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M.I.K.
In case you’re wondering, ‘Sweded’ films are amateur recreations of popular films using limited resources. The term comes from 2008 comedy film, “Be Kind, Rewind”, in which a video rental store has its entire stock accidentally wiped. The tapes need to quickly be replaced, which Jack Black and Mos Def’s characters do by re-filming the movies and then claiming they are ‘Swedish’ versions.
YouTube has lots of examples of genuine fakes, inspired by this idea. Here’s a relatively recent one…
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Ghastly McNasty
Not named after your truly, The Ghastly Awards celebrate the finest horror comics. This year’s nominations are:
The 2013 Nominees are:
Best Ongoing Title:
Afterlife with Archie (Archie Comics)
B.P.R.D. (Dark Horse)
Coffin Hill (Vertigo)
John Carpenter’s Asylum (Storm King Comics)
Rachel Rising (Abstract Studios)
Best Mini-Series:
Colder (Dark Horse)
Five Ghosts: The Haunting of Fabian Gray (Image Comics)
Killogy (IDW Publishing)
Locke & Key: Omega (IDW Publishing)
Lot 13 (DC Comics)
Best One-Shot:
’68: Hallowed Ground (Image Comics)
Baltimore: The Widow and The Tank (Dark Horse)
Edgar Allan Poe: The Raven & The Red Death (Dark Horse)
Fubar: Free Comic Book Day (Alterna Comics/Fubar Press)
The Living Corpse: Haunted (Dynamite Entertainment)
Best New Series (Fans Will Decide the Winner):
Abe Sapien (Dark Horse)
Afterlife with Archie (Archie Comics)
Coffin Hill (Vertigo)
Ghosted (Image Comics)
Ten Grand (Image Comics)
Best Anthology:
American Vampire Anthology (Vertigo)
Bela Lugosi’s Tales From the Grave (Monsterverse Entertainment)
Bloke’s Terrible Tomb of Terror (Independent)
The Witching Hour (Vertigo)
Twisted Dark (T Publications)
Best OGN:
Aliens: Inhuman Condition (Dark Horse)
Eldritch (SLG)
Flesh & Blood Vol. 3 (Monsterverse Entertainment)
Hellboy: The Midnight Circus (Dark Horse)
The Shadow Out of Time (SelfMadeHero)
Best Archival Collection:
B.P.R.D. 1948 (Dark Horse)
Creepy Archives Vol. 17 (Dark Horse)
The Chilling Archives of Horror Comics: Haunted Horror (IDW Publishing/Yoe Books)
The Human Gargoyles (Bleeding Moon Comics)
Steve Ditko Monsters Vol. 1: Gorgo (IDW Publishing/Yoe Books)
Best Writer:
John Arcudi (Abe Sapien, B.P.R.D.)
Cullen Bunn (Helheim, Sixth Gun)
Joe Hill (Locke & Key: Omega)
Terry Moore (Rachel Rising)
Paul Tobin (Colder)
Best Artist:
Richard Corben (Edgar Allan Poe’s The Fall of the House of Usher, The Raven and the Red Death)
Glenn Fabry (Lot 13)
Juan Ferreyra (Colder, Kiss Me Satan)
Francesco Francavilla (Afterlife with Archie)
Gabriel Rodriguez (Locke & Key: Omega)
Best Inker:
Terry Moore (Rachel Rising)
Jason Paulos (EEEK!)
Drew Rausch (Eldritch, My Blacks Don’t Match)
Emma Rios (Pretty Deadly)
Rob Sacchetto (Rob Sacchetto’s Cape Fear)
Best Letterer:
Jack Morelli (Afterlife with Archie)
Nate Piekos (Billy the Kid’s Old Timey Oddities, Colder, Kiss Me Satan, To Hell You Ride)
Robbie Robbins (Locke & Key, X-Files)
Clem Robins (B.P.R.D., Baltimore, Hellboy in Hell, The Strain)
Rus Wooton (Ghosted, The Walking Dead)
Best Colorist:
Jordie Bellaire (Pretty Deadly, The X-Files)
Jay Fotos (’68, Locke & Key: Omega)
Francesco Francavilla (Afterlife with Archie)
Miroslav Mrva (Ghosted)
Dave Stewart (Abe Sapien, B.P.R.D., Hellboy: The Midnight Circus)
Best Web Comic:
Chopping Block (choppingblock.keenspot.com)
Crossed: Wish You Were Here (crossedcomic.com)
Last Halloween (last-halloween.com)
My Blacks Don’t Match (drewrausch.com/comic/its-alive)
The Eighth Seal (thrillbent.com/comics/the-eighth-seal)
Hall of Fame Inductees:
Gene Colan
Archie Goodwin
Head on over to the website and cast your vote now http://ghastlyawards.com/
