Moldy Oldie, Anyone? Monster Mash by David Catrow

THE SCENE WAS ROCKIN',
ALL WERE DIGGIN' THE SOUNDS
IGOR ON CHAINS,
BACKED BY THE BAYING HOUNDS.

THE COFFIN BANGERS
WERE ABOUT TO ARRIVE.
WITH THE THEIR VOCAL GROUP,
THE CRYPT-KICKER FIVE.

THEY DID THE MASH,
THE MONSTER MASH!

David Catrow is one weird dude when it comes to illustrations, and I mean that in the best possible way! Taking a 1962 classic novelty tune, included over the decades in countless holiday music mixes and adding his own funky and frankly silly twist, this one-of-kind artist gives this real "moldie oldie" a whole new life with a new set of Halloween party-goers. Catrow's impressionistic illustrations can make even werewolves and ghouls comic and, in their own bizarr-o way, kinda cute. In his newest solo effort, Monster Mash. Catrow uses the familiar lyrics to that old Halloween staple, "The Monster Mash," as the text for his over-the-top salute to the scary season. Visually, Catrow's imagination gives the usual suspects--ghosts, vampires, werewolves, and skeletons--a new look in his fanciful depiction of a monster rave-up.

Frankenstein's monster leads the way, rockin' and stompin' to the beat, and is joined by a Dracula dude, assorted ghouls, and fanciful critters never seen in nature, all of whom set out to swing the castle. And host Frankie is properly equipped to liven up the laboratory with his own electrifying personality:

THE GHOSTS ALL COME
FROM THEIR HUMBLE ABODES
TO GET A JOLT
FROM HIS ELECTRODES!

Vampires demonstrate their Transylvania Twist and it's a "graveyard smash"--until the strangest creatures of all ring the castle's doorbell. They're two costumed trick-or-treaters, who are ready to get down and dance, and they've come to the right place to stomp, stomp, stomp:

YOU CAN MASH,
YOU'LL CATCH ON IN A FLASH.
THEN YOU CAN MASH,
YOU CAN MONSTER MASH!