The eyeless, toothy fellow at the top of the image is the Necrojack. He’s sort of an undead elf.
The fellow with the spiky collar is a one of the priests of the One God.
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And the Winner for “Best Movie About People Trapped in a Supermarket by Monsters Released Since 2007” is …
Alien Raiders. The title is so generic that I kept for having to be reminded of what it was whenever I talked about the movie. The budget is probably much, much less than a quarter of The Mist‘s. The script … kick-ass.
Is it Perfect? Of course not. But when it comes out on DVD, sometime at the end of the year, it’s worth seeking out. Assuming you like monster movies of course.
Also worth watching is AM 1200. Lord knows when that might be available for a general audience.
Unfortunately those are the only two films I saw at the HP Lovecraft Film Festival that I can recommend. There may have been some other great films but, due to hideous traffic on the way down and scheduling issues at the Festival, I didn’t see that many movies.
Better luck next year.
Away for the Weekend
I’ll be off at the H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival this weekend. The weekend starts tomorrow. No posts until Monday. Cheers!
Potpurri
Out in the “real” world the sun is shining on Seattle. Nizzibet and I are housesitting at a friend’s “mansion” (4000 square feet) and that involves regular commutes between there and home to make sure that our cat is fed. Tomorrow is our last day there. We’ve been there now for a little over a week. We’re mostly there to make sure that their cats are fed and have company. The cats are sphinxes, “hairless”, and they’re very affectionate. The male thinks that the best place in the world to hang out is on one’s shoulders. That makes doing artwork somewhat difficult.
Trolling
Writing the scripts for Troll Tales was interesting. It probably would have been easier if we’d thought of Snapper, the young troll protagonist, as a villain instead of the hero. It’s not that he was evil, he was just rude, self-centered, mischievous and a little cruel. You know – a troll. And being the protagonist he had to be rewarded for his bad behavior. It’s funny that I’d had no problem writing the misbehaviors of Moe and Detritus but I had problems writing the regular behavior of a troll.
The dancing fool at the top of the page is, once again, Tumbler.
The hairy gent below him is my own version of a troll.
Minus Seth
It’s the lizards! Not all the lizards. I seem to have left Seth out. That’s not surprising. Seth is the level headed one and therefore less likely to provide a lively expression.
At the top – Aunt Hortense
Middle left – Zerro
Middle right – Missi
Bottom left – Willie
Bottom right – Lamallia
Trollboy
A young troll.
Fortunately not the kind that eats human beings.
Lucky you.
Boralis
The creature with the tusks in the center is our old friend Boralis the demon.
Most of the characters above and below him were originally created for a comic strip I’d discussed doing with former member of Labor of Love in 1996 or 1997. One of these days I’ll get around to posting the art for those strips. I’ll need to find it first of course.
Old School Burrabb
I got caught up in wrestling with the new version of Photoshop and forgot to post yesterday. So, through the miracle of redating, here’s yesterday’s post today.
The fellow with the horns is an old style burrabb, only two nostrils and two “ears” on the head instead of the current version that has multiple nostrils and “ears” at the base of the skull.
The elephant is one of many species of animals that humanity has re-engineered.
Nailed
Sunny day before a three day weekend. I’ll be elbow deep in corpses myself. I’m the illustrator for Sixtystone Press’s handbook on ghouls by Daniel Harms. Which has nothing to do with this image but there you go.
