An innovative homage to Mc and Wu-Tang Clan co-founder Ol' Dirty Bastard that explores New York City's Five Boroughs like never before, the new graphic novel anthology Odb: Oddities, Discord, and B-Sides: Lyrical Ruckus in the City spotlights stories from some of the most talented artists and writers working today, with Ol' Dirty Bastard himself featured as the anthology's guide through the eerily unexpected and altogether enthralling sides of The Big Apple.
A collaboration between Lion Forge, Oni Press, and Four Screens that is officially authorized by Icelene Jones, Odb’s wife and administrator of the Estate of Odb, Odb: Oddities, Discord, and B-Sides: Lyrical Ruckus in the City is now on Kickstarter, and we have a look at preview pages from one of the anthology's chilling tales, and we've also been provided with an exclusive quote from Icelene Jones!
Below, you can check out preview pages from "Demon Flow...
A collaboration between Lion Forge, Oni Press, and Four Screens that is officially authorized by Icelene Jones, Odb’s wife and administrator of the Estate of Odb, Odb: Oddities, Discord, and B-Sides: Lyrical Ruckus in the City is now on Kickstarter, and we have a look at preview pages from one of the anthology's chilling tales, and we've also been provided with an exclusive quote from Icelene Jones!
Below, you can check out preview pages from "Demon Flow...
- 12/13/2023
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
You can now learn how studioADI's practical effects in Harbinger Down (starring Lance Henriksen) were lovingly created in Christopher Cooksey's new book about the making of the 2015 horror film. Also in today's Horror Highlights: Blu-ray and DVD release details for Down a Dark Hall, co-starring Uma Thurman, and the impressive lineup of guests at this year's New Jersey Horror Con and Film Festival.
New Book About the Making of Harbinger Down: "Take a pictorial journey through the production of Harbinger Down, the film that set out to prove that audiences still prefer practical effects creatures over CGI. After finding their animatronic creations left on the cutting room floor one too many times in favor of digitally animated monsters and spurred on by the outcry of movie fans everywhere to keep it real, studioADI co-founders Alec Gillis and Tom Woodruff, Jr. decided to take matters into their own hands. The...
New Book About the Making of Harbinger Down: "Take a pictorial journey through the production of Harbinger Down, the film that set out to prove that audiences still prefer practical effects creatures over CGI. After finding their animatronic creations left on the cutting room floor one too many times in favor of digitally animated monsters and spurred on by the outcry of movie fans everywhere to keep it real, studioADI co-founders Alec Gillis and Tom Woodruff, Jr. decided to take matters into their own hands. The...
- 8/21/2018
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
*Updated with additional NY screening* Anchor Bay Films and Troma Entertainment announced that they’ve teamed up to bring Return to Nuke ‘Em High, Volume 1 to the big screen in New York and La next month:
“Anchor Bay Films and Troma Entertainment proudly announce that Return To Nuke ‘Em High, Vol.1, the film that marks the return of Lloyd Kaufman to the director’s chair and kicks off Troma Entertainment’s 40th Anniversary celebration, will have exclusive theatrical engagements in New York and Los Angeles starting in January 2014 at the following venues:
[Editor's Note: MoMA Screening Added on January 9th] January 10th [Additional Screening added on January 11th] – Village East Cinemas, 189 2nd Ave, New York. January 17th – Laemmle’s NoHo 7 Theaters, 5240 Lankershim Blvd., North Hollywood
Q&As with Lloyd Kaufman and cast & crew will be take place at both NY and La locations, with exact dates and times Tba.
With its inclusion in the NY Museum of Modern Art’s “The Contenders 2013” film series...
“Anchor Bay Films and Troma Entertainment proudly announce that Return To Nuke ‘Em High, Vol.1, the film that marks the return of Lloyd Kaufman to the director’s chair and kicks off Troma Entertainment’s 40th Anniversary celebration, will have exclusive theatrical engagements in New York and Los Angeles starting in January 2014 at the following venues:
[Editor's Note: MoMA Screening Added on January 9th] January 10th [Additional Screening added on January 11th] – Village East Cinemas, 189 2nd Ave, New York. January 17th – Laemmle’s NoHo 7 Theaters, 5240 Lankershim Blvd., North Hollywood
Q&As with Lloyd Kaufman and cast & crew will be take place at both NY and La locations, with exact dates and times Tba.
With its inclusion in the NY Museum of Modern Art’s “The Contenders 2013” film series...
- 1/9/2014
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
By Mike Drake
While the country watches Spider-Man fight the Lizard in theatres, author and collector of the unusual, Mike Drake, interviews the real Lizardman aka Erik Sprague.
The Lizardman is a former doctoral candidate and philosophy degree holder known worldwide for his amazing transformation from man to lizard as well as his modern sideshow performance art. He has endured over 700 hours of painful body modification to become one of the most well known and recognizable artists in his field.
Mike Drake: The term Freak, you have it tattooed on your chest; is it offensive? Is it acceptable for someone to refer to you as a “freak”?
Lizard Man: The term ‘freak’ is a title, a badge of honor for me. No matter how someone may intend it, I always take it as a compliment. Any word can be offensive depending on how it is used and how the...
While the country watches Spider-Man fight the Lizard in theatres, author and collector of the unusual, Mike Drake, interviews the real Lizardman aka Erik Sprague.
The Lizardman is a former doctoral candidate and philosophy degree holder known worldwide for his amazing transformation from man to lizard as well as his modern sideshow performance art. He has endured over 700 hours of painful body modification to become one of the most well known and recognizable artists in his field.
Mike Drake: The term Freak, you have it tattooed on your chest; is it offensive? Is it acceptable for someone to refer to you as a “freak”?
Lizard Man: The term ‘freak’ is a title, a badge of honor for me. No matter how someone may intend it, I always take it as a compliment. Any word can be offensive depending on how it is used and how the...
- 7/5/2012
- by Barrett
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
When your job is buying and selling offbeat antiques, finding something that surprises can be difficult.
However, when you have the chance to buy a heart that's been plasticized, all bets are off.
That opportunity recently came to Evan Michelson and Mike Zohn, owners of Obscura Antiques & Oddities, a New York City store that specializes in one-of-a-kind artifacts such as monkey race cars, possessed ventriloquist dummies and artworks made of human hair.
The two were in Austin, Texas, to help a client, astronaut Richard Garriott, who was looking for items that would keep his home weird.
As part of the mission, which will be aired June 9 on the Science Channel series "Oddities," the duo met a collector of morbid memorabilia named Brandon who proudly showed off his grisly goodies, including a plasticized heart.
"Wow!" Michelson exclaimed while exmining the waxy looking heart. "You can see the veins here, and look at these valves.
However, when you have the chance to buy a heart that's been plasticized, all bets are off.
That opportunity recently came to Evan Michelson and Mike Zohn, owners of Obscura Antiques & Oddities, a New York City store that specializes in one-of-a-kind artifacts such as monkey race cars, possessed ventriloquist dummies and artworks made of human hair.
The two were in Austin, Texas, to help a client, astronaut Richard Garriott, who was looking for items that would keep his home weird.
As part of the mission, which will be aired June 9 on the Science Channel series "Oddities," the duo met a collector of morbid memorabilia named Brandon who proudly showed off his grisly goodies, including a plasticized heart.
"Wow!" Michelson exclaimed while exmining the waxy looking heart. "You can see the veins here, and look at these valves.
- 6/8/2012
- by The Huffington Post
- Aol TV.
When you make your living selling bizarre items, it's hard to be shocked -- unless, of course, you're looking at the death mask of a two-headed baby.
That strange item stopped Evan Michelson and Mike Zohn in their tracks recently when they were looking for a special item for an artist who creates lifelike wax models and needed a death mask for inspiration.
Michelson and Zohn own Obscura Antiques & Oddities, a New York City store that specializes in one-of-a-kind artifacts such as monkey race cars, possessed ventriloquist dummies and artworks made of human hair.
Even after years of buying and selling the world's most bizarre items, Michaelson and Zohn were shocked by the sight of the two-headed baby death mask shown to them by Mike Drake, a well-known mask collector.
"That's pretty creepy," Zohn said. "It's probably a little too much inspiration [for the client]. She wants something a little more ... traditional."
Drake...
That strange item stopped Evan Michelson and Mike Zohn in their tracks recently when they were looking for a special item for an artist who creates lifelike wax models and needed a death mask for inspiration.
Michelson and Zohn own Obscura Antiques & Oddities, a New York City store that specializes in one-of-a-kind artifacts such as monkey race cars, possessed ventriloquist dummies and artworks made of human hair.
Even after years of buying and selling the world's most bizarre items, Michaelson and Zohn were shocked by the sight of the two-headed baby death mask shown to them by Mike Drake, a well-known mask collector.
"That's pretty creepy," Zohn said. "It's probably a little too much inspiration [for the client]. She wants something a little more ... traditional."
Drake...
- 6/3/2012
- by The Huffington Post
- Aol TV.
Press Release:
For more than a decade, the East Village’s iconic Obscura Antiques & Oddities shop has been New York City’s foremost destination for one-of-a-kind, bizarre-and often shocking-artifacts. Since becoming the focus of Science‘s hit series, Oddities, the Big Apple’s epicenter of the eccentric has become pop culture’s Mecca of the macabre.
Entering its third season, the franchise has come to define the oddball subculture on television. Since its premiere, Oddities has won over legions of viewers and inspired “colorful” collectors throughout the U.S. and beyond to seek out Obscura’s purveyors of peculiarities: Mike, Evan and Ryan.
Don’T Miss Oddities’ Mid-season Finale This Saturday On Science
–The Mid-Season Finale of Oddities Premieres on Science
Saturday, March 10, at 9:00 Pm Et/Pt & 9:30 Pm Et/Pt–
The third season of Oddities takes all the deliciously weird elements from its past two installments and kicks it up a notch.
For more than a decade, the East Village’s iconic Obscura Antiques & Oddities shop has been New York City’s foremost destination for one-of-a-kind, bizarre-and often shocking-artifacts. Since becoming the focus of Science‘s hit series, Oddities, the Big Apple’s epicenter of the eccentric has become pop culture’s Mecca of the macabre.
Entering its third season, the franchise has come to define the oddball subculture on television. Since its premiere, Oddities has won over legions of viewers and inspired “colorful” collectors throughout the U.S. and beyond to seek out Obscura’s purveyors of peculiarities: Mike, Evan and Ryan.
Don’T Miss Oddities’ Mid-season Finale This Saturday On Science
–The Mid-Season Finale of Oddities Premieres on Science
Saturday, March 10, at 9:00 Pm Et/Pt & 9:30 Pm Et/Pt–
The third season of Oddities takes all the deliciously weird elements from its past two installments and kicks it up a notch.
- 3/10/2012
- by Erin Willard
- ScifiMafia
Some folks will do any for a discount, even swallow their pride.
Sideshow performer Heather Holliday prefers to swallow a sword and eat some fire.
Holliday, who is believed to be the youngest sword swallower in the world, is willing to show her talents to shopkeepers if it will help her get a few dollars off something she really wants.
In this case, it was a prized rat skeleton put together by Ryan Matthew, one of the staff workers at Obscura Oddities and Antiques, a New York store that caters to people wanting bizarre artifacts.
Luckily, the bizarre bargaining ritual is immortalized on Oddities, a Science Channel series airing Saturdays, so couch potatoes can see how far someone will go to get a rat skeleton.
In this case, the swallowing worked because Matthew dropped the price of the rat bones from $225 to $175, a bargain at any price.
Sideshow performer Heather Holliday prefers to swallow a sword and eat some fire.
Holliday, who is believed to be the youngest sword swallower in the world, is willing to show her talents to shopkeepers if it will help her get a few dollars off something she really wants.
In this case, it was a prized rat skeleton put together by Ryan Matthew, one of the staff workers at Obscura Oddities and Antiques, a New York store that caters to people wanting bizarre artifacts.
Luckily, the bizarre bargaining ritual is immortalized on Oddities, a Science Channel series airing Saturdays, so couch potatoes can see how far someone will go to get a rat skeleton.
In this case, the swallowing worked because Matthew dropped the price of the rat bones from $225 to $175, a bargain at any price.
- 2/25/2012
- by HuffPost Weird News
- Aol TV.
Looking for a baby gift that verges on the inappropriate?
How about a pair of baby mittens that are actually metal balls.
According to Evan Michelson, star of the Science Channel series, "Oddities," the strange sounding devices were actually common in the early 20th centry.
"They would go over the hands and the lower part of the arm to prevent the babies form scratching themselves or others," Michelson said on an upcoming episode airing February 4.
The metal balls make a weird clicking noise when banged together that Michelson admits would sound "creepy" coming out of the nursery.
But there was a method to the weird device, she says.
"Baby fingernails are very thin, just like razors, and the skin is very soft," she said. "Babies haven't developed the motor skills that let them control their limbs so while these things look like medieval torture devices, they're actually very effective in protecting the baby.
How about a pair of baby mittens that are actually metal balls.
According to Evan Michelson, star of the Science Channel series, "Oddities," the strange sounding devices were actually common in the early 20th centry.
"They would go over the hands and the lower part of the arm to prevent the babies form scratching themselves or others," Michelson said on an upcoming episode airing February 4.
The metal balls make a weird clicking noise when banged together that Michelson admits would sound "creepy" coming out of the nursery.
But there was a method to the weird device, she says.
"Baby fingernails are very thin, just like razors, and the skin is very soft," she said. "Babies haven't developed the motor skills that let them control their limbs so while these things look like medieval torture devices, they're actually very effective in protecting the baby.
- 2/3/2012
- by David Moye
- Aol TV.
When your job is selling things that you don't see every day, it's tough to find things that, well, you don't see every day.
But a two-headed pig that's been freeze-dried for 50 years? That's unique, according to Mike Zohn, co-owner of Obscura Antiques & Oddities, a New York City store that specializes in one-of-a-kind, bizarre and often shocking artifacts such as monkey race cars, possessed ventriloquist dummies and artworks made of human hair.
The store is the setting for "Oddities," a TV show on the Science Channel, and the Jan. 21 episode features a visit from an artist named Kevin and his freeze-dried two-headed pig.
Zohn -- whose first reaction to the dual-domed porker is "What a cutie!" --says two-headed pigs aren't very common.
"A two-faced pig is actually quite rare," he explained. "They pop up now and then, but they're really highly sought after."
Kevin estimates the pig is 50 years old...
But a two-headed pig that's been freeze-dried for 50 years? That's unique, according to Mike Zohn, co-owner of Obscura Antiques & Oddities, a New York City store that specializes in one-of-a-kind, bizarre and often shocking artifacts such as monkey race cars, possessed ventriloquist dummies and artworks made of human hair.
The store is the setting for "Oddities," a TV show on the Science Channel, and the Jan. 21 episode features a visit from an artist named Kevin and his freeze-dried two-headed pig.
Zohn -- whose first reaction to the dual-domed porker is "What a cutie!" --says two-headed pigs aren't very common.
"A two-faced pig is actually quite rare," he explained. "They pop up now and then, but they're really highly sought after."
Kevin estimates the pig is 50 years old...
- 1/19/2012
- by HuffPost Weird News
- Aol TV.
Some people will go to great lengths for a discount, but probably not as far as contortionist Yogi Laser.
In the "Holiday Bizarre" episode of "Oddities" debuting Dec. 24 on the Science Channel, Laser, a professional entertainer for 20 years, hopes to get a deal on a prized item from Mike Zohn, the co-owner of Obscura Antiques & Oddities, a New York-based antique store specializing in bizarre gifts and collectibles.
The item: A tiny coffin about four feet high.
The deal: A $150 discount on the asking price if Laser can prove he can fit inside it.
It's not a stretch to say it's not something you see every day.
In the "Holiday Bizarre" episode of "Oddities" debuting Dec. 24 on the Science Channel, Laser, a professional entertainer for 20 years, hopes to get a deal on a prized item from Mike Zohn, the co-owner of Obscura Antiques & Oddities, a New York-based antique store specializing in bizarre gifts and collectibles.
The item: A tiny coffin about four feet high.
The deal: A $150 discount on the asking price if Laser can prove he can fit inside it.
It's not a stretch to say it's not something you see every day.
- 12/24/2011
- by HuffPost Weird News
- Aol TV.
Ryan Matthew Cohn of the hit show Oddities will be stopping by our wickedly lovely podcast The Gash for an interview on Monday August 1st 2011.
Cohn is known for his brilliant work on the television show for not only his amazing collection of skulls and taxidermy collection, he is also a master at crafting Beauchene “exploded” skulls.
Oddities follows the owners of Obscura Antiques And Oddities owners Mike and Evan on their adventures in finding and selling antiques and rare items that you really can’t find in other places. But don’t be mistaken, this ain’t a shop for old… More...
Cohn is known for his brilliant work on the television show for not only his amazing collection of skulls and taxidermy collection, he is also a master at crafting Beauchene “exploded” skulls.
Oddities follows the owners of Obscura Antiques And Oddities owners Mike and Evan on their adventures in finding and selling antiques and rare items that you really can’t find in other places. But don’t be mistaken, this ain’t a shop for old… More...
- 7/27/2011
- by Dai Green
- Horror News
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