And now we come to the end...

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I've had a very busy cooking/cleaning day. I ate way too much, and now I'm about to go into a food coma. But before then, I have two more things to share, for the Lost Skeleton Tribute finale. Pictured above are some shots of Animala & Paul, doing the Rock Dance! These customized Ken & Barbie dolls were made by Jennifer Blaire (Animala herself) as a Christmas surprise for husband Larry Blamire. I love these! I'm so thrilled that they shared these images with us.

Next, I got this wonderful little cartoon from actor, filmmaker and artist, Mark Redfield. Redfield appeared in another great film of Blamire's 'Dark and Stormy Night'. Many thanks to Mark for sending this our way.

You can find more from Mark on his website Redfield Arts. He also has an Etsy store, where he sells his art. I also want to point out that he is one of the publishers/editors of the excellent new publication 'Monsterpalooza Magazine'. The premiere issue just came out last month, so get yours now! I can't wait to see the future issues!

Once again, I want to thank everyone for taking part in this Lost Skeleton tribute. I'm so thrilled to have had so many talented people come onboard to pay tribute to these wonderful & wildly entertaining films. Thank you! Thank you! And thank you!

The Almost Final Post of the Lost Skeleton Tribute!

Well, here we are (almost) at the end of the Lost Skeleton Tribute. This post was suppose to be the last, but I'll have one final post tomorrow. Thank you all again for taking part in this. And thank you to those of you who came by and had a look & to those who made comments. Maybe we can do it again next year. I didn't think I would be able to get something done for this tribute myself, but I managed to get a little something done. This is Dr. Ellamy Royne from 'The Lost Skeleton Returns Again'. I really wanted to do a Ranger Brad too, but of course, didn't have time. But Tadeusz Sadowski brings us a wonderful Ranger Brad!

Tadeusz says:

I saw first saw the original Lost Skeleton 6 years ago with my dad at the age of 9 and I've loved it ever since. I drew this picture, because there just wasn't enough Ranger Brad in the first film. Larry Blamire is a great director and writer. I hope of seeing more of his works in the the coming years.

Well said!!

And Shawn Tabor & his son Alex contributed the following pieces.

Shawn says:

Alex and I watched both movies, LS and RLS. He was interested in RLS because Frank Dietz was in it. He had me write Mr. Dietz and tell him to shoot the creature in the eye next time! As for LS he watched it to do a mood thing. I was able to get him to don his "Zoom" costume to do another shoot around the house in the frontyard to play the part of the Alien invaders who come in all shapes and sizes. The models are all amatuer and our friends. I went to a local cemetery for the shoots as I wanted to capture the essence of spookiness and the skulls connection to dark secrets. Numerous photos were taken, each model holding the skull and posing in various costumes. It was a tough choice and I wanted to give each model her spot in the limelight. Other poses and costumes were chosen and good use was made of various props for the surrounding story. The ladies endured blistering heat and swarms of mosquitos. Some photos were from shoots last year, also shot during a heat wave. The photo of Viaden Castle was taken when I was serving in Europe in 1985. I manipulated the photos to achieve the look I wanted and then used the collage technique to "tell the tale." Alex helped me to select his photos. The space ship is a model superimposed over a background inspired by a similar photo. The Skull is a digital forensic skull used in solving crimes. However, it is the models who bring the skull to life and I would like to thank Alex, Michelle, Lori, LeaAnn,Sam and Dana for enduring the blistering heat and making the posters what they are!

Thanks to Shawn, Alex & Co. for all your hard work!

Make Your Own 'Lost Skeleton Returns Again' Horrific Skeletal Mind-Power Hypno-Mini Skull!

Check that this super cool paper craft out that comes to us today from none other than Cortney Skinner! You can see some of Cortney's handy work in 'The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra', itself, as he built the transmutitron & and the Mutant costume for the film! I'm thinking I might make a couple of these for my Christmas tree.

If you've never been to the official website of 'The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra', you should definitely check it out. Especially Skinner's 'Virtual Skelectables'. There are some super fun Lost Skeleton items to check out like this fan club certificate:

There's much more, so go check it out!! Also, check out more of Cortney's illustrations and designs on his website, Cortney Skinner, Illustration.

Pictured below, Man! & Mutant!

Lost Skeleton Cut-Paper Collages from John Rozum

Today we have three wonderful cut-paper art pieces from John Rozum. From top to bottom we have: 'Animala: Queen of the Jungle', followed by 'Animala' & 'The Lost Skeleton'.

John Rozum is best known for writing supernatural themed comics aimed at adults such as XOMBI, MIDNIGHT, MASS., THE X-FILES, and THE HANGMAN featured in THE WEB, or for writing supernatural themed comics for children such as SCOOBY-DOO or THE SECRET SATURDAYS in CARTOON NETWORK ACTION PACK. He's written many other comics as well as magazine articles, television episodes and even trading cards. He's also had several of his cut-paper works in some of the group shows at Gallery 1988 including 'Crazy for Cult 5' & the Pee-Wee Herman tribute show.

You can see John's online portfolio at Flickr. To see more work from John and see what he's up to, you can also visit his blog John Rozum.com.

And we're back! With Lost Skeleton art from Scott Brothers

And we are back. Today's post is from the fantastic Scott Brothers. Gotta love this Lost Skeleton poster!

Scott has worked in the games industry for 12 plus years. His specialties include storyboarding and character design. As an animator at Humongous Entertainment, Scott helped bring to life such children’s favorites as Freddi Fish, Pajama Sam and Spy Fox. More recently Scott has been an art lead for mobile games on various IOS platforms.

To see more from Scott, please visit his website Catalogue of Curiosities.

LOST SKELETON TRIBUTE CONTINUES SUNDAY, NOV 20

Hey everyone!!

Thank you to all who have stopped by, contributed & made comments during this tribute to the Lost Skeleton films!

Now, a word about what's going down with the tribute time line. Originally, the tribute was suppose to end on the 19th. And I do have some more wonderful art to share. However, I've barely had any time off in the past two weeks due to the day job, and I'm about beat. So here's what I decided to do. I'm taking a few days off, and I'm going to pick up the LS tribute on Sunday, Nov. 20. Taking some time off and picking it back up at the beginning of the week also increases the chances that you'll see something of mine for this tribute. (Seriously, I've been that busy). So now the tribute will actually more likely run through the 23rd.

I do want to take this opportunity to mention that the soundtrack for 'Lost Skeleton Returns Again', is now available. Pick up one from the Creature Features website!

See ya real soon!!

Animala & Blamire from 'Sketchy' Frank Dietz

Here we have two pieces from the very talented Frank Dietz. Frank is an amazing artist, and in addition to that, he too is part of the 'Skeleton Crew'! Here we see Dietz as 'Reet Pappin' from 'Lost Skeleton Returns Again'.

Dietz is a writer, actor, animator and a two-time Rondo Award winner for 'Artist of the Year'. You can see more of his art on his website, Frank Dietz's Sketchy Things and on his blog, The Sketchy Things Artblog.

He is currently making a documentary film with Trish Geiger (also from LSRA), about Bob & Kathy Burns entitled 'Beast Wishes'. You can find more about the film, including updates on the Facebook page.