Spooky Stash Pile.

A sneaky peek at my spooky stash pile for Halloween this year.

These are the creepy Comics and Books I'll be curling up with this October.

Halloween Droop.

Just for anybody reading this who may be suffering from a case of mid-October 'Halloween droop', here's a creepy little pick-me-up in the form of a rancid soulless Zombie to perk up your All Hallows' Eve vibe.

Skelephobia On Steroids.

Spotted this boney guy while out-and-about on my travels this week in a local indoor Market.

A giant (and I mean massive) Skeleton coming out of the ground. By far the biggest Skeleton I've ever seen.

I feel like Skeletons are a very underrated and underused Monster (when was the last time you saw a good Skeleton horror movie or book or comic?), and Halloween is the one time they get to shine again.

Ghoul On The Loose.

Watch out! There's a Ghoullllll on the loose.

Fresh from the Graveyard (or rather my Sketchbook), it's a one-eyed Living Dead abomination.

Brains In A Bag.

For anyone wondering what's on the menu this Halloween...? It's Brains in a bag.

Love the packaging design of these Zombie Sweeties. From the gruesome Ghoul on the front (pretty gory design for Kids' sweets) to the pink marshmallow Brains.

Very cool.

The Trap Door.

Although they might not look like much... these two guys kept the Monsters at bay.

Berk and Boni from the eighties Kid's claymation TV show 'The Trap Door'. Two classic horror icons from my youth.

This show was very much one of the first horror themed franchises I remember falling in love with when I was very young. The Monster designs and overall premise of the show was so much fun.

The Cutlery Of A Zombie Stomper.

It's been a good day to be a Zombie Fan.
 
Firstly I went into town and got the second-to-last Blu-ray copy of 28 Years Later, which was only released today, before the shop sold out.

And then while shopping on the way home I came across these Zombie dispatching Halloween utensils that I've never seen before in the shops and have only seen online, but had always wanted one.

Hoodie Undead Horror.

A mash up of 'Hoodie Horror' and 'Zombie Horror' in this new sketch of a creepy hooded Ghoul.

No ASBO is gonna stop this rotten young offender.

Halloween Haul.

I did tell myself I was going to have a more toned down Halloween, and not over do it so much this year...

But that said, here are a few Halloween related items I picked up while out at the shops today, including another tiny plywood Coffin, and six little Skeletons to fight over who gets to sleep in it.

They Called Him Berk.

Be honest... Would you trust this little guy to guard your Trap Door?

Romero's Sinister Six.

My collection of all six of George A Romero's Zombie movies. From 'Night' to 'Survival'.

As a massive George A Romero fan growing up, I was only lucky enough to see one of his films in the cinema when it was released. That being Land Of The Dead back in 2005. Which I actually did enjoy a lot.

It's a pretty basic all DVD collection, but I do have a Charlie Adlard (artist of The Walking Dead) slipcover for my copy of Diary Of The Dead, which is pretty cool.

The Fluorescent Fiend.

Again... I know it's a bit early for breaking out the Halloween content just yet, but for anyone who wanted to see my newly acquired Mask in action, here's a quick selfie I took over the weekend of me wearing it.

Not sure about the bright yellow colour of this Mask. Makes this poor Zombie look like he has Jaundice.

Halloween In Summer.

This feels right...

It's only August the 22nd (i.e. still the Summer) and yet I saw my first local Halloween display while out shopping today and bought my first Halloween Mask. 

That's gotta be some kind of record, right?

Zombie Punk.

Considering my love for the movie Return Of The Living Dead, I think this is actually my first ever Zombie Punk. Or certainly my first one for a very, very, very long time.

Update: Turns out today is randomly Return Of The Living Dead's 40th birthday. I honestly had no idea and didn't plan this. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ROTLD. This Undead Punk is for you.

Five Alive.

Back in May my Cactus bloomed for the first time ever with a single flower. And then in July it bloomed again, this time growing three flowers at the same time. And now it's just showing off this month by growing five (yes five!) flowers.

 

This Cactus is having a great Summer.

Sting In The Tail.

I do worry all this sunny weather has given one of my poor Cactuses hemorrhoids.

Skeletal Zombie.

What a rotter...

A very thin and skeletal like Zombie taken from my sketchbook.

Pet Chow.

My favourite twisted News Story of the day.

Space Invaders.

More Space Invaders...

Or should I say some extra-Extraterrestrials, if you will.

They want to take your Brain to another dimension... Pay close attention.

Let Me In!

A giant Moth hanging out on my window yesterday enjoying the sunny weather.

Such amazing colours.

Not Of This World.

Some Extraterrestrials fresh from my sketchbook. 

I was hoping to draw some Aliens to coincide with UFO day this year. But considering UFO day was over 3-weeks ago now... I fear I might have missed the deadline on that one.

The Vicious Void Returns.

Just when you thought it was safe to try and go about your everyday life again, the cosmic nightmare that is the 'Vicious Void' returns.

Again (and I can't say this strongly enough)... Please do not look into the Void for long periods of time. Doing so will probably shred your mind and leave you a jittering husk of a person.  

Side effects from overviewing the Void may include: Madness... An overwelming urge to feed yourself to the Void... A feeling of unease and of being enslaved to a powerful demigod... Dry mouth and bleeding from the eyes...

My second try at depicting an interdimensional lovecraftian void entity through photomanipulation. People seemed to like the first one, so I thought I'd have another go.

Just Don't...

I've got a soft spot for a good 'Don't' sign. Here's one I found yesterday on the Pier.

I like that it looks like they're jumping over the red line and out of the sign.

Gorgon Cacti.

My Cacti has recently been channelling its inner Medusa in all this sunny weather.

Mr Zombie And Friend.

Now both in Colour. Mr Zombie and his fame hungry friend.

One hungers for human flesh. One hungers for 'Hits' and 'Likes'.

Question is... Would you risk it all for a Zombie Selfie? Would you risk the chance of going Viral just for a chance to go Viral?

How close to a Zombie would you be brave enough to get just to snap that perfect pic for strangers on the internet?

41-Years Ago Today.

On this day in horror history 41-years ago today.

Remember... whatever you get up to tonight with your friends, be smart, don't party in the cemetery.

Cosmic Cacti.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again... Summer makes Cactuses do weird things.

At this point, it's starting to look like a strange Alien Life-Form.

The Animated Dead.

Zombie Brain Eaters.

It's been a long time since I've made a 'GIF' from my artwork. So this week I decided to animate an old panel from a one-page strip I did a couple of years ago called 'Zombie With A Pizza Cutter'. A quick comic tale about a malicious Ghoul who goes round attacking his victims with a certain kitchen utensil to get to their delicious Brains (a very 'Grindhouse' kind of idea). And now you can see his quest for yummy gray matter in full motion and colour.

It's a very basic GIF, I know, but hopefully still fun. 

You can read the original comic HERE.

Dalek Vs Cyberman.

It's just not a Comic Con without running into a couple of famous sci-fi celebrities.

An old school Dalek and (what looks like a homemade) Cyberman from Doctor Who.

Taken at Hastings Comic Con 2025 last weekend.

The Ripper Strikes Again.

The Ripper strikes again (this time in profile).

Another recent shot of the scourge of Whitechapel.  

Yet again 'Old Saucy Jack' prowls the streets looking for his next victim.

Comic Con Attire.

I didn't do any cosplaying but one highlight from the weekend just gone was that I finally had an excuse to wear my Batman t-shirt since it was a Comic Con.

Plus it was also actually sunny for once, so I got to wear my shades, too.

Ready To Fight The Dead.

Had a fun time at Hastings Comic Con this weekend. Hot and sticky, but still fun.

Did I manage to find anything Zombie related to buy, you might ask? Yes... Yes, I did... I got these two very cool badges.

Bubblegum Bride Of Frankenstein.

She's been pencilled... She's been inked... She's been cleaned up and scanned... And now finally she's been coloured, too. 

I wanted to colour her much more traditionally, but at some point her colour palette went from 'classy' to more of a 'Bubblegum Bride Of Frankenstein' kind of look.

The Colour Of Death.

Considering the crazy amount of Zombies I've had to draw over recent months, this is actually the first one I've had a chance to get to colour and I had a lot of fun trying to make him look as gruesome and decayed as I could.

I don't know how many people reading this have had to colour or paint or dress as a Zombie before over the years in their own art projects, but it's tricky, as the first thing you have to decide on is your own Zombie Colour Palette. So with mine, I tried to make my Undead character look drained and saturated. Like death and being outside in the elements all day in bad weather had faded him. I also went for a rotten meat kind of vibe, so you know this guy is decomposing and stinky just by sight.

Saturday Selfie.

Sketchbook Selfie Girl finally gets some hair...

If you guessed I was gonna give her a 'messy bun', you were correct.

Cutting Through The Grey.

It might be a gloomy day down here on the south coast, but for some reason one of my Cacti has chosen today of all days to flower.

This is the first time it has ever bloomed, so you are looking at its first ever flower, and I think it's a really good one.

Before this Spring, I had never had a Cactus flower. Now I've had two.

Sketchbook Selfie.

It's been a very long time since I've drawn anything remotely 'risque', so I hope people won't begrudge my latest (somewhat saucy) sketchbook scribble too much, as I rarely let myself do nudes these days.

An ode to modern 'selfie culture' and all those that make art this way now.

I also like that if you painted the phone out of the picture she would just be 'flipping the V' at the viewer.

As you can see, it's still very much a 'WIP', as I've yet to decide what to do with this character's hair.

Jack The Day Tripper.

Lock up your Harlots... 

JACK'S BACK.

It's amazing who you can run into while out on a walk on a nice sunny day. This guy is a long way from Whitechapel.

A Jack The Ripper mannequin spotted recently while out on a walk.

Webcam Girl.

Smile! You're on Webcam.

I'm not really feeling brave enough yet to post a whole page from my new Comic. So here's half-a-page.

Great horror comic book artists of the past would spend their days drawing characters like 'creepy gravediggers' and 'evil mad scientists'. Whereas recently I've been drawing an animal cosplaying internet 'vlogger' for my latest horror tale.

Erasable Pen Sketchbook Page.

Been playing around in my sketchbook with some 'Erasable Pens'.

Not a great Pen for drawing with, I have to say, and I found the Ink looked a bit light and washed out. And I had to press so hard to rub out the Ink that I ended up ruining the page under it in my sketchbook.

But that said, I do still like a couple of the results I got with it. At times you can almost get a 'poor man's etching' kind of effect with them.

Little Cacti Balls.

Speaking of the sunny weather making my Cactuses grow weird things...

One has also recently grown a pair of little Cacti balls either side of its main shaft.

There have been some people who have seen it who have commented that it might look a little... shall we say... phallic... I'll let you be the judge.

Pollen Peepers.

Sunny weather can make Cacti do some weird things.

Like grow a pair of 'Flower Eyes'.

Bop The Dead.

Because Easter is all about rebirth and resurrection and things coming back to life... here's a creepy Zombie being taken out 'whack-a-mole' style.

A very HAPPY EASTER, to all those who celebrate it.