The CCD Podcast: Episode #7 - The Game of Thrones Season 4 Finale & TV Round-Up or You Can't Spell Draper Without RAPE, Even In Westeros!!!

Episode #7 of the CCD Podcast is here, and we are wrapping up some of the biggest shows on TV by discussing their season finales. Jedi Rob, Jeff 'JB' Bond are back in the Nerd Cave... and this time they are bringing our rockin' buddy Joe Milazzo along for the ride!!! It's his first time on the CCD podcast, so make sure you welcome him with open arms! Game of Thrones, Mad Men, Hannibal, Penny Dreadful, and a bunch of other shows make the discussion table this episode. The gang also discusses Khal Drogo's casting as Aquaman in the Superfriends... er, I mean Batman V Superman movie... Robert Englund getting back into his Freddy make up one more time at a convention to raise money to save a drive in movie theater, and even a little bit of nerdy horror related vacation tales courtesy of Jedi Rob & his awesome fiance Alicia! It is one hell of an episode, so make sure you get on board for the ride!

Enjoy the podcast and some additional bits after the jump...

Given this weeks episode revolved around Game of Thrones, here are three excellent pieces of fan art that deal with the show:

Daenerys Targaryen by Daninaimare

Tyrion by Patrick Brown 

The Rains of Castamere by Kumagorochan

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It's A Bird.... It's A Plane... It's... SUPER FREDDY!!! Wait.... WHAT???

I certainly do love me some Freddy. Nightmare On Elm St is one of my favorite film franchises in history. And the character has grown to levels that no one, not even Wes Craven, could have ever imagined. He has appeared on countless products, especially in toy form. But companies are always looking for a way to bring a new Freddy product to market that is unique and can take the character to new heights. Leave it to NECA, one of the titans of the toy industry, to come up with a great idea for this years 2014 San Diego Comic Con exclusive. Not only did they come up with a great idea... it is one of the most obvious ones that hasn't been done before!

Read more after the jump...



Later this summer NECA will be unleashing Super Freddy. This makes so much sense for a Comic Con exclusive. The toy features an 8.5 inch height, classic felt costume with a cape, and our hero even has his own superhero logo!

What a great idea, but that doesn't surprise me very much when it comes to NECA. The guys have been changing the game with every single figure they issue, especially the Nintendo Entertainment System versions of Freddy & Jason that came out in the last few years. Those figures were epic, and this one takes a character that has been done a billion times before and make an original figure out of it. I am sure this will be a monster release (no pun intended) and that people will be scrambling all over San Diego to get this one in their collections. So far the above pic is the only one available (thanks to Action Figure Insider and IHorror for the pics), but if more begin to surface I will add them later....  

Horror Art Meets Puppets by Lord Netsua

Lord Netsua has a Deviant Art page that is LOADED with horrific drawings of monsters and mayhem. But the two pieces that stuck out two me had to be his mashups between horror and the puppets of Sesame Street. The first picture is a movie poster for A Nightmare on Sesame Street featuring Elmo, and the second is a drawing featuring monstrous versions of Grover, Cookie Minster, and The Count. His villainous stylings of these childhood faves had me bugging out... so I shared them with you guys here. Check out both pieces after the jump...

Even Bad Guys Have To Get Old....

As a big horror fan I am constantly looking for websites that focus on the genre to read. I was always a fan of Bloody Disgusting, but they have gotten a bit corporate and big for their britches. A few years back I stumbled upon Freddy In Space, a cool blog run by a guy named Johnny. There was just something about the blog and the way he ran it that remind me alot of what we are trying to do here at CCD.... just talk about stuff we love and maybe score some free shit from companies for reviewing their stuff. Then I found out that Johnny was a fellow NYer and that was enough for me. We have become friends through meet ups at Comic Con and sharing memorabilia, and I am still a very big fan of his blog. Go check it out!!! Anyway, Johnny featured photographer Fredrico Chisea works in which Chisea shows us what it will be like when the villains we love grow old. THese guys may not seem like much of a threat anymore, but I bet they still go a bit of bad ass left in em. Check out the photo series after the jump...

Alex Pardee's "My Favorite Monster" T-Shirts Are Frightfully Amazing... Buy One Now!!!

Alex Pardee is one of my favorite artists in the game right now. Not only are his off the wall styling's a joy to view every time I check in on his site, but the guy never seems to stop working and pumping out cool projects. Following up the success of his Butcher Kings collabo show with Skinner, Pardee has decided to bring his favorite monsters from horror movies to a T-Shirt near you. The usual suspects are all here, from Freddy, Jay & Mike to Leatherface and some others. But my fave has to be the Skollage shirt, which is totally crazy! Click right here to get over to the Zero Friends store and buy one right now... they are only 20 bucks a piece!!! Click after the jump for the sample pics...

Sean Hartter Takes On Three Horror Movie Icons... And Lives To Tell The Tale!

One of my favorite artists that I have come across since I began this blog would have to be digital artist Sean Hartter. Ever since the first time I laid eyes on his Alternate Universe Movie Posters and other amazing digital creations I was completely drawn in buy his stylized artwork. But one of the reasons I like his stuff so much is because he seems to pick subjects that are always near and dear to my heart. When I saw his recent takes on the big Hollywood horror three (Freddy, Jason and Mike) I had to share them with you for All Horror Week. I hope you like them as much as I do. Click after the jump to see all three...

I always loved the Choose Your Own Adventure books, and the various endings suit the Nightmare on Elm St storyline extremely well. The cover of the book is so spot on to the originals as well... good stuff!

Making Jason the mascot to his own cereal... what a great idea. And the marshmallows are all shaped like hockey masks... brilliant!!!

The third Halloween movie had nothing to do with Michael Myers, yet Hartter goes back to the jack-o-lantern imagery of the opening credits of Halloween Pt. 1 to drive home the piece. I also like the play on the TV... if you have seen the travesty that is Halloween III, then you get the reference.

Nice job Sean... now all of you get over to his site and order some shit ASAP (click here).

'I'd Buy That...As a Tee!' Vol 19 by Jeff Bond

Always on the look out for inspiring art... emblazoned across the chest of humanity. Here's some of the t-shirts I have my eye on to do just the trick but, there's only one problem....they aren't for sale yet! Please click the links below to the Threadless.com voting pages for each and give these beauties '5' ratings so I can throw 'em on my charge card one day.

***Please click READ MORE below for more terrific tees from Threadless!***

'FRIKKIN Metal Bones' ...OK nerds, is it possible that Wolverine would get electrocuted right down to his core any easier than would a normally-boned human? Either way, this makes for a super-cool t-shirt design!

'Bad Bun in the Oven' Ahh Eating for two? Quick...put your hand here! You can feel the baby eating through my esophagus. Pregnancy is such a bless-ed time.



'Death Star Defensive Systems' It's funny...because it's true!

'Bygones Be Bygones' posits the idea that, possibly with a little more love during the holidays, Freddy and Jason may have been able to overcome their 'demons'...so to speak.
I also love the artists tag-lines.....
"Jason and Freddy confront an even greater TERROR...THEIR PAST!!!"
"It's time for these cult classic FRIGHTMARES to live and let die."

'Nosfera2-D2' ? Creepy mash-up idea for sure...why the hell not!

Not sure why 'Psycho Kong' mashes up murderous horror villain Jason Voorhees and sometimes fun-loving villain-turned hero 'Donkey Kong'...but, I love the attempt!

'Soldier of the Great Empire'...simple....but, galactically fantastic!

'Han Shot First' adds to the controversy of who the original trigger-man was in Episode IV with this Star Wars/Mega Man mash-up. I can almost FEEL that blast moving across the screen at a snail's pace as per the original game series.

I heart 'Doctor V. Hearts J. Kirby'! It's a Star Wars/Marvel mash-up in the style of Jack Kirby's classic comic art of course. Anyway you spell it...it means gloom and doom ...for you!

'Finger Fence Off'...Love Love Love the meek, finger-bladed Edward Scissorhands squaring off against the ferocious antagonist of  dreams. ...and just get a gander at those on-lookers!  Sharp...very sharp!

'Wok, This Way' ...and talk this way "Jub Jub!"

'Spoiler Alert' reveals the twist of the classic Sci Fi film once the lights go out at your place. Genius! Seeing that kid's Kool-Aid smile makes me hope that he had a ton of actual  Kool-Aid to wash that hearty sandwich down once he realizes that it just taTASTES like chicken...but really is people.

What's better than dinner between friends? Dinner between mortal enemies! 'Italian Night' touts just that. Seems like Mario make it. ;)

'The Ultimate Possession' cleverly mashes up two icons of horror Chucky & Billy. If that trike bell starts a ching-chingin' ...best to just move out the way. Or else!

'til next time wearer's of shirts!

Freddy Krueger In Mortal Kombat...No Like For Real!

Lot's of big new coming in from SDCC and while this isn't as big a reveal as The Avengers trailer, I think it's pretty damn great.

Warner Brothers Interactive announced that Freddy Krueger will be a playable character available as DLC in the latest Mortal Kombat game.





Pretty cool stuff. A couple of criticisms; it does unfortunately seem that this is not the REAL Freddy, meaning the classic Robert Englund. Rather it's the Jackie Earle Haley version from the recent useless reboot. Guess they still have their hopes set on a sequel and want to keep perpetuating the new product. Also I don't really like the two-handed glove thing. I guess it gives him more weapons but, it's just not how Freddy looks. It's too symmetrical.  It was probably just too much trouble to program him having extra reach on just one hand. That said, I still dig it.

The latest Mortal Kombat game is excellent, and this is another reason to pick it up, or keep playing. I generally don't get much DLC, but this one I will be picking up.

Freddy's inclusion in this game explains Warner Bros. recent request that Freddy and Jason both be removed from the fan made, horror icon fighting game Terrordrome. Their removal caused the whole project to be put on hold permanently. Damn C&D's!!!! Their request sparked rumors that perhaps WB themselves had a game in the works. This seems to be the result.

Can Jason be far behind...

Ant Stuff - Fan Art & Beer!!!

I stumbled upon the wonderful blog entitled Ant Stuff, which features the art of Ant. There are a few common themes in Ant's art. 1) Iconic comic book, horror, and sci-fi characters. 2) Beer. 3) Fun stuff. He makes a marriage between these three things in all his works of art and also finds realism in all these fictional characters, and I love 'em all. Here are my faves. Click here to see more of Ant's work... this guy is amazing.