I’ll tell you a real horror story: my main computer had to go to the shop because the graphics card was shot. My backup is an old MacBook Air with only 2 gb of memory and I foolishly decided to upgrade to Sierra. Trust me on this: you cannot run Sierra on 2gbs of memory. I spent ALL DAY Halloween trying to make a Mavericks install USB all the while dealing with the endless spinning beachball. When I finally got it figured out, I got an email that my old computer was ready! But too late to pick it up!
(PS: My computer is back already and the spellcheck works now, you’ll all be thrilled to know.)
Anyway, now all is well, but I missed out on 24 hours of Halloween, my favorite day of the year. Since we still have All Souls Day (Nov. 1) and Dia de los Muertos to get through, here’s a little of what you missed.
Study Group had their annual Halloween Haunting with some good stuff:
Zeta Reticulans – by Ramón Sierra
Skeleton Gallery – by Kate Lacour
Apple Spider – by Vanessa and Patrick KecDaddy – by Josh Simmons & James Romberger
The Games We Played – Ryan King & Daryl Toh
Steganographia – by Josh Burggraf
The Jaundiced Eye – by Tyler Landry
And some treats from Twitter and around:
Happy Halloween. Boo! Also M.F.K. Book One is coming, summer 2017. https://t.co/Xhsx3CJSp6 pic.twitter.com/o2e4u8uy4E
— Nilah Magruder, horse feminist (@nilaffle) October 31, 2016
#INKTOBER AT THE STROKE OF MIDNIGHT HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!! #Inktoberday31, a self portrait of my… https://t.co/qGXUZmX3CM
— Donna 🐨 Letterese (@drawdvl) October 31, 2016
Even Droogs can have a safe & friendly Halloween. Viddy well! https://t.co/OChK2bYJBa
— Michael Allred (@AllredMD) October 31, 2016
Pumpkin carving pic.twitter.com/kqkaluWcC2
— David Shrigley (@davidshrigley) October 31, 2016
Happy Halloween. Here's a treat: a preview of HELLBOY: INTO THE SILENT SEA co-written by Hellboy creator Mike… https://t.co/HDnxNT3WNx
— Mike Mignola (@artofmmignola) October 31, 2016
https://twitter.com/KyleJBaker/status/793099023305637888
BLOOD SONGS #kickstarter is almost over! Not long left to grab a book if you want one!https://t.co/7BYW2RiMGG pic.twitter.com/wUNZiSnVUm
— Ben Templesmith (@Templesmith) October 31, 2016
#Inktober N°31 – "Friend" #Inktober2016 pic.twitter.com/LAnTkUBnLa
— -Boulet- (@Bouletcorp) October 31, 2016
#itsafamilything #halloween2016 The Catie and I give our costumes a trail run. pic.twitter.com/c8QK8NOKS1
— Jamal Igle, ANTIFA Shop Steward, Local 2814 (@JAMALIGLE) October 29, 2016
Guys, go play the Halloween game by @usuallyawake @fivepaninis @KevinMLaughlin & many more – it's the best doodle we've ever put out! pic.twitter.com/TfVpfqAVDB
— Sophie Diao (@sophiediao) October 31, 2016
Made a hobbit… pic.twitter.com/uLTYjvNYIG
— tom fowler (@tomfowlerbug) October 31, 2016
A little Halloweeny tale for everyone! To Rot https://t.co/TJcj0hzIn2
— Mariah McCourt (@TiredFairy) October 31, 2016