Episode 86 – “86’ing Spooky Season”
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Show notes: In this 86th episode of the Drawing Funny podcast, we say so long to the 2025 spooky season, and look ahead to what’s coming up for that other holiday season. I’ve got news about local holiday markets and art events in the mid-south, including the upcoming Mid-South Cartoonists Association‘s “The Art Of The Game” happening in December/January at the Memphis Jewish Community Center. I’ll have a few pieces in that show for sale.
I also look back at some of the Halloween related events I attended such as Monster Market and the Centennial Celebration of the 1925 movie “The Phantom Of The Opera” at the Beale Street Monster Club. I got to interview the Monster Club’s co-founder, Michael Cox while at A. Schwab’s on Beale and found out more about the club’s origins. While we were there, my wife Nicki and I also checked out author/monster club co-founder Tony Kail‘s Beale Street Hoodoo Museum upstairs, and enjoyed some hand dipped chocolate shakes downstairs made by Elliot Schwab. You can see pics from my visit to Beale on my HaveGeekWillTravel.com site.
It was definitely another busy fall schedule, and continues to be as we head into Thanksgiving. The following week after Turkey Day the MSCA will have their Monthly Dinner Gathering at Garibaldi’s Pizza off Walker Avenue near the U of M. This month is their Annual Holiday Art Swap, and the December 2nd meeting is the deadline to turn in pieces for the next game art show. Check out the MSCA website for more info and links (CLICK HERE).
***SHAMELESS PLUG ALERT!!!***
I need to make some Christmas cash, and if you need some unique holiday gifts be sure to check out my art sale. Details in this episode and on my art website at www.LinWorkman.com. Free delivery in the mid-south for the monterpiece paintings, and sorry- no shipping. Cash (PayPal or card) and carry, only.
I’ve also got several hand-drawn sketchcards and sketchcover comics and zines out at The Cellar Table Top Games & Comics out in Bartlett, TN. Lots to choose from!
Thanks for “tooning in”. Hope you all have a Happy Thanksgiving!
LINKS:
Drawing Funny Podcast website – www.drawingfunny.com
Drawing Funny Podcast on Spotify – www.podcasters.spotify.com/
Drawing Funny Podcast on Apple – www.podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/drawing-funny/
Lin Workman Art Site – www.linworkman.com/
Have Geek Will Travel (Beale Street visit) – www.havegeekwilltravel.com/
Mid-South Cartoonists Association/MSCA (Memphis, TN) – www.midsouthcartoonists.org
Beale Street Monster Club – www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61554859980515
Memphis Monster Market – www.memphismonstermarket.com/
A. Schwab on Beale – https://www.a-schwab.com/
Beale Street Hoodoo Museum – www.hoodoomuseum.org/
“King” Jerry Lawler’s Hall of Fame Bar and Grille – www.lawlersonbeale.com/
Garibaldi’s Pizza (U of M) – www.garibaldispizza.com
Memphis Japan Fest – www.memphisjapanfestival.org/
Toshigawa Universe (store) – www.toshigawa-universe.square.site/
Toshigawa Universe (YouTube) – www.youtube.com/@ToshigawaUniverse
Playhouse On The Square – www.playhouseonthesquare.org/
Germantown Community Theatre – www.gctcomeplay.org/
Memphis Jewish Community Center – www.jccmemphis.org/
Shape Shifter Art School and Gallery – www.shapeshifterartschool.com/
Memphis Zine Fest – www.instagram.com/memphis_zine_fest/
Blues City Comic Con (Memphis, TN)– www.bluescitycomiccon.com/
Animation Y’all! Expo (Nashville, TN) – www.animationyall.com/
DeSoto Arts Council (Hernando, MS) – www.facebook.com/desotoartscouncil
Drawing Funny Ep. 83 – “Old Dog / New Trick” – www.drawingfunny.com/2025/09/02/episode-83-old-dog-new-trick/
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Theme: “Silly Bank Heist” music and “Presents On Christmas Morning” by Steve Oxen. News intro theme by David Fesliyan. “Holiday Hustle” by David Renda.
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Harmonica solo by Kevin L. Williams/Soloman DH Blues.
Movie quotes and additional sounds from 101soundboards.com.
John Jackson Miller recorded live at Barnes & Nobel in Germantown, TN on October 25, 2025 and used with permission.
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Run time: 1hr 56min 9sec
(Click on the highlighted hyperlinks or links in the show notes to check them all out.)
Beale Street Monster Club “Phantom of the Opera” Centennial Celebration at A. Schwab on Beale Street.
SIVAD on display at the Pink Palace Museum.
Monster Market 2025 at The Medicine Factory.
“SIVADS OF MARCH” Celebration 2010
My “It’s Good To Be Bad: Monster Portraits Of Villainy” art show 2010.
