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Super7’s Halloween 2017 ReAction Figure Wave Includes Hitchcock & Nosferatu!
Who better to celebrate Halloween with?!
Earlier this week we showed you a new series of Alien ReAction Figures that Super7 is working on, which will be bringing Lambert, Parker and Brett into the retro-style line. What else does Super7 have up their sleeve for the remainder of 2017?
Coming this Fall… a special Halloween wave of ReAction toys!
The wave of 3.75″ figures will include director Alfred Hitchcock, classic movie vampire Nosferatu, the Misfits Fiend and even King Diamond. The idea was to bring classic horror characters from music and movies into the line, reimagining them as retro toys.
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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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