Last month, we showed you what 13 classic geek characters would look like as pin ups, and here's another one to add to the collection -Aquaman, well, at least the rule 63 version. Would she be Aquawoman then?

Either way, she certainly looks lovely and with the exception of the heels, her outfit looks like it would be perfect for lounging on the beach, below the waves or fighting crime. I do wonder if swimming in high heels is easier than walking in them though, because they do seem a little less than functional when it comes to performing superheroic feats.

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To promote The Walking Dead in France, the television network NT1 zombified a number of local road signs. With only a few small stickers, the company changed every day street signs into Walking Dead signs.

Of course, to make things really go viral, they encouranged people to tweet about the signs with the hash tag #streetargh, which was put on the bottom of most of the signs to provide people with the correct tags. You can check out more of the signs on the official Tumbr, Street Argh.

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While the giant sandworms of Dune can stretch over 400 meters, you don't have to go quite that crazy to make a great sandworm costume. In fact, Instructables user canida has detailed all the steps you need to know to make your own great Dune cosplay. Unfortunately, you'll still have to create your own spice even if you harness a few of these worms.

If you aren't a big fan of Dune, you can even add some stripes and a few modifications to the mouth to make a Beetlejuicce sandworm instead. 

Halloween may be over, but it's never too late to appreciate an epic piece of Halloween decor like this and it's never too early to start planning your display for next year. Halloween Forum user Raven's Hollow Cemetery made this impressive prop back in 2011. The skeleton climbing from a hell hole is even rigged to move and the whole thing is rigged with a fog machine so the glowing lava actually looks like it's smoking.

If you're wondering how he created that iconic lava glow, the secret is three shades of orange string lights that have a flicker effect on them so they look like they are varying in tempurature.

I don't know about you guys, but no movie scene makes me more hungry than the famous Alien chestburster scene. Fortunately, the UK's Lou Lou P's Delights now sells these delicious-looking Alien macaroons depicting the chestburster, the mama and the facehugger so you can enjoy all the great flavors of the classic scifi film in one setting. 

Someone call Ripley and Jones (my favorite Alien character is the cat, of course), because they're pretty much the only one who can survive eating these tasty, but terrible xenomorph treats.

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The Nightmare Before Christmas is one of the handful of Halloweenish movies that is still appropriate for the Christmas season, which is one of the many reasons we love it. But if you need more reasons to love the movie than what's on film, Buzzfeed has some amazing facts about the making of the film that show just how much effort went into the stop motion masterpiece. For example, the characters had to be moved 24 times for each second of footage and that meant one minute of footage took an entire week to film -adding up to a total of three years for the film to be completed.

Oh, and Jack Skelington had over 400 heads to ensure he could express any emotion he might have and sync his mouth movements up with his words at the same time. Even if you don't love the movie, the article might very well give you a new appreciation for it.

When I decorate for a party, I tend to put up some streamers and balloons, and, maybe a streamer if I'm feeling really fancy. But I'm not a film or set designer, so my guests don't really expect that much from me. That's not the case for our Facebook fan Michael Aiello, who sent us pictures of the decor for his Halloween Nightmare Before Christmas party.

If I put this much effort into party decorations, I'd keep them up for a while. Fortunately, with a Nightmare Before Christmas theme, you can use it again for Christmas -assuming you're inviting a different set of party guests that is.

Either way, I want to go to your next party Michael.

A few weeks ago, John shared the story of a man in England who was told to tone down his Halloween decorations because they were too scary and made a little boy cry. As it turns out, he's not the only person who had the authorities called on him because his Halloween decorations are too scary. 

This Oddee article has the story of a few other home owners who were told to tone it down, though not all of the controversial yard decor is related to Halloween. Some of the complaints are a lot more political in nature, though personally, I prefer the classic scary Halloween decorations and the middle finger hedges.

Paperman is an Oscar-nominated animated short film by Disney. It's a touching, magically romantic story of a chance encounter between a man and a woman on a busy street.

Nico Colaleo, a cartoonist and filmmaker, attended a Halloween party hosted by Titmouse, a t-shirt company in New York City. He snapped photos of great costumes from that party, including this one of George, the lead male character in Paperman.

While The Mary Sue didn't post up pictures of their readers' costumes throughout October like we did, they did still do a round up at the end of the month. While there are plenty of great ones in their collection, this take on Microsoft's dreaded "blue screen of death" is a great example of how to turn a concept into a tangible costume. I particularly love Rachel's use of Perler beads as the Windows logo hair piece -and her blue hair only helps sell the costume.

Beth's Totoro dress is also quite cute and something that she could wear throughout the year, if she's nerdy enough.

Say hello to Lucy Skywalker and her trusty tauntaun that will hopefully not be converted into a frozen rebel incubator. This adorable little Jedi owes her impressive costume to her pop, Paco Allen, who has apparently not joined the Dark Side as he is still lovingly slaving away to be a great daddy.

Make talked to Paco about what he needed to do to create this masterful costume, and you can find out everything you need if you have any intent to attempt to recreate his brilliant design for your own aspiring Jedi nect year.

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The Empire State Building in New York City has a sophisticated new light system. Last night, it lit up for Halloween festivities. You can view many more photos here.

In the video below, you can watch the musical show, which included songs from The Nightmare before Christmas and Ghostbusters as well as Bobby Pickett’s “Monster Mash” and Rockwell’s “Somebody’s Watching Me.”

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The annual pumpkin carving contest at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory had all the geeky elements you'd expect: power tools, laser etching, gears, animation, lights, smoke machines, and spaceships. They also had a couple of things you wouldn't expect, like a pumpkin aquarium and a chocolate fountain disguised as an alien chestburster! Each contestant had only an hour to finished their project, although any of these would have taken the rest of us mere mortals days to pull off. No mention about who won.  -via Digg  

We previously featured Claire Hummel's drawings showing how Disney princesses would dress if their costumes were historically accurate. Now here's a cool take on her Snow White drawing turned into an actual dress by DeviantArt cosplayer Tsu-yaa. In case you're wondering, the story takes place in Germany in approximately 1500-1550.

The pictures look particularly great considering that they were shot in a small Austrian castle. If I was Snow, I would be wary of that giant mirror, mirror on the wall. That thing is just bad news, even if it is just being honest.

Children, CHILDREN, are coming to my door expecting handouts. What happened to this country.

— Sean Thomason (@TheThomason) October 31, 2013

Kids, watch out for razor blades in candy. They're just empty calories!

— Megan Amram (@meganamram) October 31, 2013

4 kids dressed as the Ninja Turtles just came to my door and I gave Raph and Mikey better candy because I'm a god damn American.

— Ann Coultergeist (@OhNoSheTwitnt) October 31, 2013

I'm running out of candy. I hope these kids like soy sauce.

— Swishergirl (@Swishergirl24) October 31, 2013

Batman 1 gets candy. Batman 2 gets candy. Batman 3 gets candy. Batman 4 and beyond gets the hose. My house, my rules.

— Tim Siedell (@badbanana) October 31, 2013

With kids knocking on your door every five minutes, it's not like you'll have time to form a coherent, complex thought. So just turn off your brain and log in to Twitter tonight. Here are some of the funniest tweets of the evening.