I always get excited around October for two reasons in particular. One, autumn happens to be my favorite time of year. There’s nothing like seeing the trees turn over their color and smelling burning leaves on the wind. The second reason, of course, is Halloween!

While I personally connect Halloween to a long standing American tradition, this particular holiday is great for everyone. If you’re too old for trick-or-treating, throw a costume party. Visit a haunted house. Watch a scary movie. Read Edgar Allan Poe.

Sometimes you just need to turn to your local webcomic to get into the spirit. Over at HPKomics, the festive mood has taken over. HPK, along with quite a few other talented artists, have been showing off various monster sketches. Not only is it a joy to check out, it has inspired me to attempt some Halloween sketches of my own.

It’s still early, of course, but I have a feeling we’ll be seeing more and more cartoonists falling into the season. I’ll post up links as I find ‘em and you should too! Feel free to swing by and leave a comment or three.