The Spike Report pointed me to this ABC news coverage of a sculptor gaining notoriety, and unapologetic about it, making Serial Killer Action Figures. When I was young, I built the complete set of the plastic scale models of the Famous Monsters of Filmland — Frankenstein’s monster, Dracula, the Wolfman, the Bride of Frankenstein (who was really the bride of Frankenstein’s monster…), the Mummy, the Hunchback of Notre Dame, the Creature from the Black Lagoon, King Kong, Godzilla… — but of course back then there was “no such thing as monsters” in real life. Now that there are — and even more on the way, according to the article — I would suggest that those prone to collect figurines of real monsters insert an action figure of themselves into the tableau as a ritual enactment of the potential for good to vanquish evil.