Ghostface Mask Origin Stories

 I'm going to piggy back Tuesday's Alterian Ghost Factory spotlight post with a few articles written about the urban legends surrounding the Ghostface mask. 

An argument can be made that the Ghostface mask was born at the Alterian Ghost Factory, and not Funworld. Personally, I don't have a strong opinion either way, as both materials featuring Funworld's "Peanut-Eyed Ghost" and Alterian's "Wailing Ghost" both seem to start being distributed roughly around 1990-1991. Although I will say, have heard stories from several folks in the industry that insist that the Alterian version came first. Here are some of the early Alterian Ghost Factory ads and collateral materials that feature the Wailing Ghost...

Either way, there are several stories and fun urban myths that have surfaced as to the origin of the mask. Here are a few...

Fangoria Article on the FunWorld origin

Abandoned House origin

Huffpost Article on the Loren Gitthens origin

Conventional origin story

Ghostface Site

Just a quick aside to piggyback Saturday's post on the Ghostface mask... someone has taken their love of the Ghostface mask onto a website at: http://www.ghostface.co.uk/maskinfo.html. The site itself is well designed is full of great photos and info galore. There's a forum too, which includes a dedicated mask area.

Image Source: http://www.ghostface.co.uk/

Funworld Ghostface Mask Article

Here is a small aside article from Fango 189 with some nice history about Funworld's  "Peanut-Eyed Ghost" mask, as it was called back in 1991 when it was initially released...

Wikipedia has some excellent info for those looking for a more in depth history of the mask under the "Concept and Creation" section of this page.

Image Source: Wikipedia.org