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Horror Toy Roundup at the San Diego Comic-Con
While we’ve shared details on all of the following, our friends at Toy Ark have done a great job of sharing images from the San Diego Comic-Con floor of a handful of genre toys coming later this year.
There’s everything from Mezco’s Pinhead from their Hellraiser line and Chucky from Child’s Play, while NECA unloaded with MEGO-style dolls of Surgeon Freddy Krueger from A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: Dream Master and Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2‘s Chop-top to go along with their “Ash vs Evil Dead” line and Ultimate Jason Voorhees from Friday the 13th Part 3.
Mezco also put out a sneak peak at their One: 12 Collective Ghostbusters figures based on the original film, while Blitzway won the Comic-Con floor with their own sixth-scale Ghostbusters figures that are so lifelike it’ll blow your mind. Sorry Mezco…
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Some new @mezcotoyz #Horror collectibles from #SDCC2016. See more here: https://t.co/OAImzOXT5B pic.twitter.com/i5LiQtgLbR
— The Toyark (@Toyark) July 21, 2016
The #Mego style figure by @NECA_TOYS at #SDCC2016. See all pics here: https://t.co/ovV6HeeqNc pic.twitter.com/Vbk4VIPwxL
— The Toyark (@Toyark) July 21, 2016
Lots of #JasonVoorhees #FreddyKrueger #EvilDead & #Terminator pics from @NECA_TOYS #SDCC2016 https://t.co/8L74vpOYu2 pic.twitter.com/9NsG5If4U8
— The Toyark (@Toyark) July 21, 2016
New #Aliens #AvP & #Predator by @NECA_TOYS at #SDCC2016.
Many more photos here: https://t.co/yBSU1RPyRo pic.twitter.com/7FNoilWpKd
— The Toyark (@Toyark) July 21, 2016
Apparently Zuul still rules…and I still look like Harold Ramis. #SDCC pic.twitter.com/z0FnLgJo2o
— Mark A. Altman (@markaaltman) July 21, 2016
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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