Halloween might have come and gone yesterday, but for folks in Mexico, it was just the beginning of their three-day festival known around the world as Dia de los Muertos: the Day of the Dead!

Beyond the costumes and the skeletons and the candy, it’s a time for families to remember loved ones lost over the years. Let me just borrow this quote posted on Wikipedia, taken from Frances A. Day’s Latina and Latino Voices in Literature, to explain the holiday:

“On October 31, All Hallows Eve, the children make a children’s altar to invite the angelitos (spirits of dead children) to come back for a visit. November 1 is All Saints Day, and the adult spirits will come to visit. November 2 is All Souls Day, when families go to the cemetery to decorate the graves and tombs of their relatives. The three-day fiesta is filled with marigolds, the flowers of the dead; muertos (the bread of the dead); sugar skulls; cardboard skeletons; tissue paper decorations; fruit and nuts; incense, and other traditional foods and decorations.”

If you’re in the mood for a fun, spooky movie that celebrates the…er, spirit (sorry) of this holiday, check out The Book of Life, a 2014 animated film produced by director Guillermo del Toro (Hellboy, Pacific Rim) that features the voices of Diego Luna, Zoe Saldana, Channing Tatum, Ice Cube, and Ron Perlman. It’s sort of like a Mexican take on The Nightmare Before Christmas—at least animation-wise—about a bullfighter’s adventures and romances in the afterlife.

And if you’re looking for some StarWarp Concepts treats, how about some free digital comics? Check out this Halloween post from yesterday and see how you can download your own copies of The Saga of Pandora Zwieback #0, the horror adventure Heartstopper: The Legend of La Bella Tenebrosa #1–3, and the superheroine-themed Heroines and Heroes.

Have a safe and happy Day of the Dead!