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I thought it might make for an entertaining thread if TLO members shared a significant item or a particularly good haul that they received in the mail. I had a very nice day recently. I got three packages.
The Daniele Serra Artbook from PS Publishing. I rarely buy new art books because they tend to be expensive. I think the last two I purchased were the Harry O. Morris volume from Centipede Press and Kris Kuksi: Divination and Delusion. (Boy, that volume has catapulted in price! I recently got his newer volume Conquest through an interlibray loan. It is outstanding.) The Daniele Serra book was reasonably priced and I really enjoy his work. Most of us know him for being the cover artist for The Grimscribe's Puppets. This is a nice oversized volume with many hauntingly beautiful images. I only have one demur: One of my favorite paintings of his is the cover he did for The Rust Maidens by Gwendolyn Kiste. This was reproduced over two pages and the fold is middle of the art and compromises it. But still, it is a fine book. Serra has also done some nice work for Clive Barker on display here.
The second package I received was from Redbubble. I love this company. It is a great platform for artists to make some money. I was looking for a few HPL related shirts because I wanted to make a valiant effort to go to the Necronomicon this year (just once before I croak) and I wanted to dress appropriately. But alas, it was cancelled due to the pandemic. Maybe next year. I did get a nice t-shirt with one of HPL's most famous portrait photos. I got another t-shirt with a Blue Velvet theme with an illustration of Isabella Rossellini singing. And they also had the movie poster for Possum! Got that too. That scary thing now dangles from my wall.
Unfortunately, they didn't have any Ligotti items. I would love to see the simple silhouette design of the hardcover of CATHR on a black shirt. Or maybe HOM's color plate for MWINYD. I also e-mailed Butcher Bird Studios who made the film In A Foreign Town and suggested they put The Showman poster up on Redbubble. I would love to have that even though it would probably plague me with nightmares.
The last package I received was from eBay. It was a DVD. Most DVDs are cheap because they are going the way of CDs. When is the last time you used a CD player? The same fate will engulf DVD players. But for right now, you can save money by buying a DVD instead of a digital movie. The DVD I got was Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? Great movie. I bought it mainly for the extras.
Well, that's it. Quite an untypical day for me. My typical day is zilch. Looking forward to a few vicarious thrills from fellow TLOers. Thanks.
The Daniele Serra Artbook from PS Publishing. I rarely buy new art books because they tend to be expensive. I think the last two I purchased were the Harry O. Morris volume from Centipede Press and Kris Kuksi: Divination and Delusion. (Boy, that volume has catapulted in price! I recently got his newer volume Conquest through an interlibray loan. It is outstanding.) The Daniele Serra book was reasonably priced and I really enjoy his work. Most of us know him for being the cover artist for The Grimscribe's Puppets. This is a nice oversized volume with many hauntingly beautiful images. I only have one demur: One of my favorite paintings of his is the cover he did for The Rust Maidens by Gwendolyn Kiste. This was reproduced over two pages and the fold is middle of the art and compromises it. But still, it is a fine book. Serra has also done some nice work for Clive Barker on display here.
The second package I received was from Redbubble. I love this company. It is a great platform for artists to make some money. I was looking for a few HPL related shirts because I wanted to make a valiant effort to go to the Necronomicon this year (just once before I croak) and I wanted to dress appropriately. But alas, it was cancelled due to the pandemic. Maybe next year. I did get a nice t-shirt with one of HPL's most famous portrait photos. I got another t-shirt with a Blue Velvet theme with an illustration of Isabella Rossellini singing. And they also had the movie poster for Possum! Got that too. That scary thing now dangles from my wall.
Unfortunately, they didn't have any Ligotti items. I would love to see the simple silhouette design of the hardcover of CATHR on a black shirt. Or maybe HOM's color plate for MWINYD. I also e-mailed Butcher Bird Studios who made the film In A Foreign Town and suggested they put The Showman poster up on Redbubble. I would love to have that even though it would probably plague me with nightmares.
The last package I received was from eBay. It was a DVD. Most DVDs are cheap because they are going the way of CDs. When is the last time you used a CD player? The same fate will engulf DVD players. But for right now, you can save money by buying a DVD instead of a digital movie. The DVD I got was Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? Great movie. I bought it mainly for the extras.
Well, that's it. Quite an untypical day for me. My typical day is zilch. Looking forward to a few vicarious thrills from fellow TLOers. Thanks.
