tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964885632131848660.post2326457509791888104..comments2023-03-31T06:55:42.398-07:00Comments on Dinner With Max Jenke: Chas. Balun, R.I.P.Jeff Allardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04265550466781988388noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964885632131848660.post-74484866057904388932013-04-13T01:46:20.452-07:002013-04-13T01:46:20.452-07:00Hi I started a blog as a tribute to Deep Red Magaz...Hi I started a blog as a tribute to Deep Red Magazine and the VHS catalog check it out! http://www.theaterofguts.com/Crankenstienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09593719076720443439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964885632131848660.post-40537420788361219422010-01-04T11:48:58.625-08:002010-01-04T11:48:58.625-08:00Wish I'd heard of this sooner. What a loss. I ...Wish I'd heard of this sooner. What a loss. I loved his critical piece "I Spit in Your Face: Films That Bite" in the <i>Splatterpunks</i> anthology. Long before I was ever able to see movies like <i>Cannibal Holocaust</i>, <i>Beyond the Darkness</i>, <i>Combat Shock</i>, or <i>House by the Cemetery</i> (and long, LONG before the internet made these movies merely a keystroke away), Balun's writings about them stoked my imagination.Will Erricksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16285306262078600804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964885632131848660.post-11396423261418786542010-01-01T04:44:26.488-08:002010-01-01T04:44:26.488-08:00For a much more personal rememberance of Chas. Bal...For a much more personal rememberance of Chas. Balun, please read artst (and Deep Red and GoreZone contributor) Steve Bissette's tribute to his friend: <br /><br />http://srbissette.com/?p=7616Jeff Allardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04265550466781988388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964885632131848660.post-35502464434707277022009-12-31T07:11:52.307-08:002009-12-31T07:11:52.307-08:00Frog Queen, your post was perfectly eloquent! And ...Frog Queen, your post was perfectly eloquent! And don't ever let go of those GoreZones! <br /><br />Wostry, thanks - Chas. was definitely a giant. <br /><br />And Senski, I do have experience with self-publishing and that was directly inspired by Chas.' example. I didn't always agree with his opinions - in fact, the lead article in the second issue of my long-ago fanzine was an exhaustive critique of Chas.' 1993 book Bled To Death: Horror Eats Itself - but even at his crankiest and most contrary, he always held that stature of a beloved uncle. His impact on Gen-X horror fans really is inestimable. Of all the tragic losses of genre figures in 2009, this one has hit me the hardest.Jeff Allardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04265550466781988388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964885632131848660.post-20082871386088316652009-12-31T04:01:55.152-08:002009-12-31T04:01:55.152-08:00The whippersnappers won't quite understand wha...The whippersnappers won't quite understand what a massive labor it was to self-publish in those days (something you sure know about, Jeff). Balun's writing helped this Famous Monsters boy transition to a new and bloodier era - he was so giddy with joy over the subject, how could you not be caught up in it? I wish you hadn't the cause to write this tribute, but I'm glad you did, Jeff.<br /><br />Man, the end of this year is just being brutal to us...senskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15469603484774090192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964885632131848660.post-91764691522909648032009-12-31T03:25:37.644-08:002009-12-31T03:25:37.644-08:00Great obit. He was an extremely important figure o...Great obit. He was an extremely important figure of the genre.Wostry Ferenchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07846171947391655246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964885632131848660.post-88532048870134493862009-12-31T01:38:05.217-08:002009-12-31T01:38:05.217-08:00Wow! What a great post. I just cleaned out my ba...Wow! What a great post. I just cleaned out my basement and was going to recycle my GoreZone magazines......what was I thinking! I learned a lesson in writing off what I thought was "silly" in my life. Although my Halloween display has no gore, it is not because I don't love it...it is a choice for that part of my life. But in my heart I respect the whole genre...everything has its place.<br /><br />Wow, he will be missed. Gotta go email my brother, he and I need to chat over a beer or three :D...I wish he was writing this, his post would be so much more eloquent than mine. :)<br /><br />Thanks for sharing!! Makes all my silly posts today seem just that.....really, thank you. :)<br /><br />Cheers!Chris 'Frog Queen' Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15080568376145572154noreply@blogger.com