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Jon Bean Hastings

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I draw comic books and illustrate stuff and write words and take pictures and design things graphically and sometimes people actually pay me to do it. I live near Santa Cruz, California, home of Lost Boys, Killer Klowns, banana slugs, and Mystery Spots.

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The word "borscht" can be used to replace both the word "best" and the word "worst". "It was the borscht of times, it was the borscht of times."

10.03.2026 21:42 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I find people who listen to house music to be unct-unct-unct-unct-unctuous.

25.02.2026 14:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Saw it on VHS back in the 80's and still remember the tagline to this day: "Take the Stairs, Take the Stairs. For God's Sake, Take the Stairs!!!"

18.02.2026 17:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Chinese New Year +
Mardi Gras =
Gung Hay Fat Tuesday!

17.02.2026 16:10 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

My celebrity fragrance: "Smellegance by Bean".

08.02.2026 15:24 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Ichor
You-chor
We all scream
From the madness of Cthulhu

06.01.2026 05:19 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

December seems to be the "sometime" in "sometime food".

30.12.2025 14:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The enema of my enemy is my friend.

28.12.2025 19:21 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Some new Krampus cards I scribbled up...

05.12.2025 20:55 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Our hall stand gets decked out, depending on the holiday. Currently, it's Krampus themed, with horns, chained "arms" and a naughty child in its basket.

04.12.2025 04:11 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

When you "high five" someone, it's actually a high ten, but y'all ain't ready to hear that.

20.11.2025 15:50 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Time to do a bunch of cocaine in celebration!

17.11.2025 17:11 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

See, 'cause Francis Lawrence directed "The Long Walk" that came out a month or two ago and now Edgar Wright's "The Running Man" is out and both are based on Stephen King books!
Yes, I know it's dumb, thanks.

15.11.2025 03:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Francis Lawrence "The Long Walk"-ed so Edgar Wright could "The Running Man".

15.11.2025 03:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm going to start doing Pontius Pilates and wash my hands of exercise.

03.11.2025 23:40 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I wish you a happy, formal Samuelhain.

31.10.2025 18:19 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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28 years ago today, the two goofball in the middle got married...

31.10.2025 17:55 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The pleasure is mine to bring you the Xexy,
and brighten your day with some disco sexy!

31.10.2025 17:54 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

As you'll find they make great pets (with nary a trip to the vets).

31.10.2025 17:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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#9: Deadstream

YouTube idiot-man spends the night in a house made of Evil Dead movies.

It takes real balls to try to emulate the Evil Dead films, but this one does it brilliantly.

29.10.2025 17:45 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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I memed...

24.10.2025 16:43 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Movie #8: Final Destination: Bloodlines

Slightly better than the rest. Some actual character development and dialog that felt more natural.

The highlight: Tony Todd explained why the hell his character was always so nonchalant about all the Death doings and he got to say farewell to his fans.

23.10.2025 19:28 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Saw it. I agree, a wild ride but slightly lacking (mainly in the middle).

22.10.2025 19:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Vexing Menageries are here! The Vexing Menageries are here!

22.10.2025 01:47 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Movie #7: β€œFinal Destination 5”

Stupid blah stupid bridge blah blah blah.

Five fuckin’ movies in and I haven’t cared about one single character. They’re all so willfully bland (or I instantly hate them and want them to die).

17.10.2025 14:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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6: Final Destination 4

Stupid Death at Stupid NASCAR.

Here's how absolutely interchangeable all the characters are; the titles are X-ray skeleton versions of previous character deaths in the first three movies. Not the characters themselves, their skeletons.

15.10.2025 13:53 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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#5: Final Destination 3

Stupid Death on a roller coaster.

You know what you’re never going to see? A β€œFinal Destination” costume at Spirit Halloween. It’s a serial killer movie too lazy to give you an actual serial killer. Whatta gonna go as, wind? A growling downed powerline? A puddle? A log?

10.10.2025 15:47 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I've probably told you this but I was at my publisher's booth at one con when someone came up as I was busy sketching and asked me who he would talk to about his nephew doing comics. I looked up to see Cadaver. Turned out it to be Michael Berryman. He was nothing but nice but still...

09.10.2025 22:30 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Vexing Menagerie: an ABC Book of Preposterous Poems A 100th birthday tribute to Edward Gorey presenting 26 amusing animals ideally inhabiting the pictured pages of this bizarre book.

Last chance to jump on board... late pledges end today!

09.10.2025 17:29 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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#4: Final Destination 2

Stupid Death is still a stupid dick, now with even more stupid.

Why did I care even less about these walking clichΓ©s? (Oh, because none of them were given the courtesy of having any character development. They’re just pre-corpses who have yet to be rent asunder.)

09.10.2025 13:58 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0