From the collection of Andrew (maverick96) comes two items signed by a man who needs no introduction – John Carpenter. John Carpenter’s film HalloweeN and his character Michael Myers are the reasons why most of us are a part of this community. For some of us, though, it goes deeper than that. Some of us…

Director/writer John Carpenter was a guest at this year’s Monster-Mania in Baltimore. Known for such films as Halloween (1978), Escape From New York (1981), The Fog (1980) and They Live (1988), Carpenter is considered an icon by many fans. I’ve never met Carpenter; I’m not sure I want to. It hurts to say this, but…