Speculation about what a company might do in the future is the norm in every business, including the cigar world. In this leaf-loving industry, it seems that nowhere is speculation about what a company might put out next than Tatuaje and the annual Monster Series. Pete Johnson’s annual Halloween release has turned into a bit of a guessing game for fans of the line, and by and large he’s kept the release a fairly good secret, generally saving it for the industry’s annual IPCPR trade show every summer. As people began to wonder what movie monster Johnson might draw from for a future release, one name that kept getting brought up was Chucky, the children’s doll-turned-raging murder made famous in Don Mancini’s Child’s Playfilm series. In addition, talk of a companion cigar—Tiff—also began to circulate. Those rumors were quickly debunked by Johnson, though they weren’t entirely false. Chucky would be used as the inspiration for a different type of Monster, a Pudgy Monster. In February, Janny Garcia of My Father Cigars posted a picture of an unbanded cigar with the caption “Smoking my Tiffany!!!” and a #monsters hashtag. It seemed like Chucky and Tiffany would finally be getting cigars made in their image, and in ...
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