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Awesome Bill Murray Art Exhibit – ‘Please Post Bills’ at Gallery1988

My long-standing adoration of comedic actor Bill Murray is probably no secret [see my earlier entry/photo:  "Peter Venkman, Ph.D. -- Busted" ].  So you can imagine how enthralled I am by the new exhibit of Bill Murray-inspired artwork at Gallery1988 in California, called "Please Post Bills -- An Art Tribute to a Comic Legend."  Nearly all of Murray's major film characters are represented and I was pleased to see that some were not overlooked amidst all the Ghostbusters and Steve Zissou images (especially "Big Ern McKracken" from Kingpin).  I was impressed by the numerous horror interpretations, especially the zombie versions…
November 6, 2011Posted inSnippets of the Strange
Posted inSnippets of the Strange

A Baby Costume for Halloween

This is probably the most literal Baby Costume I've ever seen. via benjikane.livejournal.com Imagine if you answer the door on Halloween night, and all of these little wrigglers whisper "Trick or Treat" in infantile glee as they reach out at you for some candy. And in the center of the undulating gyre, "Daddy" would just stare at you. This image is shared from the "Halloween Countdown" over on horror author Benjamin Kane Ethridge's weblog, Cloth's Chapel, in the entry for Halloween baby costumes.
October 22, 2011Posted inSnippets of the Strange3 Comments
Posted inSnippets of the Strange

Scalin’s SKULL A DAY

Here's a fantastic image from Noah Scalin's five-year running SKULL-A-DAY blog, book, and other diverse creative projects. Lots of great art and ideas on his site, which has just been a great, sustained mill of morbid creativity with such a sustained commitment to the project. My favorite, I think, is the image (pictured above) of a "Skull of Brains" that Scalin made by arranging actual brain slices encased in acrylic at the wonderful Mutter Museum. See his blog entry on the project for a behind-the-scenes video of its construction and more shots of this big, brainy skull. I think a…
October 18, 2011Posted inSnippets of the Strange
Posted inSnippets of the Strange

Jim Henson and Monstrosity

Liked today's google doodle for Jim Henson's 75th Birthday. It made me start thinking about just how bizarre Sesame Street (let alone The Muppet Show) really was. Also reminded me that I once wrote an alternative muppet piece in a (way) back issue of The Goreletter: if you missed it, check out "Grim Henzen Productions". p.s. The interactive logos are the best. I learned you can make the word 'google' eat itself in today's doodle... I also made the bald man's glasses spin off, but I have no idea how I did that.
September 24, 2011Posted inSnippets of the Strange