I Luv Halloween
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I Luv Halloween is an OEL manga first published by Tokyopop in October, 2005. With art by Benjamin Roman and scripts by Keith Giffen, it tells the misadventures of a group of friends who meet every Halloween for a night of trick-or-treating.
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[edit] Volume 1
The first volume introduces Finch and his friends as they try to negotiate bullies, thoughtless adults, and criminal behavior in the pursuit of candy.
[edit] Volume 2
Volume 2 of the series features an invasion by zombies. The children find trick-or-treating to be difficult, as most people are being consumed by the undead, including Pig Pig.
[edit] Volume 3
In the final volume, the town is demolished by aliens. The children soldier on in their quest for treats.
[edit] Characters
- Finch
The unflappable, unofficial ringleader of the loose-knit trick-or-treaters, Finch's only costume is a mask decorated to look like a skull; he is otherwise normally dressed. While the rest of the town is in chaos, Finch keeps a level head and a clear goal in mind, usually candy. He is also a morbid child, with a room decorated with obituary pages and murder head-liners, and is not afraid to get his hands dirty. It's worth noting that Finch is the only trick-or-trater other than Devil Lad who seems to have any common sense. Finch is Moochie's older brother, though he is often reluctant to admit to their relation. His parents are presumably dead, due to the corpses seen in the first volume's opening pages, but who these people were and how they died is never explained. There have been strong hints, however, throughout the series the either Finch or Moochie killed their parents, including Finch's comment to Mr. Kitty, "You should try the whole orphan thing."
- Pig Pig
Pig Pig, who wears a large pig-head, is a slovenly and a pleasant child. He's not the most intelligent of children, but at times he comes up with things to deal with the hard situations at hand. He often gets into confrontations with Mr. Kitty, who belittles the younger child. In the series' second volume, Pig Pig is seen without his costume for the first time; he has been killed by zombies. Several pages later, Pig Pig is reanimated as an undead, and seems to retain some sense of self by replacing his lost pig-head. For the rest of the volume he acts as a normal undead; trick-or-treating (an action picked up from Spike) and cannabalism. At one point, he developes a slight romance with another zombie named Vincent (Vivian's sister; her parent's couldn't think of another name that started with the letter 'V'), but their relationship is terminated when his undead girlfriend devours a portion of his brain. This isn't the first time Pig Pig has died; in their previous volume, when he complains of having to bury the numerous corpses that have been collected over the course of the night, the other trick-or-treaters point out they had buried him last year.
- Devil Lad
Devil Lad, dressed as a demon, usually appears at sunset on Halloween. According to Finch, he smells "like sulphur". He's the more eloquent of the gang and takes on hectic situations with relative ease.
- Mr. Kitty
A perverted child, Mr. Kitty wears an orange cat costume, and, according to Finch, "is the opposite of a pedophile, in which he likes to molest adults."[citation needed].
- Hully Gully
An epileptic who always wears goggles. Definitely more of an innocent than the rest of the denizens of Turgid Meadow, and seems to love candy more than most.
- Spike
A mostly-silent little boy, Spike appears to be Mr. Kitty's younger brother. When he does speak, tends limit himself to declerations of his name.
- Moochie
Finch's little sister. She takes on several roles through out the series ranging from the tooth fairy, obsessed with yanking out teeth, to Lady Godiva. She's, as Finch would say, a Shirley Temple musical if the role of Shirley Temple was played by Jeffery Domer. In short, she's nuts.
- Mush
Mush is NOT Spike's dog, he is FINCH and MOOOCHIE'S dog. Half of his head is missing, due to Moochie. He LOVES to hump Mr.Kitty's leg. BUT THAT'S FINCH'S LEG!
- Bubbles and Squeek
Two of the town's meaner bullies / trick-or-treat bag slashers. Bubbles demands to be called Spike, but Squeek often forgets to. Squeek has a gay crush on Bubbles, he's a bit obsessed...To be honest.
- Nips
Nips is a cheerleader who is perpetually ogled by Mr. Kitty. She has a pronounced mean streak and gigantic breasts.
- Triple K
Triple K is a young boy who seeks revenge on the entire town for what Moochie does to his father.
- Monica
A young Goth girl who hates dogs. Bubbles has a crush on her.
[edit] Animated shorts
In the summer of 2007, 4 animated shorts of I Luv Halloween were released by Tokyopop as featured content on MySpace TV. The shorts were produced by Menfond Electronic Arts, adapted from the original comic by Steven Calcote and David Ables, and directed by Victor Wong and Eddy Wong. The first episode premiered at Comic-Con International in July 2007. It is unclear at this time whether additional animations will be produced.
