Sam Wolfe Connelly, Sepulchur.

Sam Wolfe Connelly, Sepulchur.

Drew Millward.

Drew Millward.

A little late in the season for Krampus, but I love this illustration by Drew Millward.

A little late in the season for Krampus, but I love this illustration by Drew Millward.

Pencil version of a recent illustration I did.

Pencil version of a recent illustration I did.

books, paper, scissors: ARE YOU AN ARTIST???

bookspaperscissors:

In browsing the ‘everything’ stream on the new Artists on Tumblr tag today to find new artists to feature, I noticed that not many posts are being tagged with this yet (it did not take me long to browse through several days worth of posting) …………I know that a LOT of my followers, and the…

Thanks for the tip! I’ma get taggin’.

Sachin Teng.

Sachin Teng.

Stuntkid.

Stuntkid.

firegrowshigher:

goddamnitreddas:

exeuntomnes:

monsterism:

Why replace this original, beautiful, and scary artwork with THIS:

See how they’re ruining Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark.

oh god i remember the Brett Helquist replacement euuughhhh
Brett is good, but he’s no Stephen Gammell

yeah, there’s nothing wrong with the guy’s art, it’s not the same level of you’re-going-to-see-this-when-you-close-your-eyes-at-night kind of shit your pants

I always got the feeling the new illustrations were intended to reduce the level of panty-soiling terror after a long and storied history of sobbing, frightened children hiding their books in the closet where they couldn’t see them, and then subsequently being afraid of the closet (which is what I did, anyway).
Of course we all look back on it fondly now, but on the offset it doesn’t seem to be a good way to sell books to children.

I feel like the only reason anyone was buying these books was to see the terrifying illustrations. I mean, does anyone actually remember the plot of the story “Harold”?

firegrowshigher:

goddamnitreddas:

exeuntomnes:

monsterism:

Why replace this original, beautiful, and scary artwork with THIS:

See how they’re ruining Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark.

oh god i remember the Brett Helquist replacement euuughhhh

Brett is good, but he’s no Stephen Gammell

yeah, there’s nothing wrong with the guy’s art, it’s not the same level of you’re-going-to-see-this-when-you-close-your-eyes-at-night kind of shit your pants

I always got the feeling the new illustrations were intended to reduce the level of panty-soiling terror after a long and storied history of sobbing, frightened children hiding their books in the closet where they couldn’t see them, and then subsequently being afraid of the closet (which is what I did, anyway).

Of course we all look back on it fondly now, but on the offset it doesn’t seem to be a good way to sell books to children.

I feel like the only reason anyone was buying these books was to see the terrifying illustrations. I mean, does anyone actually remember the plot of the story “Harold”?


Stephen Gammell, The Wendigo. From Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark.
Related: this wonderfully creepy story by Norman Partridge about a Wendigo-like creature. The Hollow Man.

Stephen Gammell, The Wendigo. From Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark.

Related: this wonderfully creepy story by Norman Partridge about a Wendigo-like creature. The Hollow Man.

Stephen Gammell, The Bad News. From Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark.

Stephen Gammell, The Bad News. From Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark.