2017: The Year of Meat Cake!

Loving my new witch calendar designed and illustrated by none other than Dame Darcy! Themed in the style of her best selling graphic novel, Meat Cake Bible, which features other collected works, this work of art is extraordinary. 

To learn more about Meat Cake, and its success, view this NPR piece on the novel:

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In the 2017 calendar, each month has a gorgeous, one-of-a-kind illustration, in full color, including unique spiritual/witchy fun facts. Throughout the days of the month you will see full, new, and quarter moons marked, witchy tips and practices on special days, and all of the pagan holidays marked in for you! 

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Get yours while Dame Darcy still has a limited time BOGO deal on calendars and you'll receive two for one - it makes a great gift!

And don't forget a copy of Meat Cake Bible: 

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For more Dame Darcy awesomeness visit her website:

DameDarcy.com

...And follow her on all your favorite social media sites!

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Goodies and Gifts

    While recently browsing through my favorite Etsy artists, I gladly visited Dame Darcy's shop. Over the years this artist has been one of my biggest inspirations when it comes to the rare, yet intriguing genre of southern gothic. She is a talented, witchy, and a one of a kind artist who performs, illustrates, and sells incredible handmade goodies!

View DameDarcy.com today!

When I saw her 2016 Witch Calendar, I had to indulge...

    I was so excited when I purchased this gem, I decided to send a short heartfelt message to the Dame herself, just to say hi and remind her that her art is just as amazing as ever. I also thanked her for allowing my film crew and I to use her version of Down in Willow Garden, "Mercury Wine," in the credits of our film Avery Parrish Thieves. For more of her tracks, indulge here!

     Soon I received a response that made my heart leap! Dame Darcy was flattered and in turn shared both Avery Parrish Thieves and Séance on her social media sites, along with personally complimenting my work. As if I wasn't already feeling so flattered and happy, I became even more so when I received the witch calendar... along with an adorable gift...

There's nothing more rewarding than making great friends through great art. Cheers to all who agree, in the mean time, when it comes to Dame Darcy: Like, Follow, Read! 

Jack O'Lantern Leads the Way

Is it Halloween time yet?

by Jean-Baptiste Monge, from Halloween 1996

More of Monge's Work 

Happy Halloween!

Hope everyone had a great time this year! Looking forward to all of the amazing photos and blog posts to come! 

More vintage Halloween postcards and images here: My vintage Old School Halloween Graphics board on Pinterest! 

Artists: Dan Hillier

DanHillier.com

The Days of Illusion

Here's a clip from GhostWatching's YouTube Channel about the spiritualism movement and its effect on early cinema:

Alice in Zombieland

This just sounds awesome.

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Goodies: Mama's Little Babies (Etsy)

Some adorable accessories from this cute shop on Etsy: Mama's Little Babies.

The Work of Lisa Perrin

Absolutely love the artwork of Lisa Perrin, here are a few images from her Flickr Photostream, be sure to check it out!

Here's her Blog!

The Latest from I.M.Lowry

One of my favorite illustrators has been creating some amazing pieces of work lately...

I.M. Lowry's Photostream

J'aime Les Animaux

I love animals... especially when they are all dressed up.

Gorey Details' Stamps

More From I.M. Lowry

His new illustrations, very beautiful.

His Photostream

Stephen Gammell: He started it all...

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When I was about six-years-old, I remember when my brother (who was nine at the time) brought home the book "Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark" and the moment I saw the illustration on the cover of the book, I was curious. I had never seen a drawing like that before, mainly because I was used to the cutesy style that most children's books are in. I remember constantly looking at the cover of it when my brother read it, and when he'd put the book down I would still stare at it. I asked him about the book and he told me that it was pretty scary, the cover made sense.

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It wasn't until I was about nine when I went into our school library and saw the book again. This time I had more guts and decided to check it out (rare for me, I hardly ever read books by choice). When I opened the book, I saw that there were more creepy illustrations, many more. The creepy style that illustrator Stephen Gammell portrays so well motivated me to want to read every tale. Of course when I did, I fell in love with the scary stories told by Alvin Schwartz. This was the first time I was really exposed to scary stories, and the first time I fell in love with them. Also the first time I had seen artwork so different, so inspiring.

Pretty soon the other kids in my grade had discovered the book and the two others in the series, "More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark," and "Scary Stories 3: More Tales to Chill Your Bones." I woke up many times with terrifying nightmares because of the drawings, but never quit reading the series. I would check them out over and over again. Kids at school would trade them around too, there was always a good ghost story to talk about.

Every now and then I open one of them up to look at the brilliant sketches and to read a few of the tales... very nostalgic.