I have to be honest, searching for art is not like it used to be a few years ago, hell, just last year even. AI and capitalist marketing of goods, often AI rendered art, is heavily promoted in search engines making it nearly impossible to find anything. This could seriously be my last Wicked Art Wednesday if I don’t come up with another plan.
That said, I chose a phenomenal artist whose stunning art is worthy of closing out my Halloween 2026 schedule. I present to you the fine art of Kurtis Rykovich!
Why we love it: Spooky cats, fantastical creatures, haunted images, spooky and cute, colorful macabre, it’s all here, a visionary smorgasbord for your eyeballs.
Happy Trick or Treat Tuesday! Traditions and customs may have changed over the years and across regions but Halloween has been a community celebration since Celtic times. Do you know the answers of these old Halloween trivia questions?
Post your responses in the Comments Section.
What ancient Celtic festival from Ireland and Britain became the precursor to Halloween?
Before pumpkins, these vegetables were often used to make lanterns to ward off evil spirits on Halloween night.
What’s the name of the popular paper company that became famous for manufacturing Halloween decorations?
What were the first Halloween party books filled with party planning ideas, recipes, and decorations released in 1909 by this same company called?
What’s the name of the company thst made inexpensive plastic masks and vinyl smocks that became an iconic American symbol of Halloween?
Name one of the four major popular Halloween postcard artists whose scary works are now a collector’s dream (hint: if you click the link, you’ll find some names). 😊
Not so long ago I told a coworker that I wished Halloween could be every day.
Everyday? She asked with a smirk.
Like she was skeptical or something. Like she did not notice I was wearing a candy corn sweater in August. Like I didn’t just return from Midsummer Scream, a weekend long Halloween convention in Long Beach for the tenth year in a row. Like I didn’t carry everything and the kitchen sink in my Mickey Halloween tote bag to work every day, even in spring. Like I didn’t have a dozen spooky or Halloween curios decorating my office cubicle 365 days a year. I didn’t already buy a $30 bag of the “good candy” for the community candy bowl. Like I didn’t just ask if pumpkin spice latte was back yet. Like I didn’t already say thirty times this year that I can’t wait for Halloween!
Happy Friday! It’s the return of Friday Fright Nightcaps! Tonight, we’re choosing another refreshing concoction with a twist, the Bloody Paloma!
It’s a basic Paloma with some grenadine, a bit of cranberry juice, and splash of lime juice to cut back the sweetness. It also gives it a darker red hue. Best when served chilled.
The real stars of a good Paloma is grapefruit soda and tequila blanco
Ingredients: 4 oz. Grapefruit soda 2 oz. Tequila Blanco (white) .05 oz. Grenadine 1 oz. Cranberry juice Splash of lime juice
Opt Garnish: Red syrup or Black rim salt
Bloody Paloma easy ingredients
Pour chilled ingredients into a glass and mix well.
Bloody Paloma, best when served chilled.
Even though I chilled my ingredients, it’s been so hot out west that I threw in some extra ice cubes.
Garnish would really make this picture pop better but unfortunately I ran out of black rim salt.
It’s taken me all day to realize I’ve bitten off more than I can chew. Halloween toys and games actually require a lot of more dedicated time to research, and time is something I simply don’t have. I misjudged that by a lot, so, I may have rethink Timeless Thursdays. For now, let’s chat about Pez!
Pez, short for the German word Pfefferminz meaning “peppermint”, was an Austrian candy company that started in 1927 by Eduard Haas III, featuring its unique manual plastic candy dispenser.
First pez dispensers were called “regulars” and had no top.
Haas inherited a successful bakery from his father who had created Haas baking powder. Haas III was interested in branching out in the confectionary world and actually created pez candies as an anti-smoking tool.
Halloween Pez dispensers became just as popular as character dispensers and so the company regularly started making lot assortments and limited editions.
There’s actually so many I cannot post pics of them all, but the main Pez website or Pez Collector’s is the place to go if you’re looking to getting into Pez Collectibles.
New glow-in-the-dark limited edition Dia de los Muertos Pez dispenser in conjunction with Disney’s Coco, 2026Only 2500 Pamp Suisse dispensers have been released for 2026
I really love Pez and I wish I had the money to be a collector. For now, I’ll admire from afar. Good luck to you Halloween collectors out there!
Spookiesboo is the epitome of spooky and cute! It’s been so great to watch her little independent art shop grow into a full-on art branded merchandising business, including exclusive collaborations, with Laika Studios, Coraline, Paranorman, Yo Gabba Gabba! and many more!
Explorer Coraline Enamel Pin, $15, Spookiesboo x Coraline (TM)
Coraline(TM) x Spooksieboo (TM) Ghost Children T-Shirt, Hot Topic (currently sold out)
In addition to her online shop, you can find Spookiesboo in-person at San Diego Comic Con, Midsummer Scream and various trade shows across the nation throughout the year.
Happy Trick or Treat Tuesday! Only a witch (or a really motivated person) can answer these witchy movie trivia questions correctly.
Post your responses in the Comments Section.
What was the name of this 1922 silent Scandinavian film showing the evolution of witchcraft?
This role proved to be a cursed part for this actress when she and her stunt-double were badly injured in two different pyrotechnic fires while filming the Wizard of Oz.
Name the two actresses who attended Satan’s School for Girls before becoming “angels”.
In 1999, this witchy tale gave birth to a whole new sub-genre of horror films.
Robert Egger’s directorial debut about a puritan New England family plagued by witches was also the big screen debut of which actress?
Amy Madigan won an Oscar portraying this witch in Zach Creggar’s folk horror Weapons.
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