Friday, August 17, 2018

[ s p o o k y _ b a s e m e n t _ 2 ] + upcoming stuff

it is known - my brother has an unusual mind. this has been noted by both family and strangers, child and adult, those keenly observant and those less so.

it is a good thing, and he has a new book out: Spooky Basement Vol. 2: The 13 Creeps of Christmas [print|kindle]. go, go now and do the right thing.

Vol. 2 continues the adventures of Baron and Garindax as they engage in glorious battle with existential dread and cursed/perverted/hipstery monsters in a haunted Christmas theme park while on an urgent quest to find the One True Santa. it's brilliant and disturbing and one of the funniest things i've ever read. Goosebumps for super-immature adults, indeed.

i spent the first chunk of summer knocking out the cover for this one, and i think it turned out rather fun. lots of perspective exercises this year.

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Clay and his wife are currently hustling at Monster Mania 40 in Jersey, where i trust they'll continue to meet with tremendous success slinging these to Our People.

i am proud of my brother.

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other news: next March and April i'm going to have a new work on public display (!) for the first time since i was a tiny child. i'm participating in a gallery showing in support of SAU's annual theme ("Visual Narratives"), and this gave me an excuse/challenge to tackle the Bloodborne-tinged story i mentioned back in January. it's a 14x18" single comic page with 11 panels, is about half done, and features i think some of my best and wildest stuff. if i get it done by Halloween, you'll see it in chopped-up, internet-ready form.

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see you in October.

/.n [while listening to the Bloodborne soundtrack. Halloween is coming.]