The fascination with superheroes is crossing comic book boundaries and leaping into fashion, music and pop culture.
Even music and retail icons like Christina Aguilera and Target know the value of channeling superhero popularity in their advertising.
In this Target commercial (that promotes the release of Christina Aguilera’s new best-of album, sold exclusively at Target), Aguilera borrows from the action-hero theme of her music video Keeps Getting Better dressed in various superhero outfits, with an animated comic-book style background.
Here at MyDisguises, we are deadly excited for World Zombie Day on Oct. 26th. I thought it would fun to look back on a few of our posts regarding Zombies.
Costumes of the Dead
If you’re interested in learning how to make fake blood and wounds, Camilla wrote a great piece about DIY zombie makeup.
Who knew that corn syrup, cotton balls and marshmellows could be used so effectively? This is a great read for all wannabe zombies. [link]
Zombie Haiku
Everyone enjoys good Haiku poetry, and zombies are no different. Check out this post for some fun zombie Haiku examples, a link to a zombie Haiku website and a few submissions from our own commenters. [link]
moaning and groaning
walking dead are chasing me
but i run faster
Stevil and his Zombies
In an application to join the Evil Leage of Evil, Steve demonstrates his abilities to conjur zombies with a snap of his fingers.
Heh, I love the song he sings with the zombies. [link]
Zombie Kid Likes Turtles
This is one of the funniest Youtube videos I’ve ever seen. The poor kid is nervous about being on live TV, and when the reporter asks him about his zombie makeup, he blurts out, “I like turtles!”
The many parodies that cropped up in response are hilarious as well. [link]
Good times here at MyDiguises. I hope everyone gets an awesome facepaint job for World Zombie Day. We like zombies!
Since we reported last week on the numerous video applications for Dr. Horrible’s Evil League of Evil, we’ve received requests to highlight a few more.
I’m astounded by the quality and creativity of the Dr. Horrible fans. They have come up with such great villains with awesome costumes. Some of these people should just quit their day jobs and move to Hollywood.
Stevil and his Zombies
Fury of Solace
Tur-Mohel
Even our friends ManWithPez and ThatCostumeGirl got into the fray:
The Butler
Caffiend
Well done, everyone! Hope you all end up on the Dr. Horrible DVD.
With the contest to join Dr. Horrible’s Evil League of Evil rapidly coming to a close, I thought it would be fun to post a few of our favorite submissions.
The winners will appear on the Dr. Horrible DVD which will be released in time for the holidays. And for you procrastinators, the deadline is Oct. 11, so you still have a few days to submit your application.
It’s great to see all the fans dressing up in Evil Costumes and having fun. Great job, Everyone!
Create your own Evil Villain and submit a video - the winners will be shown as a Bonus Feature on the upcoming Dr. Horrible DVD!
Here are the rules listed on the ELE website:
It should be no more than three minutes in length.
There should be little to no swearing.
Dialogue, logos, and music must be original.
Songs are not required (singing is a bonus).
You must be evil — it’s a plus to have a name.
Your video application should be posted to YouTube or Vimeo.
Email us a link to the video, with your contact information.
October 11 is the last day to submit.
The best applicants, as determined by the League or its designated agents, will be included on a special DVD commemorating our most recent member.
Ha! How fun is this? Better hurry though, the submission deadline is only a couple of weeks away. Some videos are already up on Youtube, and they are a lot of fun to watch.
Those are great!
For more information, head on over the ELE website. Good luck, Horrible Fans!
Forget the Monster Mash…here’s some real monster music.
The members of the Finnish heavy metal band, Lordi, are known as “The Finnish Monsters” and “The Monsters of Finland,” because of the elaborate monster-like costumes they wear during live shows and in music videos.
The band’s monster masks are made of foam latex. The mask for lead singer, Mr. Lordi, was glued together piece by piece and requires 2-3 hour to fit. The other masks are solid helmets, taking about 20 minutes to put on. The band members do each others’ makeup.
But you don’t think about all that when you’re watching their music videos. It’s more like, “Hey, those monsters really know how to rock!”
Here are two of my favorite Lordi music videos, in all their monstrous glory:
This is an interesting music video for the song Carmensita. Musician Devendra Banhart and his girlfriend, actress Natalie Portman, have a great time dancing and singing in their Bollywood-style costumes.
It’s definitely a parody of low-budget Bollywood films, with over the top acting, dancing, tongue-in-cheek subtitles, and brilliant costumes.
Previously we posted about Flight of the Conchords and the zany costumes they come up with for their music videos. But they’re not the only band that dresses up for fun!
I don’t know how many of you are familiar with wizard rock. It’s a genre that promotes literacy and fighting evil by rocking out to Harry Potter-based music. There’s much more to wizard rock that I can really cover in a pithy sentence, but what I’m really here to talk about, of course, is the costuming. Part of what makes it so awesome is that everyone can dress up. The bands dress as characters from the books, the fans dress up as witches and wizards, and even the instruments get costumes!
Music, Harry Potter, and costumes—all in one! It’s too good to be true!
Brothers Joe and Paul DeGeorge wear Harry Potter costumes for their band, Harry and the Potters. The two of them created their band, and wizard rock, in 2002.
