It might be hard to tell but, that round thing, by the faun’s foot? It’s a lawn sprinkler. This scan doesn’t show it but, in the background, there’s a sketch of a nice suburban home. So this cavorting couple are setting themselves up to be the talk of the neighborhood. Unless, of course, they live in a very different version of suburbia than I’m familiar with.

Protect the children! Keep them away from scary things!

Being a weird child, I sought out scary books and movies. I can’t remember a story I stopped reading because it was too scary. If the movie was too scary I turned off the television. I knew the difference between reality and fiction. The only fiction inspired nightmare I ever had involved aspects of Captain Nemo and the Underwater City. Not the giant manta ray. I dreamed I was frozen in place and a painting of Captain Nemo was reaching out to … strangle me? Tickle me? Pick my nose? I couldn’t tell you because I forced myself to wake up.

Umm. Yeah. Apparently I’m rambling again.

I recently bought a flat file cabinet. Rather, I bought second flat file. It’s larger than my old one. I’m taking advantage of the extra space to pull more art out of boxes and reorganize the art that’s in the original cabinet. I’ve got a nice sized stack of art ready for scanning already. The funny thing is, I can also now see running out of old art to scan and post. What an odd feeling.

All of which has little to do with fang face up there. Vampires are kind of low on my list of favorite monsters. I enjoy a good vampire story and I don’t have a lot of attachment to whether a vampire is a hideous monster or a romantic studly sort. Whether or not I like the story has more to do with how well it is told than whether or not the vamp has good hair.

That said, most vampires are a bit too human for me to love. The more human a monster is the less willing I am to let him get away with wanting to eat me.