Happy Birthday Mike Mignola

Mike Mignola has been one of my favorite artists since I first picked up the Rocket Raccoon, Incredible Hulk, and Alpha Flight issues he drew in the early Eighties.  His work has a mystique and mystery that no one else was creating at that time or in my opinion, since.  His style has changed much from his early eighties work with his later work at DC Comics, the Bram Stoker's Dracula adaptation,  and the advent of Hellboy.  I have enjoyed the journey through every stylistic iteration of his art.

His work has been hugely influential upon my artistic style and process.  I send this out in thanks for the literal years of entertainment and joy I've received from his work.  Thank you Mr. Mignola and Happy Birthday!

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Psyche Delectus: The Portalland Calling

I heard the owls hoot
two nights running.
They were closer, 
louder than I had heard before.
It took me a day's confusion
to sift the answer:

Concentric circles repeating,
like polka dots,
like breadcrumbs,
structured shadows
caught in a sideways glance
and the echoes of their shapes
plain in his light.

two tin cans
with a taut string between them.
My hand wrapped gently around the one.
I raise it up 
to my open mouth.


Recommended Listening: 
Oneohtrix Point Never 
A Pact Between Strangers 
from A Pact Between Strangers
  
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Saturday Sketch: Moon Knight

Here's another Moon Knight sketch.  This one from is from no particular time period.  I was looking at Bill Sienkiewicz's run (in the later issues) and some of Keith Giffen's work for Marvel Comics from the mid 80's (Nightmask, Justice, Daredevil).

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I claim no copyright for the properties represented in the Saturday Sketches.  All copyrights and trademarks are retained by their respective owners.  I make no money from what I am presenting here.  It is presented for portfolio and appreciation purposes only.

Psyche Delectus: Ghosts of the Implosion

The skin peels away in revelation

Despite all bluster, all scrambling interference,

the inevitable end comes.

Recommended Listening:

Wojciech Kilar

Opening Titles

from The Ninth Gate OST

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Psyche Delectus: Happy Birthday H. P. Lovecraft

His tales haunt us,

recounting dread

within the nested chambers 

of time and dreams.

They inculcate us with knowledge,

vast and terrible,

of the primal, 

the outer dark.

Recommended Listening:

Cryo Chamber

Azathoth 1

from Azathoth - A Cryo Chamber Collaboration

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Psyche Delectus: Obsession

Smile, only a pageantry
Sadistic animus lurks
Menace is invitation

Recommended Listening:

Wojciech Kilar

The Beginning

from Bram Stoker's Dracula OST

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Psyche Delectus: Ignition

All fires begin with a single spark.

Recommended Listening:

The Crystal Method

Trip Like I Do

from Vegas

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Psyche Delectus: Better Out Than In

False remorse is the fruit of a prideful goblin.

Recommended Listening:

Throbbing Gristle

Hamburger Lady

from D.o.A. The Third and Final Report

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Psyche Delectus: The Soundless Tongue

Words are useless.

Recommended Listening:

Cocteau Twins

When Mama Was Moth

from Head Over Heels

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Psyche Delectus: Believing the Seen

Some visions are undeniable.

Recommended Listening:

Boards of Canada

Reach For The Dead

from Tomorrow's Harvest

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Psyche Delectus: Come Out, Come Out

The truth only knows one goal.

Recommended Listening:

EMA

To Leave, With Love

from Past Life Martyred Saints

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Psyche Delectus: The Strength and The Failing

All fires run out of fuel.

Recommended Listening:

Lorn

Acid Rain

from The Maze To Nowhere / Part 2

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Psyche Delectus: Entrance to the Tunnel

All the complex machines of Mankind
cannot keep the dead from arising.
The Past is never over,
only buried.

Recommended Listening:

The Damned

Dead Beat Dance

from Return Of The Living Dead OST

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