Halloween Week Is Here

Daria and some animated acquaintances (one hesitates to call them friends) appeared 12 years ago today in Fortune Magazine. Must have been a great dinner. Daria of course is reading at the table. Butt-head is eating smoking a cigar and drinking wine. Or grape juice. Whatever.

Richard has started off the Halloween free-for-all. I'm sure the Harry Potter and Charmed fandoms think they have a choke hold on Halloween fan-anything, but THEY CAN SIT ON THEIR WANDS. Uh huh, that's right, I went there. You heard me. Daria rules.

We'll start with a reminder of Daria's humble beginnings, as the straight girl to Beavis and Butt-head's insanity. (Click on B&B's picture at upper right and it will magically enlarge. Huh huh huh huh huh...) Beavis and Butt-head put the "weenie" in Halloween. I don't know what I meant by that, but I'm sure that you, the fans, do.


We should list some fanfiction that is appropriate to read this week. There's a great pumpkinload of it, so we will start now. Crazy Nutso had a lot of great Halloween fanfic. Thanks to Kara Wild for hosting these tales on Contrarian's Corner.

• All Misery Chicks Go To Hell
• Plan 9 from Lawndale
• Daria: The Hunter
• No More Ms Nice Vampire

Brother Grimace posted a great bit of haunted "faanfiction" (fanfic about fans and fandom), also on CC:

• Daria Author Tombstones

And Mr. Anonymous had a Halloween story of his own:

• Party Favors

Mike Xeno's “Community Disservice” wasn't for Halloween, but it took place in October, so we'll allow it in. We'll also allow in B&B in The Wizard of Oz (zy), because there's a witch and a winged monkey in it.

This is a start. Hope you enjoy the fun.

ArT n0oOZ

• Jim North is back, with a marvelous display of Daria art!
• Pinkminx has a beautiful portrait of Sandi Griffin, up close and personal.
• Pinhead's "small jokes" continue to amaze the fandom. I love it here!