PostMortem

(This is waaaaay overdue....)

The opening night was frighteningly amazing. Over 400 people that walked through Eyedrum's door that night. Three fantastic bands rocked it out.  And we managed to burn down a 10 x 12 x 5 foot sculpture of the city of Atlanta in the parking lot without having the fire department show up. 

Check out the photos here and here.

Thanks again to everyone who was involved and who helped us throw an unforgettable event!

How to Care for Your Monster

Any of you heard of the classic book:
How to Care for Your Monster by Geof Smith

Read up on Frankensteinia's reaction to the read.

Cloudseerlcs

...created by Aaron Nather at the Domy Monster Show
... posted by LCS: The illustration news portal

The Milton the Monster Show

Picture taken from Dave Mackey



"It's thrilling and chilling,
and oh so shock filling,
The Milton the Monster Show;
It's daring and scaring,
you'll find yourself staring,
at Milton the Monster's Show;
Your flesh will creep,
your heart will thump,
the sites will paralyze;
But then you'll see the strangest things
that ever met your eyes!
It's loony and goony,
and practically swoony;
You'll shake and you'll quake,
at the sights that they make,
on The Milton the Monster Show!
Introducing the star of the show, Milton the Monster.
He blows his stack
when he flips his lid;
Although he's a monster
he's just a big kid;
And now he's ready to go,
on The Milton the Monster Show."

More More More? Ron Kurer's Toon Tracker

Flathead Symphony

Flathead Symphony - Watch a funny movie here




This clip reminds me of all of us in the Monster Show... they're making it happen... we can too <3

Life Within the Diary

Monster Diary? What’s that?

[Diligent kigurumi maker Atsushi Tomura's] Monster Diary is just that - a diary of blank pages of which I fill one each day with a drawing of a monster.

Everyday!? You mean, you get different ideas every single day?

Sometimes ideas come easily, sometimes it takes more time. But basically, anything goes with monsters, so there’s no limit whatsoever. Draw a bizarre shape and add eyes and facial features, and that makes another monster. I even see one in my dreams from time to time.

Snickerzilla Ravages City

Snickerzilla Ravages City (Animal Makers Monster Suit) - Watch more funny videos here


I'm hungry.

So Yummy. So Yummy.

Yo Gabba Gabba!.
Disclaimer: listening to this every morning before work will make you smile.

Your Definition of Monster

...picture drawn by bradfitzpatrick... who draws cartoon pictures :)




What does your monster look like?

-an imaginary creature usually having various human and animal parts
-giant: someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful
-freak: a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed
-a cruel wicked and inhuman person
(medicine) a grossly malformed and usually nonviable
fetus

Monster is a term for any number of legendary creatures that frequently appear in mythology, legend, and horror fiction. The word originates from the ancient Latin ', meaning "omen", from the root of ', "to warn", also meaning prodigy, miracle.

Monster is a 2003 film about the life of female serial killer Aileen Wuornos, a former prostitute who was executed in 2002 for killing seven men in the late 1980s and early 1990s.(film)

"Monster" is the third single from Cardiff band The Automatic, and is also their signature live song. It was released on June 5 2006 and reached #4 in the UK Singles Chart, but entered at #23 the week before based on downloads alone.(song)

Monster is R.E.M.'s ninth album, and their fourth major label release for Warner Bros., released in 1994. It is their most guitar-heavy album to this day.(album)

Monster is a novel written in 2005 by Frank E. Peretti. It tells a story of a horrifying predator who terrorizes the woods of northern Idaho. The story deals with views on evolution, beneficial mutation, and natural selection. It is also Peretti's first science fiction novel.(novel)

Monster is a seinen anime and manga by Naoki Urasawa, serialized in Big Comic Original, published by Shogakukan, between 1994 and 2001, and reprinted in 18 tankōbon.(manga)

Monster is and box set anthologizing David Thomas's solo career from the years 1981-1987, during which time his main vehicle, Pere Ubu, was inactive. In some cases, the albums included have been radically remixed and rearranged from their original forms.(box set)

Monster.com is an employment website. It was created in 1999 by the merger of The Monster Board (TMB) and Online Career Center (OCC), which were two of the first and most popular career web sites on the Internet.(website)

MONSTER is the fifteenth album by Japanese hard rock band B'z, released on June 28, 2006. The catalogue code for this album is BMCV-8018.(B'z album)

Monster is a young adult drama novel by American author Walter Dean Myers and was published by Harpercollins in 1999.(1999 novel)

The Monster is an amusement ride manufactured by Eyerly Aircraft Corporation. It opened in 1970 at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, USA. This ride spins while moving up and down at a slow pace. The Monster offers a fun ride for guests of many different ages and sizes.(Thrill Ride)

"Monster" is an episode of The Outer Limits television show. It was first broadcast on Friday July 10 of 1998, during the fourth season.(The Outer Limits)

Monster is a critically acclaimed 2003 album by rapper Killer Mike.(Killer Mike album)

Monster is an album by the band Steppenwolf, released in 1969 (see 1969 in music) and was their first LP with new lead guitarist, Larry Byrom instead of Michael Monarch. The album was Steppenwolf's most political one, making references to important issues at the time, such as the Vietnam War.(Steppenwolf album)

Monster is a season two episode of ''''.(Law & Order: Criminal Intent episode)

An extremely strong hand, one that is almost certain to win the pot.

A very big hand. In a tournament, a player who begins to accumulate chips after having a small stack is considered to be a monster.

A superior player.

A very strong hand that has a high probability of winning.

A high ranking card.

a licence issued by the Registrar permitting the conduct of bingo where the total value of the prizes to be awarded for any one event is greater than the limit for Regular Bingo.

A great hand in poker and expected to win. This term is also used in poker tournaments for a player who accumulates a large amount of chips quickly.

A powerful hand which can be counted on to consistently win pots, such as a full house.

Not the for sure winner, which is called "The Nuts", but a huge hand that has a really good chance of winning.

Person who is not a character but who takes on a role or series of roles (usually decreed by a Ref) and interacts with characters to advance/provoke actions.

Be a monster in an 8-bit movie.

unknown aspect of self, very often children in developmental stages will dream of monsters as new parts of themselves are emerging and they are feeling overwhelmed by these unknown aspects of themselves.

A very big hand.

A very strong hand.

A very good hand that is likely to win the pot.

s c r e e m i e s

...see the screemies? I see the screemies. Get to know the screemies...

The Screemies

History: The Screemies were supossedly an ordinary flock of sea gulls that were mutated by the radiation of atomic bomb tests into slightly humanoid forms. The world-conquering mastermind known as The Yellow Claw planned to use the Screemies to attack America, where they would pillage the nation's food supply to feed themselves. The Yellow Claw's plans were foiled by an American scientist who learned that the Screemies were intelligent and had their own form of primative civilization. The Screemies were taught the principles of farming so they could feed themselves, and sent to the Yellow Claw's secret island to establish their own society.

Wingspan: 36 in.
Demonstrated Powers: The Screemies had a slightly humanoid appearance (having arms and legs along with their wings) and a primative intelligence.

Comment: Speculation - Rather than being a random accident, the Screemies mutation could have been the result of an early experiment by The High Evolutionary (introduced in Thor # 134), a scientist who had a history of transforming ordinary animals into human-like forms.



Interesting? Find more at the Monster Blog! where you can Meet The Monsters... or look at some cool Jack Kirby comics... comics you need to look at... did I say need?! ... yes you need to look at...

I See You....

Not much to be said here... happy hunting fellows!
The Myriad - A CLEAN SHOT

Maybe We're the Monsters

Ron Mueck is an Australian hyper-realist sculptor working in the UK. His incredible sculptures of creepy, grotesque, mottled skin and uncannily gigantic proportional figures have adorned the Millennium Dome as well as Charles Saatchi’s living room for a number of years now. It would be fair to say, Mueck’s one of the leading contemporary artists of today...It’s the attention to detail, technical brilliance and the (odd) scale of his figures that takes your breath away. His work, while proportionally correct, is either over or under-sized. For example, an enormous 4.5m crouching Boy, a 3 ft tall naked man, a 20 ft long newborn, a replica of his own head (seen above) 6 times its actual size. Consequently his hyper-realistic sculptures, while extraordinarily lifelike, challenge us by their odd scale. The “psychological confrontation for the viewer is to recognize and assimilate two contradictory realities”.

"The King of Horror"

Boris Karloff

5"x7"

White/Black Charcoal

The legendary actor who gave life and personality to many monsters and roles in the early cinima horror film days. Karloff brought on-screen monsters into new light in his most memorable role as the Monster in the 1931 version of Frankenstein. Lon Chaney Sr, Lon Chaney Jr, Vincent Price, Bela Lugosi, Max Schreck, and Boris Karloff are considered to be the GodFathers of Horror films, it seemed only right to title this piece: 'The King of Horror'

Jonny Fu

A simple concept turned into a mammoth endeavor. Jonny Fu is a fascinating enigma created from a fusion of graphic design, illustration and animation, and street art. One of the creators masterminding Jonny Fu: Ron Jonzo.


Who is this mysterious Jonny Fu - character then?

He is a kind of retired super agent, who used to work for the government. He’s more like a fallen hero. His mind is a bit twisted also he has a pornographic past which catches up with him eventually. The whole thing is not ment to be for kids basically.

Friendly or Freaky?

What would you do if you were approached by one of these friendly or freaky creatures? Well in this photo by Malcolm Pickney, for NYC Parks & Recreation, them men standing there appear pretty uncomfortable... maybe that's why they both decided to lean against the dirty can instead of wrap their arms around the huggables next to them... and gasp! they may even possibly be apathetic about recycling!!! Let's beat them up.


Wait a minute...

Whoa... look at him...

















We could totally pull something like this off for our show!

Old School Style

According to Wikipedia:

In this movie,[The Mole People], archaeologists John Agar and Hugh Beaumont stumble upon a race of Sumerian albinos living deep under the Earth. They keep mutant humanoid mole men as their slaves to harvest mushrooms, their primary food source, since they can grow without sunlight. The Sumerian albinos' ancestors moved into the subterranean after the cataclysmic floods in ancient Mesopotamia. Whenever their population increases, they sacrifice old people to the Eye of Ishtar, which is really natural light coming from the surface. These people have lived underground for so long that they are weakened by bright light which the archaeologists brought in the form of a flashlight. However, there is one girl who has natural Caucasian skin who is disdained by the others. They believe the men are messengers of Ishtar, their goddess.


More More More?
Go ahead... inspire yourself... I promise it won't hurt.

Once Monster... Today Museum Spectacle

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Huge gator to be honored in Okefenokee/Associated Press/April 28, 2008


Waycross — The most famous resident of the Okefenokee Swamp Park will soon be immortalized, nearly a year after his death.

The skeleton of Oscar the alligator, who roamed the swamp from the time the park opened in 1946, is being assembled like a museum dinosaur. Park officials they decided to pay homage to the 14-foot, 1,000-pound alligator after finding his body last July.

Visitors will be able to see everything Oscar survived in his six decades at the park — a shotgun blast to the face, at least three bullet wounds to the head, broken bones and arthritis. The display also will include what park officials found in Oscar's belly after his death — a plastic dog collar, a dog's tag, a penny, rocks and the top section of a flagpole.

The Okefenokee is a 438,000-acre National Wildlife Refuge in southeastern Georgia that attracts 350,000 to 400,000 visitors a year.

Frankenstein's Monster Bust [Unfinished]

-For the Monster Show I've decided to go with a more "classical" monster theme. I've chosen a few bust to complete, two of them featuring the "King of Horror" himself, Boris Karloff. The first being his most famous role as Frankenstein's monster of the black & white, 1931 film: Frankenstein. Hopefully, once its hollowed, and completed with firing I am choosing to paint it similar to Basil Gogo's horror film paintings. His use of color and technique are beautiful and would look awesome on this piece. Some other concepts that will hopefully follow: 1932 version of The Mummy, again featuring Boris Karloff, then possibly a stylized Bride of Frankenstein, and a large dragon bust estimated to be approx. 4 ft high.

-This piece had a neck and shoulders, though it got a little too wet, and due to the weight it dropped off, I'm in the process now of reattaching it. The Bust itself is a bit larger than life-size, originally I wanted it to be about three-times larger than a human cranium, But the armature I made would not support that kind of weight. [I estimated around 30 to 40 lbs of wet clay. Now its only about 20 to 25 lbs.] Let me know how it's looking kids!

April 19th Meeting

At the last meeting:

Group Collaboration - we're working on keeping the 3D sculpture in the show. Instead of creating one huge model, we're going to downsize and possibly create three smaller versions based on A-town’s most prominent satellite communities. We are also planning on passing around six 3 x 3 canvases in which we’ll each take turns in contributing to touching, painting, microwaving, cartooning, etc. At the end, it will be pieced together and displayed at the show.

Krogging - we're going to rape the krog with our signage a day or the day of the opening.

Opening Night – we will sell merchandise… so if you have any items you’d like to contribute… tell someone for goodness sake. We still plan on outfitting in costumes. We’re still having a few performances as entertainment… opening band, main band, balancing act, drum circling, hoo-la hoo-ping, jump roping, and possibly a grand finale burning… maybe a pony too!


Yay… pat on the back…
Alex, Ashlee, Autumn, Caroline, Chad, Goni, Heather, Jacosa, Jenn, Lucha, Patrick, Pepe, Peter, Pinky, Samantha, Sergio, and all those other little people out there helping us :D

Happiest Monster

Love at first sight doesn't always mean anything.

Here's lookin' at you kid

I live ITP in the NW. My name is Herndon. I think my life is great! My only job is to keep people inside me safe from the weather. I don't know why they would want to be sheltered from the weather. I think it's a wonderful thing. The sun makes me feel warm. The rain cools me down. The wind tickles me. The best part of my life is being able to watch the clouds stroll by. Sometimes I try to measure the speed. Sometimes I just ponder in their simplicity. I'm a lonely monster though. No one ever comes and visits me because they think I'm interesting. People just use me for my body. I have a lovely rooftop... will you perhaps visit me?

Monster Go Away! Or I'll Get Some Spray

A lyrical monster tale to tell your kids at night... Monster Go Away! spray coming to a store near you... while supplies last...


It came upon the lunar eclipse...
It had gnarly teeth
and gigantic lips
It made itself at home
under my bed
It went to the store
and bought some bread
It made a sandwich of
stinky cheese & dirty socks

And chased it all down with a bag of rocks

I heard it grumbling as night became day
And that's when I got the idea for a spray
It took 9 days and 9 nights

By then I thought I'd made it right
I sprayed Monster Go Away! under the bed
the smell of flowers circled my head
I fell asleep and when I woke
There was nothing under my bed
Except a note:


I don't dig flowers or their scent
I've gone away! that's where I went!


I kind of admit
I was a little sad
It made funny noises
It smelled really bad
But the monster is gone
And the spray remains
Ready for action and
monster pains

What is that!?

Well... according to The Sun in this article: 'Creepy gnome' terrorises town/Virginia Wheeler/March 11, 2008... it's a gnome... yep.

My suggestion? Watch the video in the article.

Newspaper Props in 'Satyagraha'

Philip Glass’s opera “Satyagraha,” is not only a historical telling but it's also a visual revelation beyond any conventional performance seen on stage. Newspaper is used throughout the piece as a tool to create movement, symbolism, and larger than life puppets. Overall, attention to detail in the performance has enhanced the story and created ambiance –which was key in engaging the audience.

This videography briefly takes viewers on a behind the scenes journey of the how’s and why’s.

. . .

The New York Times: Opera About a Giant's Life, Complete With Giant Puppets/Daniel J. Wakin/April 11, 2008











The tottering puppets are created from newspaper, fiberglass kite poles, light cotton cloth and lots of latex glue. The sets are made largely of corrugated metal. Wicker baskets and brooms become a crocodile. Chairs held over faces become symbolic barriers.

“We decided we wanted to use very humble materials in the making of the opera,” Mr. Crouch said. “We wanted similarly to take these materials, maybe associated with poverty, and see if we could do a kind of alchemy with that, turn them into something beautiful.”

The dominant medium is newsprint. Coated newspapers paper the stage floor. Balled-up pages represent stones thrown at Gandhi. Text is projected on newspaper sheets held up by actors. News pages are manipulated into a Hindu goddess. Long strips of attached pages ribbon across the stage, representing a printing press. (Maybe the newspaper industry doesn’t have to die after all.) “It’s an ordinary object that, when transformed, becomes magical,” Mr. McDermott said. “Ordinary simple actions, when done with commitment, become something powerful,” he said, a quality of Gandhi’s idea of “satyagraha,” a Sanskrit term that can be translated as “truth-force” and stands for Gandhi’s principle of nonviolent resistance.

More literally the newspaper reflects Indian Opinion, the paper that Gandhi founded as a vital part of the struggle for the rights of Indians taken to South Africa as indentured servants by the British. The focus is on the period from 1893 to 1914, the years Gandhi spent in South Africa. Tolstoy, the poet Tagore and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. each figures in an act representing witnesses from Gandhi’s past, present and future.

I live at N5... I have a great disguise...

I saw a monster today. A WaMu monster. As the train made its stop at Arts Center... I saw it. Waiting. Grinning. Hungry. Big window eyes... advertising WaMu nonsense. Edgy, rectangular teeth. Come hither little beings it said. Come sit on my teeth. I'll take care of you and keep you warm... my cement teeth. CHOMP! Hehe it chuckled. A bit salty.

Sour Attack

Watch out kids... Sour Monster's out to get ya...

this "Blue Monster" invaded the city... why can't we?

Look! Look! I wanna... Can we... Can we spread the love too?
...but wait... maybe we shouldn't...

PaPPa FRaNKeNSTeiN

So to start off an ongoing string of monster sightings around town, I'm profiling my favorite local monster-maker.Bill Mayer is an illustrator in Decatur who has been unleashing demons onto the printed page for over 25 years now. For chuckles, check out his Not for Kids Stamp Book:

For the rest of his monster menagerie, go to www.thebillmayer.com.

3d sculpture

Here's some Maya renderings of the city we're about to build.

poster by patrick coll

POSTERS!

Yay!!!!