Corpse Monger
@corpsemonger.bsky.social
Known as "Mike Wasion" to some, comic writer, horror journalist, trash "artist", general menace. Haunted the pages of Fangoria, Gorezone, HorrorHound and Delirium in days past. My newest funny book SLAUGHTERED KINGDOM is out now!
Picked up the can't-miss double feature of WNUF HALLOWEEN SPECIAL and OUT THERE HALLOWEEN MEGA TAPE (courtesy of Walmart, amazingly enough!), and damn...just top tier shit (as if I had to convince any of you). A massive shout out to @chrislamartina.bsky.social for giving us this immortal treat!
October 26, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Picked up the can't-miss double feature of WNUF HALLOWEEN SPECIAL and OUT THERE HALLOWEEN MEGA TAPE (courtesy of Walmart, amazingly enough!), and damn...just top tier shit (as if I had to convince any of you). A massive shout out to @chrislamartina.bsky.social for giving us this immortal treat!
I've been archiving my trading card collection, and in particular my MARS ATTACKS collection...and I am reminded how highkey wild MA was in the 90s...let's jut say that the sick, sardonic, E.C.-comics-on-steroids vibe MA has always trafficked in played VERY well with the berserk, "EXTREME!" 1990s...
October 19, 2025 at 6:53 AM
I've been archiving my trading card collection, and in particular my MARS ATTACKS collection...and I am reminded how highkey wild MA was in the 90s...let's jut say that the sick, sardonic, E.C.-comics-on-steroids vibe MA has always trafficked in played VERY well with the berserk, "EXTREME!" 1990s...
Took in a little COVEN tonight at the Strange and Found mini-fest up in ol' Milwaukee. Pictured here in front of the legendary Times theater, cousin Darryn, his woman Pam, and my degenerate ass over there on the right. We are a photogenic lot!
October 17, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Took in a little COVEN tonight at the Strange and Found mini-fest up in ol' Milwaukee. Pictured here in front of the legendary Times theater, cousin Darryn, his woman Pam, and my degenerate ass over there on the right. We are a photogenic lot!
Next on the docket- BLACK PHONE! Finally caught up with this one (because the sequel looks fuckin' awesome), and while I liked it a GREAT deal...I didn't quite love it as I'd hoped. Just TOO many willfully ignored options for escape/self defense for me to turn a blind eye to. Still, Hawke was GREAT.
October 5, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Next on the docket- BLACK PHONE! Finally caught up with this one (because the sequel looks fuckin' awesome), and while I liked it a GREAT deal...I didn't quite love it as I'd hoped. Just TOO many willfully ignored options for escape/self defense for me to turn a blind eye to. Still, Hawke was GREAT.
Next on the docket- V/H/S/HALLOWEEN! The 8th(!) entry in the long running series is "one of the good ones"...but I'm taking this moment to gush solely over its concluding entry, "HOME HAUNT". An instant, 5 star masterpiece, up there with the likes of Safe Haven, Ratmaa, and Stork. BELIEVE THE HYPE!
October 5, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Next on the docket- V/H/S/HALLOWEEN! The 8th(!) entry in the long running series is "one of the good ones"...but I'm taking this moment to gush solely over its concluding entry, "HOME HAUNT". An instant, 5 star masterpiece, up there with the likes of Safe Haven, Ratmaa, and Stork. BELIEVE THE HYPE!
Next up on the docket- SILENT HILL f. Still playing through it, but so far, terrific stuff. It's both very much Silent Hill, and very much not...sort of like how The Room was, and wasn't a Silent Hill game. SHf is honestly really more of a SIREN game...but that's an apt hallway for SH to take. Wink.
October 3, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Next up on the docket- SILENT HILL f. Still playing through it, but so far, terrific stuff. It's both very much Silent Hill, and very much not...sort of like how The Room was, and wasn't a Silent Hill game. SHf is honestly really more of a SIREN game...but that's an apt hallway for SH to take. Wink.
Next up on the docket- ABSOLUTE BATMAN! It took me a little while to get into it, but once I did...holy shit. AB posits the question "what if Joker were Patrick Bateman as CEO of the Umbrella Corporation", and it's as horrifying as you might imagine. This is a Gotham that makes TDR seem cheerful.
October 3, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Next up on the docket- ABSOLUTE BATMAN! It took me a little while to get into it, but once I did...holy shit. AB posits the question "what if Joker were Patrick Bateman as CEO of the Umbrella Corporation", and it's as horrifying as you might imagine. This is a Gotham that makes TDR seem cheerful.
It's been a while, so let's get up to speed. First on the docket- NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD '90! Savini's remake of Romero's untouchable text has finally reached classic status in its own right, and the semi-restored 35th anniversary 4K thereof is ABSOLUTELY essential...if you can get it. Good luck!
October 2, 2025 at 8:43 PM
It's been a while, so let's get up to speed. First on the docket- NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD '90! Savini's remake of Romero's untouchable text has finally reached classic status in its own right, and the semi-restored 35th anniversary 4K thereof is ABSOLUTELY essential...if you can get it. Good luck!
Fright Flicks. That is all.
August 24, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Fright Flicks. That is all.
How horror authors really look vs how they be tryin' to look in the back of their books
August 22, 2025 at 12:18 AM
How horror authors really look vs how they be tryin' to look in the back of their books
Your daily dose of MARS ATTACKS, care of the legendary Gary Gerani, and the iconic Earl Norem.
Ack Ack, motherfuckers!
Ack Ack, motherfuckers!
August 21, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Your daily dose of MARS ATTACKS, care of the legendary Gary Gerani, and the iconic Earl Norem.
Ack Ack, motherfuckers!
Ack Ack, motherfuckers!
I found a Jack-O-lantern Krazy Straw juice cup whilst out and about. The fuck did YOU do with your day?!
August 21, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I found a Jack-O-lantern Krazy Straw juice cup whilst out and about. The fuck did YOU do with your day?!
Ahoy, garbage gang! As one or two of you may have noticed, I pretty much stepped away entirely for MONTHS, to...well, handle IRL shit basically. Been that kinda year. But I've returned! Yay?! Here's a couple of neat things I drew. They may be a preview of- well, you'll see. Eventually. Maybe. Enjoy!
August 21, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Ahoy, garbage gang! As one or two of you may have noticed, I pretty much stepped away entirely for MONTHS, to...well, handle IRL shit basically. Been that kinda year. But I've returned! Yay?! Here's a couple of neat things I drew. They may be a preview of- well, you'll see. Eventually. Maybe. Enjoy!
Greetings from Wisconsin
June 5, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Greetings from Wisconsin
A little CHAS BALUN appreciation. We're all overdue.
May 26, 2025 at 6:42 PM
A little CHAS BALUN appreciation. We're all overdue.
33 years after lil' Corpse Monger caught this fever dream at the theater, and I am finally ready to make COOL WORLD my entire goddamned personality.
May 24, 2025 at 2:34 AM
33 years after lil' Corpse Monger caught this fever dream at the theater, and I am finally ready to make COOL WORLD my entire goddamned personality.
I've said it before, I'll say it again - John Liebesman's TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE: THE BEGINNING blows the '03 remake out of the water, and actually redeems it with its twisted efforts. And Wildstorm's comic followup makes for a perfect modern trilogy. Sucks about, well, EVERY movie after that...
May 11, 2025 at 2:33 AM
I've said it before, I'll say it again - John Liebesman's TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE: THE BEGINNING blows the '03 remake out of the water, and actually redeems it with its twisted efforts. And Wildstorm's comic followup makes for a perfect modern trilogy. Sucks about, well, EVERY movie after that...
PARADE OF SHIT THAT RULES MARCHES ON! Here, we have the 1989 Previews magazine solicitations for the ORIGINAL Aircel WALKING DEAD, by the decades-missing Jim Somerville. Frankly, I'd take this one over Kirkman's...at least one shamelessly ADMITS that it rips off DEADWORLD!
May 4, 2025 at 7:08 PM
PARADE OF SHIT THAT RULES MARCHES ON! Here, we have the 1989 Previews magazine solicitations for the ORIGINAL Aircel WALKING DEAD, by the decades-missing Jim Somerville. Frankly, I'd take this one over Kirkman's...at least one shamelessly ADMITS that it rips off DEADWORLD!
PARADE OF SHIT THAT RULES! Here's an obscure slice of comic madness from across the pond - FREAKWAVE! Like FURY ROAD on the high seas...so y'know, WATERWORLD...if it didn't suck (and from 1983!). It was illustrated by berserkin' Brendan McCarthy, who would go on to design...wait for it...FURY ROAD!
May 4, 2025 at 3:49 AM
PARADE OF SHIT THAT RULES! Here's an obscure slice of comic madness from across the pond - FREAKWAVE! Like FURY ROAD on the high seas...so y'know, WATERWORLD...if it didn't suck (and from 1983!). It was illustrated by berserkin' Brendan McCarthy, who would go on to design...wait for it...FURY ROAD!
PARADE OF SHIT THAT DOESN'T SUCK marches on...here, a slice of off-brand, psychedelic pre-code horror, feverishly illustrated in mind-melting fashion by the immortal L.B. COLE! It doesn't get a whole helluva lot better than this, boils an' ghouls!
May 3, 2025 at 4:51 PM
PARADE OF SHIT THAT DOESN'T SUCK marches on...here, a slice of off-brand, psychedelic pre-code horror, feverishly illustrated in mind-melting fashion by the immortal L.B. COLE! It doesn't get a whole helluva lot better than this, boils an' ghouls!
Couple more custom binder covers, for my ongoing archival projects!
April 29, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Couple more custom binder covers, for my ongoing archival projects!
Pulled this one from the files on my day off...the print ad that ran in CRACKED magazine (back when THAT was a real institution under Mort Todd) back in the Spring of '89, heralding the arrival of the infamous MONSTERS ATTACK! Close to 40 years later, and I STILL miss this perfect, shortlived mag...
April 28, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Pulled this one from the files on my day off...the print ad that ran in CRACKED magazine (back when THAT was a real institution under Mort Todd) back in the Spring of '89, heralding the arrival of the infamous MONSTERS ATTACK! Close to 40 years later, and I STILL miss this perfect, shortlived mag...
I realized I never posted this...oh well, only a month (and a half!) late, but here's me, right before heading out to catch GOST (not to be confused with Ghost, whom I also enjoy) at the infamous X-Ray Arcade in Milwaukee. A great goddamn time was had.
April 24, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I realized I never posted this...oh well, only a month (and a half!) late, but here's me, right before heading out to catch GOST (not to be confused with Ghost, whom I also enjoy) at the infamous X-Ray Arcade in Milwaukee. A great goddamn time was had.
Monsignor Fulci's immortal classic THE BEYOND...is, I must somewhat shamefully admit, my LEAST favorite of his rotting canon. It's fucking GREAT but I honestly think City of the Living Dead clears it in the "Gates of Hell" trilogy and Zombi and House are just more fun? I await your volley of stones!
April 20, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Monsignor Fulci's immortal classic THE BEYOND...is, I must somewhat shamefully admit, my LEAST favorite of his rotting canon. It's fucking GREAT but I honestly think City of the Living Dead clears it in the "Gates of Hell" trilogy and Zombi and House are just more fun? I await your volley of stones!
Shooting for a semi-late, productive night tonight (last night was less so than I would have hoped, but I've been sick, and kinda just tired as balls lately); come and give me a random shout if you see this SOS!
April 6, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Shooting for a semi-late, productive night tonight (last night was less so than I would have hoped, but I've been sick, and kinda just tired as balls lately); come and give me a random shout if you see this SOS!