THE WEEK IN WEIRD NEWS 2017 #4

'SAVE MY INK FOREVER' ALLOWS FAMILY TO KEEP TATTOOED SKIN OF LOVED ONES AFTER DEATH

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/you-can-keep-tattooed-skin-after-a-loved-one-dies_uk_58888043e4b0825491510c62?utm_hp_ref=uk-weird-news

DEATH CAFE

POSTER I ILLUSTRATED RECENTLY FOR A FRIEND'S DEATH CAFE EVENT.

HORROR THEATRE EDITORIAL ILLUSTRATION

AS WE HEAD INTO OCTOBER I AM GETTING SUPER EXCITED FOR HALLOWEEN! HENCE I HAD LOTS OF FUN WORKING ON THIS LATEST EDITORIAL PIECE FOR THE SKINNY MAG NORTH WEST TO COMPANY AN ARTICLE ON THE WELCOME RETURN OF HORROR THEATRE. THE IMAGE IS BASED ON THE IDEA OF FRANKENSTEIN'S MONSTER AS HAMLET (FRANKLET?). I LOVE THIS TIME OF YEAR AND I'M HOPING TO GET SOME MORE HORROR-THEMED PROJECTS ON THE GO THIS MONTH <3

'SCREAM!' VINTAGE HORROR COMICS

ABOVE ARE IMAGES FROM SCREAM!, A SERIES OF 1980'S HORROR COMICS MY BOYFRIEND BOUGHT AS A KID. I'M A BIG FAN OF CLASSIC EC HORROR SO WAS EXCITED TO HAVE A READ OF THESE WHEN HE FOUND THEM OVER CHRISTMAS. WITH SOME LOVELY VINTAGE HORROR-STYLE COVER ART AND EQUALLY LOVELY ILLUSTRATIONS INSIDE, THE COMIC FEATURES A NUMBER OF GRUESOME, SERIALISED STORIES LINKED BY A CREEPY, HOODED, TALES FROM THE CRYPT-STYLE NARRATOR/EDITOR. UNFORTUNATELY THE SERIES ONLY RAN FOR 15 ISSUES BEFORE BEING CANCELLED (DUE IN PART, ACCORDING TO WIKIPEDIA, MARY WHITEHOUSE'S 'VIDEO NASTIES' CAMPAIGN IN THE EARLY 80'S), SO I THINK THEY ARE HARD TO FIND BUT I'D HIGHLY RECOMMEND A READ IF YOU DO! 

COLOUR EXPERIMENTS

I'VE BEEN FOCUSING ON ADDING TO MY STORYBOARDING PORTFOLIO AMONG OTHER THINGS RECENTLY, HENCE A LACK OF POSTS, BUT I'LL UPDATE WITH MORE 'WEIRD NEWS' AND OTHER BITS SOON. MEANWHILE, HERE ARE A COUPLE OF REWORKINGS OF PREVIOUS 'WEIRD NEWS' STORIES - I'VE BEEN LOOKING BACK AT SOME OF MY OLD WORK WITH A VIEW TO 'MARRYING' A COMBINATION OF MY ILLUSTRATION AND PAINTING STYLE. I'LL BE DOING MORE OF THESE EXPERIMENTS UNTIL I'M HAPPY WITH THE TECHNIQUE SO WILL POST AS I DO THEM.

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