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Sideshow Brings Their Insanely Expensive Horror Statues to the Comic-Con #SDCC
Sideshow Collectibles is off to an early San Diego Comic-Con start sharing images and a video of their upcoming line, which includes a plethora of horror statues, including A Nightmare On Elm Street‘s Freddy Krueger, Friday the 13th‘s Jason Voorhees, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre‘s Leatherface, and the Xenomorph from Ridley Scott’s Alien.
Via the Sideshow Blog:
We have been working hard all year to bring to you our latest releases and are beyond excited to be able to share the new collectibles all in one place. Comic-Con will always be special for us, and we want to be able to share as much of the experience with the home audience.
For anyone attending the show, please stop by Booth #1929 (just look for the giant banners hanging from the ceiling), and say ‘Hi!’ We would love to chat and show you in person the collectibles we love.
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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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