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@racheaissance.com Oct 5, 2026, 3:50 PMReposted by @comicmoviebookclub.bsky.social

#NYCC IS THIS WEEK!

Here's where I'll be at:

🖤 Friday, October 9th
12:00-12:50 PM - signing at the Dark Horse Comics Booth (#4451)!

🥯 All other days*
If not around the Javits, Russ & Daughters on 34th St

*Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday

An exhibit map of New York Comic Con's Comic District, with publisher logos, highlighting Dark Horse Comics' signing schedule in a comic speech bubble with the text:

DARK HORSE NYCC 2026 SIGNING SCHEDULE
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9 12:00–12:50 PM STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW--AN ADAPTATION – Rachel Pinnelas

nycc.io/exhibitors

THE COMIC DISTRICT IS BACK
Your one stop on the Show Floor for exclusive comic books and graphic novels, merch, in-booth signings, and more

Polaroid photographs of Taylor Swift reclining on a ferry with the NYC skyline in the background surrounded by the handwritten lyrics "Everybody here was someone else before." and "And it said 'Welcome to New York.'" from the song "Welcome to New York" in black marker

@comicmoviebookclub.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 12:59 AM

I DEFEND HORROR FILMS by VINCENT PRICE From FANTASTIC MONSTERS OF THE FILMS #4, 1962

Vincent Price lays aside Hollywood grease-paint to discuss the horror movies

IN DEFENSE OF HORROR FILMS by VINCENT PRICE

It’s time that motion picture critics started taking so-called “terror” or “horror” films seriously—that is, the legitimate films of this genre based either on recognized classics or on original stories by our leading writers.

Two things have been established about these exciting motion picture products—the public and the acting profession take them seriously, and enjoy them. Top film producers, like American-International Pictures, will attest to mass public support of such thrillers as Pit and the Pendulum, The Premature Burial, and Tales of Terror, all based on the classic writings of Edgar Allan Poe.

As for myself, I speak for a majority of serious actors, those Poe pictures were fun to make, and were a source of great satisfaction to me as an actor. They presented a dramatic challenge to me which ordinary films, with their superficial “reality,” cannot offer.

The real challenge to any actor worth his salt is the opportunity to convincingly portray “unreality.” After all, isn’t the original premise of acting, the actor’s raison d’être, or reason for being, that of make-believe?

A perfect case in point is my latest film, The Raven, based on Poe’s fine terror poem. I was additionally privileged to be able to work with, in this picture, two of Hollywood’s finest actors, Peter Lorre and Boris Karloff; and I am sure that they appreciated the challenge of making Edgar Allan Poe believable as much as I did.

Unlike any other type of motion picture, the terror or horror thriller offers the serious actor unique opportunity to fully exercise his craft and critically test his ability to make the unbelievable believable.

I also believe that such films as The Raven are additionally important to American culture at a time when “method acting,” and the sordid stories it usually accompanies, is considered in some quarters as a true reflection of Americ…

@comicmoviebookclub.bsky.social Sep 20, 2026, 8:56 PM

BATMAN (1989) dir. Tim Burton/TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY (1991) dir. James Cameron cinematic parallels 👋

Top image is a scene from BATMAN (1989) dir. Tim Burton and the bottom image is a similarly composed shot from TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY (1991) dir. James Cameron cinematic parallels

@racheaissance.com Sep 17, 2026, 8:49 PMReposted by @comicmoviebookclub.bsky.social

after having to socialize 😬 Hollywood Secrets #1, 1959

Vintage comic panel of a dark-haired woman covering her face and crying beneath a speech bubble saying, "OH, WHY DID THIS HAVE TO HAPPEN TO ME?--SOB--WHY???"

@comicmoviebookclub.bsky.social Sep 17, 2026, 8:39 PM

#BTS of podcasting preparations 🎙️

Art Saaf, Popular Romance #27, 1954

Retro comic panel of a red-haired woman leaning toward a blue vintage microphone against a yellow tiled wall

@racheaissance.com Sep 4, 2026, 10:16 PMReposted by @comicmoviebookclub.bsky.social

tfw you find a typo in your latest draft 📄 Secrets of Love and Marriage #20, 1960

Vintage comic panel of a close-up of a woman striking a match to a piece of paper

@ultrakillblast.bsky.social Sep 17, 2026, 4:38 PMReposted by @comicmoviebookclub.bsky.social

BATMAN: The Movie (1966)

@racheaissance.com Sep 17, 2026, 5:55 PMReposted by @comicmoviebookclub.bsky.social

[He] 2s² 2p⁶

a woman with brown hair and glasses taking a selfie in a mirror with a red neon window frame behind her

A neon sign that reads “comics” under a picture of Spider-Man above shelves stocked with graphic novels

@comicmoviebookclub.bsky.social Sep 10, 2026, 7:19 PM

JOSIE AND THE PUSSYCATS (2001) dir. Harry Elfont and Deborah Kaplan/THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS (2025) dir. Matt Shakman cinematic diegetic artwork parallels 🎨

Still of a pop art style portrait of Parker Posey's character Fiona from JOSIE AND THE PUSSYCATS (2001) dir. Harry Elfont and Deborah Kaplan

Pop art style portrait of Joseph Quinn as Johnny Storm from THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS (2025) dir. Matt Shakman

@comicmoviebookclub.bsky.social Sep 8, 2026, 2:37 AM

What a waste of a lovely night… Hollywood Romances #46, 1966

Vintage comic panel of a red classic car beneath a full moon, obscured by trees, with two speech bubbles that read:

"HOLLYWOOD IS MUCH LOVELIER BY NIGHT!"

"YOU'RE LOVELY ALL THE TIME!"

@racheaissance.com Sep 7, 2026, 5:13 PMReposted by @comicmoviebookclub.bsky.social

I love LA. Last night at the Bowl for Maestro of the Movies: A Tribute to John Williams 🎶

A scene from E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (1982) on a giant screen above an orchestra at the Hollywood Bowl

@comicmoviebookclub.bsky.social Sep 2, 2026, 2:51 AM

ALIEN (1979) dir. Ridley Scott/CAPTAIN MARVEL (2019) dir. Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck cinematic parallels 🐈

@comicmoviebookclub.bsky.social Sep 1, 2026, 3:57 AMReposted by @comicmoviebookclub.bsky.social

But you’ll still be my star ⭐️ Movie Love #14, 1952

@comicmoviebookclub.bsky.social Sep 1, 2026, 3:57 AM

But you’ll still be my star ⭐️ Movie Love #14, 1952