illustratorxSome people asked about getting larger pics of some of Brett Booth's artwork from my books, so here is a link to his zazzle acount to order posters. http://tinyurl.com/99nh4

Here is something you won't find in Scared! I was thinking of Godzilla's nemesis Biollante when I drew this, but it turned out looking a little too much like "Little Shop of Horrors." Since Scared! was already overfilled with illustrations this one got the ax, but thanks to the magic of the internet you can now see this magnificent specimen of botanical hunger!

My favorite episode of the short lived "Amazing Stories" had an actor stuck in a Mummy costume trying to get to the hospital to see his wife give birth. It was called "The Mummy is a Daddy" or something silly like that. Now that was good tv.

Here are a couple of Mummies from Scared. I love seeing real Mummies in museums, we don't have physical proof for vampires or werewolves but we just keep digging up more and more mummies. So maybe the legends are true...

"Between me and the moonlight flitted a great bat, comeing and going in great, whirling circles" From Bram Stroker's Dracula

Even a man who is pure at heart
And says his prayers by night
Can become a wolf when the wolfbane blooms
And the autumn moon is bright

If there's something strange
In your neighborhood
Who you gonna call
(Ghostbusters)
If there's something weird
And it don't look good
Who you gonna call
(Ghostbusters)

I ain't afraid of no ghost
I ain't afraid of no ghost

If you're seeing things
Running through your head
Who can you call
(Ghostbusters)
An invisible man
Sleeping in your bed
Oh, who you gonna call
(Ghostbusters)

I ain't afraid of no ghost
I ain't afraid of no ghost

Who you gonna call
(Ghostbusters)
If you're all alone
Pick up the phone
And call
(Ghostbusters)

I ain't afraid of no ghost
I hear it likes the girls
I ain't afraid of no ghost
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Who you gonna call
(Ghostbusters)
If you've had a dose
Of a freaky ghost
Maybe you'd better call
(Ghostbusters)

Let me tell you something
Bustin' makes me feel good

I ain't afraid of no ghost
I ain't afraid of no ghost

Don't get caught alone, oh no
(Ghostbusters)
When it comes through your door
Unless you just want some more
I think you better call
(Ghostbusters)
Ow

Who you gonna call
(Ghostbusters)
Who you gonna call
(Ghostbusters)
Ah, I think you better call
(Ghostbusters)...

Here is a trio of images from my long time partner in crime Bryan Baugh! All characters are available in Scared! How to Draw Fantastic Horror Comics, from Watson-Guptill.

Executioner

Mean Dog

vampire bat

Oops! I'm a day behind on blogging and with "Lost" on tonight if I don't post early this morning I'll probably miss two days in a row! So here you go, a double fright fest; a vampire count in a Nosferatu like pose and him in his vampire bat form. When ever I draw vampires I'm always influenced by the movie "Fright Night," a film which I still love even if it gets dissed by a lot of horror fans. I saw it on Showtime when I was in high school one rainy night in the early hours of the morning. I think the circumstances you see a horror film under have as much to do with how fondly you remember a film as much as the quality of the actual film.

Here is the front piece from my "Scared!" book. I think it would make a great wallpaper for your computer desktop during the month of October. It is a jam piece by Bill Bronson, Bryan Baugh, and myself.

Here is the piece I commissioned from Roger Cruz to go with the Drac, Frankie, and Wolfman piece I showcased yesterday. I had tons of fun coloring this badboy. I especially love the creepy green "the FOG" smoke I came up with.

Roger Cruz caught my eye with his X-Men work back when he was heavily influenced by Joe Madureira, okay he still is, but he has added a lot of his own flava to his recent work. I was thrilled when he agreed to allow me the use of this image and I commissioned a companion piece which ultimately got cut due to space restrictions, hopefully someday Bryan and I will do "Scared 2" and it will finally see print.

Here is Bryan Baugh's creeping brain...I mean his drawing of a Creeping Brain.

Here is Bryan's Wolfman, definately has that classic Lon Chaney [Larry Talbot / the wolf man] feel to it. My son, who was only 14 months old when I was coloring this illustration, saw it and called it a "funny monkey." At the tender age of 1 I had not yet explained to him what a wolfman was so I guess "funny monkey" was as close as he could come. Now at two he calls it a werewolf; I would like to argue with him about the differences I see between wolfmen and werewolves, but I'll save that until he is three.

Continuing in our month of SCARES we have a wolfman by yours truly. A few people have ventured guesses on what movie or character I based this guy off of. In reality it wasn't a movie but food! I was thinking of the old Fruit Brute wolf from the General Mills breakfast cereal.

"How many candles am I holding? Let's count them. One candle ah-ah-ah. Two candles ah-ah-ah. Three candles ah-ah-ah...." Sorry, I've been watching a lot of Sesame Street with my kids. Another great illustration from Bryan Baugh, my co-author on "Scared!"

Bryan Baugh's depiction of cat people are equal parts sensual spookiness and frightful fun. For more great and terrifying artwork check out his website at http://www.cryptlogic.net/