Way back in Ye Olde Times when I first started this vanity project, I came across a blog called “Countdown to Halloween”. They were pretty much a “hub” for dozens and dozens of Halloween themed blogs. I had a bunch of thematically appropriate posts ready to go, so I signed up as a “Crypt Keeper”. I got everything I wanted to post out under that banner, so I didn’t sign up in the years following (even though I kept posting a few Halloween-related things each year).

Well, the Countdown has been going on without me, and many of the same bloggers are still active. Many even post year-round!

In addition to all the artists, craftspeople, and reviewers (and assorted personal blogs), here are a few that I think will be worth your occasional time.

Action Figure Barbecue reviews action figures of all shapes and sizes.

Euclid Boo looks at all the little toys, decorations, and ephemera of Halloweens past and present.

Garage Sale Finds shares things (mostly old photos at the moment) that they’ve found at garage sales.

The Ghoul at Heart shares her recipes and decoration ideas.

Hero Histories and Heroines in Fiction post scans of vintage comic books featuring characters I guarantee you’ve never heard of.

Horror Comics of the 1950s is just what you’d expect from the name. But horror and superheroes weren’t the only subject for comic books. Romance (True Love Comics Tales), westerns (Western Comic Adventures), and even medicine (Medical Comics & Stories) had their own lines.

My Two Yen Worth is an expat who teaches English to elementary school children in Japan. They give an interesting look at the cultural exchange in the US-to-Japan direction.

Check them out!