tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-328470502009-06-01T19:35:22.538-07:00Velcome to the spooky art-blog of Mister Reusch! I've been crazy about Halloween, ghost stories, scary movies, and monsters since I was a little worm baby. I am a founding member of Boston's Black Cat Burlesque spook-troupe, and build huge masks and monster costumes based on my paintings. All images are Copyright Mister Reusch and may not be reproduced.mister reuschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02759617518064952770noreply@blogger.comBlogger84125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32847050.post-11364526158667665612009-05-25T19:38:00.000-07:002009-05-25T19:46:19.601-07:00<img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2423/3565520230_26ee6f0490.jpg?v=0"><br /><br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3378/3565520272_aaff216fe9.jpg?v=0"><br /><br />I just listed new 11" x 14" $20 prints on my <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5532890" target="_blank">Etsy store</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/32847050-1136452615866766561?l=www.misterreusch.com%2Fspookysite%2Fblogger.html'/></div>mister reuschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02759617518064952770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32847050.post-61261458074625531962009-04-26T10:44:00.000-07:002009-04-26T10:45:09.140-07:00<img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3417/3476328633_b11a4c063d.jpg?v=0"><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/32847050-6126145807462553196?l=www.misterreusch.com%2Fspookysite%2Fblogger.html'/></div>mister reuschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02759617518064952770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32847050.post-49620218280872472472009-04-05T21:31:00.000-07:002009-04-05T21:39:59.583-07:00<img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3332/3417277148_23fd1439b3.jpg?v=0"><br />J. Cannibal of Black Cat Burlesque invited me to open his "Tapas of Terror" video show at the recent Boston Underground Film Festival with some monster guitar. Awesome photographer Robyn Gesek shot these pics of me on the stage of the Brattle Theatre in Cambridge:<br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3555/3417277188_96a4c26c90.jpg?v=0"><br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3594/3416468847_a97bf2ba9c.jpg?v=0"><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/32847050-4962021828087247247?l=www.misterreusch.com%2Fspookysite%2Fblogger.html'/></div>mister reuschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02759617518064952770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32847050.post-25448016653619759002009-03-11T09:00:00.000-07:002009-05-10T08:09:18.530-07:00<img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3409/3516772552_2e67482d79.jpg?v=0"><br /><br />I just finished the poster for Feast of Flesh #8 at the Coolidge, and had a lot of fun digitally painting in the color on the original ink and gouache illustration.<br /><br />Detail:<br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3638/3346314451_44763d3ce8.jpg?v=0"><br /><br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3589/3347151302_bd8cc2bf53.jpg?v=0"><br /><br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3571/3347151336_e1f169a739.jpg?v=0"><br /><br />This show is going to be very cool, with all new acts from Black Cat Burlesque (Devilicia and I are performing a new zombie act to "Life is Easy" by Godflesh!), the band Vagiant, the zombie costume contest, and a screening of "Cemetery Man". The show starts at 11:59pm Saturday night, April 11th (yes, midnight of Easter morning) at the Coolidge Corner Theatre in Brookline, MA.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/32847050-2544801665361975900?l=www.misterreusch.com%2Fspookysite%2Fblogger.html'/></div>mister reuschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02759617518064952770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32847050.post-56598470346989060762009-02-23T19:49:00.000-08:002009-04-26T10:44:09.369-07:00<img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3610/3477136824_26a844423f.jpg?v=0"><br />(inspired by the colors on the packaging my coffee filters came in)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/32847050-5659847034698906076?l=www.misterreusch.com%2Fspookysite%2Fblogger.html'/></div>mister reuschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02759617518064952770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32847050.post-42009005831028148392009-02-21T17:00:00.001-08:002009-02-21T17:04:16.850-08:00<img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3322/3298213117_d6f386f9d1.jpg?v=0"><br />I gave my awesome sister this 11" x 14" acrylic, fluorescent, and pearlized paint devil for her birthday. He's the first in a new series. Happy Birthday, Maui!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/32847050-4200900583102814839?l=www.misterreusch.com%2Fspookysite%2Fblogger.html'/></div>mister reuschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02759617518064952770noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32847050.post-36902066851517038312008-12-26T10:39:00.000-08:002008-12-26T10:40:37.828-08:00<img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3118/3128642612_5818d5596a.jpg?v=0"><br />Horror fan Dennis Fesenmyer commissioned a surprise Christmas portrait for his new wife Cindy, showing them on the beach from their Hawaiian wedding....except instead of the beautiful sunset they actually got, Dennis asked for a stormy sky, "Creepshow"-esque colors, and tentacles from the deep. Dennis and Cindy's cats Miles and Mingus are playing with their supper:<br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3024/3128642640_c9bd583cde.jpg?v=0"><br />thanks again for this fun commission, Dennis!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/32847050-3690206685151703831?l=www.misterreusch.com%2Fspookysite%2Fblogger.html'/></div>mister reuschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02759617518064952770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32847050.post-65221201814026934522008-12-11T10:52:00.001-08:002008-12-11T10:53:07.446-08:00I'll be putting on my homemade skeleton suit to sell $20 (instead of the usual $30) signed holiday prints from my "Year of the Dead" series at <a href="http://www.myspace.com/mass_market"target="_blank">Mass Market 3</a> this Sunday! Come on down to Mass Art to check out all kinds of cool stuff from tons of vendors<br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3071/3100948390_47ca761b02.jpg?v=0"><br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3114/3100112303_48025aaa84.jpg?v=0"><br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3207/3100948406_3e8ff68842.jpg?v=0"><br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3237/3100112391_170a59a159.jpg?v=0"><br />12-6pm<br />Massachusetts College of Art<br />Pozen Center<br />621 Huntington avenue<br />Boston, MA <br />All Ages<br />$1 Admission Fee<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/32847050-6522120181402693452?l=www.misterreusch.com%2Fspookysite%2Fblogger.html'/></div>mister reuschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02759617518064952770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32847050.post-21404896435081936142008-11-21T14:45:00.000-08:002008-11-21T14:46:38.494-08:00<img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3274/3046657029_bda24d6298.jpg?v=0"><br />I just finished a new 14" x 11" acrylic, fluorescent, and pearlized painting for the upcoming <a href="http://www.hebsandfish.com/Modus.html" target="_blank">"Pop Euphoria"</a> show at the Aurora Gallery. It was tough deciding what to paint for this show (Batman? Darth Vader? Godzilla? Wonder Woman?) but I went with 5th grade versions of me, my friend Tom Pappalardo of <a href="http://standard-design.com/" target="_blank">Standard Design</a>, and my big sister Mary celebrating Godzilla incinerating the school we all went to.<br /><br />Thanks again to AMAZING illustrator <a href="http://hebsandfish.com/" target="_blank">Veronica Hebard</a> for inviting me to be part of this December's <a href="http://www.hebsandfish.com/Modus.html" target="_blank">"Pop Euphoria"</a> charity art show to benefit Toys for Tots. <br /><br />Other artists showing work in this show: McBess, Brian Butler, Brian Reddy, Jessica Johnson, Fish McGill, Ansis Purins, Matt Furie, Kristin Elder, Dan Franzese, Christina Ung + Rey Ortega, Liz Artinian, and many more from all over the world...PLUS! there'll be an actual Batman cowl worn by Adam West from the original 1960s tv show, hand-painted Count Chocula, Frankenberry, and Boo Berry animation cells, Kaiju Big Battel, and much more. Check out the show's blog <a href="http://moduslotus.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">here</a><br /><br /><br />Opening reception:<br />Saturday December 6th, 6pm-9pm<br />Aurora Gallery<br />660 Main Street<br />Worcester, MA 01610<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/32847050-2140489643508193614?l=www.misterreusch.com%2Fspookysite%2Fblogger.html'/></div>mister reuschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02759617518064952770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32847050.post-80206941765823570952008-10-24T21:56:00.000-07:002008-10-24T23:13:39.254-07:00<img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3025/2970244685_e546f3342a.jpg?v=0"><br />I just finished this new 12" x 16" acrylic painting (with a tiny bit of fluorescent and pearlized paint) for Space 242's PHANTASMAGORIA SHOW, "A Night of Strange & Terrifying Art". I was going to paint something more traditionally spooky, but I kept thinking about "Strange and Terrifying"......Pazuzu fits that description! Two years ago Black Cat Burlesque performed a pretty dark 5-member group act based on the Sumerian legend of Ereshkigal and Inana:<br /><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/46/149352042_925baec6bd.jpg?v=0"><br />I made my own Pazuzu costume for the act:<br /><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1343/730387266_199153454b.jpg?v=0"><br />and Devilicia was pretty terrifying as Ereshkigal:<br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3013/2971181704_cb1bb11c42.jpg?v=0"><br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3059/2971181720_c01d1dcc39.jpg?v=0"><br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3010/2971140728_81884f7bec.jpg?v=0"><br /><br />SPACE 242 Presents<br />Final Fridays 2008<br />SASQUATCH VS THE ZOMBIES:<br />War in the Pacific Northwest<br />New Paintings by Mordicai Sulk<br />and<br />PHANTASMAGORIA<br />An Evening of Strange & Terrifying Art<br />Halloween Group Show Featuring 19 Area Artists<br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3292/2971104778_b328400681.jpg?v=0"><br />flyer by Joe Keinberger<br /><br />With artwork by:<br />Joe Bastek, Dan Blakeslee, Brian Butler, Ellen Crenshaw, Ed Curran, Joerg-Peter Gueth, Joe Keinberger, Erick Lynch, Josh McAlear, Jeremy Majewski, MCA/Evil Design, Scott Murry, Mister Reusch, Alethea Roy, Salty Dave, Mike Shea, Stones, Daniel Szymanowski, and Josh Wallis<br /><br />Costumes are encouraged!<br /><br />Attend the private opening<br />RSVP at http://www.space242.com<br /><br />Space 242<br />242 E. Berkeley St. (between Albany Street & Harrison Avenue),<br />2nd floor<br />Boston, MA<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/32847050-8020694176582357095?l=www.misterreusch.com%2Fspookysite%2Fblogger.html'/></div>mister reuschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02759617518064952770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32847050.post-71599832933023795672008-10-13T11:04:00.000-07:002008-10-13T11:13:57.924-07:00<img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3024/2939058590_76a57513b0.jpg?v=0"><br />Devilicia shot these photos of me as The Creature From The Black Lagoon opening Dr. Gasp's 6th Annual Halloween Special at Pierre Menard Gallery. Thanks to everyone who came to the show, Dr. Gasp, Hot Ron Scorcher, & the cool gallery folks!<br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3236/2938206867_8db575547f.jpg?v=0"><br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3149/2939058458_205fe07a61.jpg?v=0"><br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3247/2939058522_689df51410.jpg?v=0"><br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3160/2939058558_5433dda47b.jpg?v=0"><br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3160/2939058488_981d0921bd.jpg?v=0"><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/32847050-7159983293302379567?l=www.misterreusch.com%2Fspookysite%2Fblogger.html'/></div>mister reuschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02759617518064952770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32847050.post-51170376622397441442008-09-27T19:32:00.000-07:002008-10-09T03:34:55.710-07:00<img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3228/2926731778_02e00e2904.jpg?v=0"> <br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3139/2894114900_c1e1b1ba9f.jpg?v=0"> <br />My buddy Dr. Gasp (artist/ musician extraordinaire Dan Blakeslee) invited me to open his Halloween-themed performance Thursday October 9th at Pierre Menard Gallery in Harvard Square. I'll be suiting up in one of my homemade monster costumes to play spooky guitar before Hot Ron Scorcher and Dr. Gasp play their sets. Show starts at 9pm, so git your spooky selves over there! Amazing flyer by Dr. Gasp, check out his music and art <a href="http://www.myspace.com/danblakesleehalloween" target="_blank">here</a> <br /> <br /><img src=http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3130/2925880273_d753e88105.jpg?v=0"> <br /> <br />Photos of me with Dr. Gasp from the May 2008 "Springalloween show" by Nick DeMakes<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/32847050-5117037662239744144?l=www.misterreusch.com%2Fspookysite%2Fblogger.html'/></div>mister reuschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02759617518064952770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32847050.post-32825093651547001222008-09-13T18:27:00.000-07:002008-09-14T11:44:21.153-07:00I've got a squillion things to do but want to spend all my time on a new project I thought up, involving these 2 (yet unnamed) characters:<br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3014/2854959422_f222040309.jpg?v=0"><br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3033/2854123841_977a88b7a4.jpg?v=0"><br />different outfit:<br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3068/2856250237_96e4d861b3.jpg?v=0"><br />I've got more pencil sketches to clean up and add digital color to, just no time. This is a life-long curse, I think up cool stuff at the absolute worst moments when I'm supposed to be doing other things.<br />I wish a mad scientist could crank out a few clones of me so I could meet all my existing deadlines and still devote all my time to this! More sneak peeks, hopefully soon...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/32847050-3282509365154700122?l=www.misterreusch.com%2Fspookysite%2Fblogger.html'/></div>mister reuschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02759617518064952770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32847050.post-46516004313252226592008-09-05T19:02:00.000-07:002009-05-10T08:17:26.432-07:00I recently finished this new poster, showing all my previous "Feast of Flesh" poster zombies raising J. Cannibal's zombie flag, Iwo Jima-style:<br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3091/3172714035_1711b46854.jpg?v=0"><br /><br />detail:<br /><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1058/3172713999_aa36e706f2.jpg?v=0"><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/32847050-4651600431325222659?l=www.misterreusch.com%2Fspookysite%2Fblogger.html'/></div>mister reuschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02759617518064952770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32847050.post-72898216614182800762008-09-05T18:59:00.001-07:002009-05-10T08:19:24.129-07:00<img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1367/3173546168_eb5f731ea2.jpg?v=0"><br />My friends Mary Widow and J. Cannibal are getting married this October. They asked me to paint a resurrection scene for the invitation, inspired by the poety lines, "We still live! We still love! We shall die dancing in eachother's arms"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/32847050-7289821661418280076?l=www.misterreusch.com%2Fspookysite%2Fblogger.html'/></div>mister reuschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02759617518064952770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32847050.post-54277954731092573392008-09-05T18:58:00.001-07:002009-05-10T08:21:01.559-07:00Ice Cream Monster<br /><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1128/3173582876_6f5f7aaacf.jpg?v=0"><br />my black raspberry reaper contribution to Brian Butler's awesome <a href="http://icecreampeople.org"target="_blank">Ice Cream People project</a> has got Reeses's Peanut Butter Cup eyes, and Reeses Pieces for teeth.<br /><br />Brian says, "The intent of this project to get the Ice Cream Person recognized among the greatest of supernatural beings, (right up there with Bigfoot, Loch Ness, and UFOs).<br /><br />Right now I'm collecting artist renditions as evidence. I'm mailing postcards with a cone template printed on it, for fellow advocates to complete and return. The postcards will be archived online at IceCreamPeople.org, and I'm planning the real-life exhibition now.<br /><br />If you'd like to get involved, e-mail icecreamfriend@gmail.com with your mailing address.<br /><br />Thanks!<br />Brian Butler<br />Ice Cream Person Research Coordinator"<br /><br /><br />Check out Brian's sweet artwork <a href="http://theupperhandart.com"target="_blank">here</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/32847050-5427795473109257339?l=www.misterreusch.com%2Fspookysite%2Fblogger.html'/></div>mister reuschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02759617518064952770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32847050.post-46176891218306180892008-09-05T18:56:00.001-07:002009-05-10T08:24:09.954-07:00Liz, Forrest, and Spooky Frazier Commission <br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3268/3172713797_01a954e458.jpg?v=0"> <br /> <br />Congratulations to my Salem friends Liz and Forrest Frazier on their new baby, Lucille Violet Frazier! Months ago Liz's sisters and brother hired me to paint a portrait of Liz, Forrest, and their cat Spooky as a surprise gift. Liz and Forrest just got the painting a few days ago (along with Lucy!), so I can post it here. This was a fun commission! Thank you, Sara Jane, Chrissy, Amelia, and John. <br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3266/3172713733_41f9059ba5.jpg?v=0"> <br /><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1049/3173545960_31e0a14cf1.jpg?v=0"> <br /> <br />early sketch of Liz, Forrest and Spooky on their bikes: <br /><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1222/3172713825_7ae504aa71.jpg?v=0"> <br /> <br />early Photoshop color study for the approved sketch: <br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3133/3173545994_53c4c3942c.jpg?v=0"> <br /> <br />Check out Forrest's photography site <a href="http://www.ffphoto.com"target="_blank">here <br /></a> and Liz's motorcycle site <a href="http://www.rippin-kitten.com"target="_blank"> here<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/32847050-4617689121830618089?l=www.misterreusch.com%2Fspookysite%2Fblogger.html'/></div>mister reuschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02759617518064952770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32847050.post-19880057427174068492008-05-18T12:08:00.000-07:002009-05-10T08:26:31.858-07:00<img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3254/2502194187_1a7e3b4aae.jpg?v=0"><br />Super-creepy Dr. Gasp (Dan Blakeslee, who also created the cool flyer above) just offered me the opening slot in next Saturday night's "SPRINGALLOWEEN" show at Gulu Gulu in Salem, with Dr. Gasp and Orange Nichole! I will play guitar as a monster in one of my huge homemade masks and plan on bringing some very limited edition posters I just whipped up as souvenirs for this show:<br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3104/3172713627_fa908e52fd.jpg?v=0"><br><br><br /><br /><br>8pm-11pm<br>Saturday May 24<br>Gulu Gulu Cafe<br>247 Essex St.<br>Salem, MA<br><br>The food and drinks there are great, and cool owners Steve and Marie own 2 fun Boston Terriers named Max and Jack.<br><br><br>Come start your countdown to Halloween!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/32847050-1988005742717406849?l=www.misterreusch.com%2Fspookysite%2Fblogger.html'/></div>mister reuschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02759617518064952770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32847050.post-74573833949512450382008-03-27T07:49:00.000-07:002009-05-10T08:33:23.558-07:00<img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3366/3518952434_37516d5769.jpg?v=0"><br /><br />April 2nd, April 16th, and April 23rd I will once again put on my homemade monster masks and play guitar for life-drawing students at MassArt! Set lists will include lots of Man...Or Astroman?, classic surf, Misfits and Ramones, Sleep, classic Black Sabbath, Metallica, Slayer, some Iron Maiden, and more. <br /> <br />And the 2 last dates are geared towards potential incoming freshman who'll be revisiting the school then to decide if MassArt's the right fit for them. If the Frankenstein monster playing "Motorbreath" doesn't convince high school seniors that MassArt is a fun place, I don't think anything will. I love that my masking wire and tape monster heads will kind of be like MassArt recruiters.<br /><br />(And like the recent Feast of Flesh poster, I doodled this self-portrait using my Wacom tablet in Photoshop instead of doing a traditional drawing. For me, this is very weird.)<br /><br />Here's me outside my office at Massart after one of the last drawing sessions:<br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3157/2366730934_3a4696416a.jpg?v=0"><br />Photo by Linda Bourke, my former teacher and now my cool boss.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/32847050-7457383394951245038?l=www.misterreusch.com%2Fspookysite%2Fblogger.html'/></div>mister reuschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02759617518064952770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32847050.post-18045090222642887442008-03-14T12:35:00.000-07:002009-05-10T08:36:21.486-07:00<img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3544/3518157597_7e26b980a0.jpg?v=0"><br /><br />Just finished this new poster. And for the first time, the zombie head is 100% digital (Wacom tablet, brush tool, and paintbucket in Photoshop) rather than an acrylic painting dropped into the now-standard Feast of Flesh poster template. This show is going to be great.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/32847050-1804509022264288744?l=www.misterreusch.com%2Fspookysite%2Fblogger.html'/></div>mister reuschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02759617518064952770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32847050.post-87425842592062315212008-03-09T13:55:00.000-07:002009-05-10T08:43:37.236-07:00I went to my hometown recently for my mom's and sister's birthdays, and found these Uniball pen drawings from middle school under my old bed.<br /><br />"War is Hell"(1985)<br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3403/3515959253_2b5886b675.jpg?v=0"><br />Holy Moly! A heavy-metal-hair skeleton machine-gunner. Wow. This is from 6th grade in a Catholic school, when I started getting seriously into Iron Maiden, Ozzy, Black Sabbath, Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, and Anthrax. This sucker's LAMINATED, even. <br />Detail:<br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3404/3516772146_7cfb67468f.jpg?v=0"><br /><br />This one's short and sweet.<br />"BURN"(1986):<br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3408/3515960241_88398d0343.jpg?v=0"><br /><br />The inside cover of my 1987 school notebook contained this gem:<br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3404/3516772414_aaff7f46f7.jpg?v=0"><br /><br />The lightning BEHIND the moon is especially awesome. Look at all those bloody skeletons! Somehow, this made me remember Sister Barbara's music class, where we'd have to sing "Were You There When They Nailed Him to the Tree?" and other fun Catholic hits, alongside "The Rose" and "I'm On Top of the World". Once she let us bring in cassette tapes to play for the class, and I made everyone listen to Metallica's "Battery". Amazingly, she listened to the whole song instead of shutting it off once the accoustic guitar intro turned into the fast main riff. Her only comment was "It has a fast beat."<br /><br />Cover for an 8th grade book report in 1987(I got an A+++, seriously!):<br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3341/3518983192_9b0bbf3e3f.jpg?v=0"><br /><br />And finally, this insane 1987 heavy metal skeleton warlord guy on 12" x 18" sketch paper. I laughed my head off seeing this again 21 years later (crap, I'm old), but I was totally sincere when I drew this:<br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3334/3516771916_d5f1145743.jpg?v=0"><br /><br />Black flag with Grim Reaper cut-out:<br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3380/3516772046_51340114d8.jpg?v=0"><br /><br />more details:<br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3394/3515959283_9e7ab5d9e9.jpg?v=0"><br /><br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3319/3515959351_c960d3d8a1.jpg?v=0"><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/32847050-8742584259206231521?l=www.misterreusch.com%2Fspookysite%2Fblogger.html'/></div>mister reuschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02759617518064952770noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32847050.post-14385211726631041002008-03-03T05:44:00.001-08:002009-05-10T08:50:00.363-07:00<img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3279/3515959515_0f005b6f09.jpg?v=0"><br /><br />My friends J. Cannibal and Mary Widow of Black Cat Burlesque are getting married this October and had me design their "Save the Date" postcards. The original is Micron pen on 9" x 12" 2-ply Bristol, with some muted Photoshop colors dropped in. This is the kind of thing I'd like to see way more often when cloud-watching.<br />Detail:<br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3621/3518197701_427e142bc7.jpg?v=0"><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/32847050-1438521172663104100?l=www.misterreusch.com%2Fspookysite%2Fblogger.html'/></div>mister reuschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02759617518064952770noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32847050.post-32877057094826886042008-02-17T19:11:00.000-08:002009-05-10T08:51:55.510-07:00<img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3555/3515960339_f07ea1c02a.jpg?v=0"><br /><br />I gave my sister this new 11" x 14" acrylic and fluorescent painting tonight for her birthday. She is the coolest.<br />Same-size prints will be available soon in the GALLERY section of this site as well.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/32847050-3287705709482688604?l=www.misterreusch.com%2Fspookysite%2Fblogger.html'/></div>mister reuschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02759617518064952770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32847050.post-54937849104020193652008-02-17T18:56:00.001-08:002009-05-10T08:54:12.340-07:00Fantagraphics books sponsored the SUPERTRASH FEST at the Bagdad Theater in Portland, Oregon, a marathon of trashy movies with live burlesque and an artshow in February 2008. Artists were invited to come up with their own movie poster renditions for their favorite trashy movies, and the posters were hung in the theater. The best ones will be printed in a collection by Fantagraphics.<br /><br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3580/3515959121_465e25f864.jpg?v=0"><br /><br />This is one of my entries: Fulci's "ZOMBI 2" where a topless scuba diver in a g-string has to fight off a live shark, then a zombie walking across the bottom of the ocean, before the shark and zombie bite pieces off eachother. The first time I saw this scene my jaw hit the floor.<br /><br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3648/3515959565_b62a69b5cd.jpg?v=0"><br /><br />My 2nd entry was for "NUDE FOR SATAN". I've got to admit I thought the movie was really awful, but the title alone is hilarious and awesome.<br /><br />The devil girl has black horizontal slits for pupils, like a goat. I wanted to make something really eye-catching and kind of scary and fun and ridiculous at the same time. Like if Slayer put out an album of music for 60s go-go dancers, this would be the cover.<br /><br />The evil pope skeleton next to the floating Devil is supposed to be the False Prophet. (8 years of Catholic school and they never told us about the Unholy Trinity of the Devil, The Anti-Christ or the False Prophet. Instead, I found out about these guys in junior high watching the Omen movies on channel 38's "Movie Loft" where every October they'd show unedited horror movies every night.) <br /><br />12" x 18" signed prints of these paintings without text will be available soon in the GALLERY section of this site, and the original 12" x 18" acrylic and fluorescent on watercolor paper paintings are for sale for $400 each.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/32847050-5493784910402019365?l=www.misterreusch.com%2Fspookysite%2Fblogger.html'/></div>mister reuschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02759617518064952770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32847050.post-46651255132643376152007-12-21T06:45:00.000-08:002008-02-03T08:32:27.786-08:00New Providence Phoenix Illo<br /><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2043/2127084500_3c5602d67a.jpg?v=0"><br />for a story about Rhode Island's impending doom, budget-wise. Thank you, Ian Donnis, for the assignment!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/32847050-4665125513264337615?l=www.misterreusch.com%2Fspookysite%2Fblogger.html'/></div>mister reuschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02759617518064952770noreply@blogger.com0