“No Money Down” Rusty York -“Shake ‘Em Up, Baby” The Cramps -“Bikini Girls with Machine Guns (live)” Thee Headcoatees -“Pinhead” The Raiders -“Hocus Pocus” The Third Bardo -“Rainbow Life” The Tornnados -“Telstar” Dave Gardner -“Mad Witch” Eddie Noack -“Psycho” Dead Moon -“Psychodelic Nightmare” Billy Lee Riley -“Flyin’ Saucers Rock ‘n’ Roll” Brook Bond Food -“Red Rose Tea” [OUTRO: “Fantastic Horror Frolic”]

IT'S TIME, MUTIES! From the misty, mystic shores of Lake Michigan in northeast Wisconsin, it's THE MUTANT GRAVEYARD #128! Shamble, lurch, and scrounge around with the #MutantFam as we dig up the sludgy, slimy, lonely corpses of lost rock and roll!

www.suburbspod.com/radio/

TODAY @ 4 E / 3 C / 1 P!

10.09.2025 15:29 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Straight up loser shit.

09.09.2025 01:44 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Awful news. I’m sorry to hear this. He was kind to me the few times we met

26.08.2025 02:55 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
The Mutant Graveyard
Haunt 127
[INTRO: The Moontrekkers – “Night of the Vampire”]

Roky Erickson -“Bloody Hammer”
Southern Culture on the Skids -“Bloodsucker”
The Coffin Shakers -“Lust for Blood”
The Ghouls - “Blood and Butter”
The Messer Chups -“Blood and Black Lace”
Dead Pioneers -“Bloodletting Carnival”
The Misfits -“Wolfs Blood”
Rocket from the Crypt -“I Drink Blood”
Sheldon Allman -“This Can’t Be Blood”
Reverend Tom Frost -“A Bloody Life”
The Professor and His One-Man Dirty Rhythm and Blues Band -“Washing in the Blood (of Rock ‘n’Roll)”
Don Hinson & His Rigamorticians -“Riboflavin-flavored, Non-carbonated, Polyunsaturated Blood”

Jello Biafra & Mojo Nixon -“Convoy in the Sky”
Red Simpson -“Sleeper, Five-by-Two”
The Bomboras -“Mile Zero”
Tony Chick -“A Car” 
Jack Kitchen -“Hot Rod Boogie”
Johnny Fortune -“Dragster”

Gary & Larry -“Garlic Bread”
Ivan -“Real Wild Child”

[OUTRO: “Fantastic Horror Frolic”]

The Mutant Graveyard Haunt 127 [INTRO: The Moontrekkers – “Night of the Vampire”] Roky Erickson -“Bloody Hammer” Southern Culture on the Skids -“Bloodsucker” The Coffin Shakers -“Lust for Blood” The Ghouls - “Blood and Butter” The Messer Chups -“Blood and Black Lace” Dead Pioneers -“Bloodletting Carnival” The Misfits -“Wolfs Blood” Rocket from the Crypt -“I Drink Blood” Sheldon Allman -“This Can’t Be Blood” Reverend Tom Frost -“A Bloody Life” The Professor and His One-Man Dirty Rhythm and Blues Band -“Washing in the Blood (of Rock ‘n’Roll)” Don Hinson & His Rigamorticians -“Riboflavin-flavored, Non-carbonated, Polyunsaturated Blood” Jello Biafra & Mojo Nixon -“Convoy in the Sky” Red Simpson -“Sleeper, Five-by-Two” The Bomboras -“Mile Zero” Tony Chick -“A Car” Jack Kitchen -“Hot Rod Boogie” Johnny Fortune -“Dragster” Gary & Larry -“Garlic Bread” Ivan -“Real Wild Child” [OUTRO: “Fantastic Horror Frolic”]

IT'S TIME, MUTIES! From the misty, mystic shores of Lake Michigan in northeast Wisconsin, it's THE MUTANT GRAVEYARD #127! Shamble, lurch, and scrounge around with the #MutantFam as we dig up the sludgy, slimy, lonely corpses of lost rock and roll!

www.suburbspod.com/radio/

TODAY @ 4 E / 3 C / 1 P!

20.08.2025 19:25 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
Interview with Comic Creator and Art Collector Phil Hester
YouTube video by CAF+ Interview with Comic Creator and Art Collector Phil Hester

Tonight! I chat with the great Bill Cox about being a comic book artist who collects comic book art. 8 PM CDT.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Tfu...

19.08.2025 23:34 — 👍 36    🔁 8    💬 4    📌 0
Nothing made slavery’s toxicity more obvious to Union troops than its effect on the fundamental unit of society, the family. For one thing, slave sales separated families. In the Upper South, where many Union soldiers were stationed in 1861, about one in three first marriages was broken by sale, and about half of all slave children were separated from at least one parent. 129 With their own eyes, soldiers saw slavery snap bonds between parents and children. The men of the Seventh Wisconsin were awakened by gunshots one November night. The following day, soldiers “learned, and saw the cause of the alarm in the form of two negro women—a mother and a daughter.” The pair had fled to Union lines to avoid the proposed sale of the “goodlooking” daughter into the so-called fancy trade, which soldiers viewed as a form of concubinage. Outraged by the plight and moved by the vulnerability of the mother and daughter, “every private in the ranks” cursed “that system which tramples on the honor of man, and makes merchandise of the virtue of women,” according to one member of the regiment. 130 When an Iowan encountered a young child about to be sold by her own father, who was also her master, he vowed, “By G–d I’ll fight till hell freezes over and then I’ll cut the ice and fight on.” 131

Nothing made slavery’s toxicity more obvious to Union troops than its effect on the fundamental unit of society, the family. For one thing, slave sales separated families. In the Upper South, where many Union soldiers were stationed in 1861, about one in three first marriages was broken by sale, and about half of all slave children were separated from at least one parent. 129 With their own eyes, soldiers saw slavery snap bonds between parents and children. The men of the Seventh Wisconsin were awakened by gunshots one November night. The following day, soldiers “learned, and saw the cause of the alarm in the form of two negro women—a mother and a daughter.” The pair had fled to Union lines to avoid the proposed sale of the “goodlooking” daughter into the so-called fancy trade, which soldiers viewed as a form of concubinage. Outraged by the plight and moved by the vulnerability of the mother and daughter, “every private in the ranks” cursed “that system which tramples on the honor of man, and makes merchandise of the virtue of women,” according to one member of the regiment. 130 When an Iowan encountered a young child about to be sold by her own father, who was also her master, he vowed, “By G–d I’ll fight till hell freezes over and then I’ll cut the ice and fight on.” 131

from chandra manning's wonderful book "what this cruel war was over"

19.08.2025 23:39 — 👍 6767    🔁 1752    💬 63    📌 149

much easier to understand the sheer bloody intensity of the civil war when you have a good grasp on just how terrible slavery was.

19.08.2025 23:30 — 👍 15596    🔁 2844    💬 158    📌 72

YouTube just tried to show me a video of a guy saying he read the worst comic ever made and he’s holding up one of the Goody Rickels issues of Kirby’s Jimmy Olsen

Buddy, you could have just said you have no idea what you’re talking about and saved everyone a lot of time

17.08.2025 22:08 — 👍 134    🔁 22    💬 14    📌 6
Angry Red Planet - Sun Goes Down [Detroit, MI, USA, Hardcore Punk / Deathrock] (1985)
Angry Red Planet - Sun Goes Down [Detroit, MI, USA, Hardcore Punk / Deathrock] (1985)

Angry Red Planet - Sun Goes Down [Detroit, MI, USA, Hardcore Punk / Deathrock] (1985)
https://redd.it/1errkuw
https://youtu.be/CDB5ayg_0Yk

17.08.2025 11:50 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Urinals – Sex [US, Punk] (1980)
Urinals – Sex [US, Punk] (1980)

Urinals – Sex [US, Punk] (1980)
https://redd.it/6qh6eg
https://youtu.be/4ixKr1YiEzA

17.08.2025 11:59 — 👍 7    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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I started seriously thinking about a Batman/Green Arrow/Question book a decade ago after drawing this commission. First issue of my Black Label book ARCADIA featuring the three of them is out in November.

14.08.2025 20:14 — 👍 179    🔁 37    💬 7    📌 2

This is again a reminder that college isn’t supposed to just teach you a job but is supposed to teach you how to think, because that job you’re training for might not exist when you graduate

10.08.2025 13:48 — 👍 529    🔁 169    💬 15    📌 13
El Rago Et Son Ensemble Typique - Bambino-Blue [Benin, West Africa, Jazz/Folk] (1968)
El Rago Et Son Ensemble Typique - Bambino-Blue [Benin, West Africa, Jazz/Folk] (1968)

El Rago Et Son Ensemble Typique - Bambino-Blue [Benin, West Africa, Jazz/Folk] (1968)
https://redd.it/80wmni
https://youtu.be/R5AENQGxLfc

10.08.2025 13:59 — 👍 8    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

“He never sleeps, the judge. He is dancing, dancing. He says that he will never die.”

09.08.2025 16:21 — 👍 40    🔁 15    💬 2    📌 0
STEVE DITKO: BEYOND THE MYTH- PART 1 [CIC Ep. 28- Dr. Zack Kruse]
YouTube video by TASQ ART STEVE DITKO: BEYOND THE MYTH- PART 1 [CIC Ep. 28- Dr. Zack Kruse]

New interview!

The folks at TASQ Art and I talk about Steve Ditko, which I'm sure surprises you. It's a great conversation, and I hope you check it out. Coming up, there are two more interviews in this series with Mark Ditko and Jack C. Harris

#ditko #comics

youtu.be/9KCTaXH1CEw?...

05.08.2025 18:55 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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I obtained a grail object today from Mark Borchardt. “It’s all right! It’s okay! There’s something to live for!”

04.08.2025 22:01 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Bullying works.

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Look at what happens to male teacher salaries (blue line) v.s. female teacher salaries (red line) after collective bargaining laws expire.

03.08.2025 20:08 — 👍 783    🔁 350    💬 10    📌 17
Color illustration of Shelly from Twin Peaks in uniform at diner sitting on stool with legs crossed. She's having a cup of coffee and I'm sure it's damn fine.

Color illustration of Shelly from Twin Peaks in uniform at diner sitting on stool with legs crossed. She's having a cup of coffee and I'm sure it's damn fine.

Shelly from Twin Peaks by Rebekah Isaacs.
#comics #art

17.01.2025 23:46 — 👍 194    🔁 46    💬 5    📌 1
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The Parrot in the Machine | James Gleick The artificial intelligence industry depends on plagiarism, mimicry, and exploited labor, not intelligence.

"Chatbots regurgitate and rearrange fragments mined from all the text previously written. As plagiarists, they obscure and randomize their sources but do not transcend them. Writing is something else: a creative act,embodied thinking...” www.nybooks.com/articles/202...

02.08.2025 21:49 — 👍 16    🔁 8    💬 2    📌 0

Thanks, friends!

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