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ORDER NOW: ‘Jason Voorhees: Legend of Crystal Lake Premium Format Figure’
The slasher from Crystal Lake will be on the loose again soon!
Sideshow Collectibles’ “Jason Voorhees – Legend of Crystal Lake Premium Format Figure” is now available for pre-orders at the official Sideshow website. Hope you have some expendable cash because this bad boy is going to set you back $469.99.
The new figure is a stylized tribute to the horror icon from Friday the 13th Part III, the film in which Jason famously made his first appearance wearing his now iconic signature hockey mask.
Jason comes wielding a blood-soaked machete. Displayed on a base decorated with effigies of his teenage victims hidden among gnarled branches. Exclusive version includes, additional swap-out unmasked portrait and swap-out right hand with Harpoon gun.
In the grim darkness of the far future there is only war, but it was a cheerful illustrator from England who helped to define the terrifying war-torn imagery that inspired what we now know as Grimdark (a hybrid genre combining horror with sci-fi/fantasy).
Unfortunately for fans of Warhammer 40,000, Trench Crusade and countless other sources of Grimdark thrills, veteran artist John Blanche passed away this week after struggling with health issues for the past few years.
While the artist retired back in 2023, he leaves us with an enormous legacy of iconic artwork that continues to inspire gamers and storytellers around the world to this very day.
The news is especially gloomy as it was only last year that Daniel Lowman and Napoleon Dynamite himself Jon Heder released The Grim & the Dark: The Search for John Blanche, a documentary following Heder’s exploration of the Grimdark genre culminating in a heartwarming encounter with Blanche in his own home.
Below is one of my favorite pieces by Blanche, his highly influential depiction of Warhammer 40k’s God-Emperor of Mankind on his Golden Throne.
We send our deepest condolences to John Blanche’s family, friends, and fans.
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