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The Kreep’s Portrait Quite Kreepy

onlygothic — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 06:19:30 +0000

“[The Kreep is]…a Gothic poet and illustrator in the tradition of Edward Gorey.”
-Rob Elder, Chicago Tribune

“The Kreep combines the macabre wit of a Charles Addams’ cartoon with a slice of Tim Burton’s cinematic Gothic tomfoolery.”
-Static Multimedia

“The Kreep is a dark poet warrior that conjures up thoughts of Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft.”
-100 Percent of Nothing

“We admire your dedication to The Kreep. Please keep up the super work. We’ll be reading.”
-The Coraline Team, Laika films

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Oscar Nominated Coraline Team Honors The Kreep

onlygothic — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 17:42:35 +0000

A while back, Gothic poet and illustrator The Kreep (created by R. O’Donnell) received an entirely handmade box of treasures collected specifically for him by the CORALINE team at Laika films. Inside the box, numbered 46/50, are highly decorated secret compartments that contain relics from the film including a bat/dog model, a bat body mold, authentic skeleton key with secret password, and a wing skeleton prototype #3. An old envelop with a wax seal with inlaid black button (as used for the eyes of the witch) and a hand-typed note explained the curious gift:

DEAR R.,

INSIDE THIS OLD BOX IS A ONE-OF-A-KIND COLLECTION WE’VE AMASSED AND CATALOGUED WITH YOU AND YOU ALONE IN MIND…THE PLAIN TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS, WE ARE PRETTY OBSESSED WITH DARK STORIES. LIKE YOU. WE ADMIRE YOUR DEDICATION TO THE KREEP. PLEASE KEEP UP THE SUPER WORK. WE’LL BE READING.

SINCERELY,

THE CORALINE TEAM

351 of the world’s oddest and most talented animators, artisans, and puppet fabricators have hand-made CORALINE. Led by Henry Selick, the director of THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS and JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH, this team has created the first stop-motion feature shot entirely in 3D. Based on the beloved best-selling children’s classic by Neil Gaiman, CORALINE is a fairy-tale nightmare steeped in classic storytelling, craftsmanship, and the old-fashioned art of moviemaking magic.

CORALINE is nominated for an Academy Award for best Animated Feature, to be televised by ABC on March 7, 2010.

Still NO. 93. BAT/DOGS

Skeleton key with password: armpithair

NO. 46/50

Letter with Wax Button seal

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> Official Coraline Website

source: R. Productions

photos: Eric Hoffhines

The Kreep kreeps-out Cupid with “My Bloody Valentine – 3D”

onlygothic — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:04:12 +0000

“All around him couples were clinging to one another, shrieking n’ shivering from the horrors director Patrick Lussier (Scream I, II & III) persistently threw in all their faces. And they loved it. Every last adolescent one of them was in cheesy splatter heaven. Holding onto one another as if they were dropping off the face of a way too complicated world, My Bloody Valentine –3D delivered such gratuitous ultra-violence to make their little hearts explode.”

Cupid is right outside a suburban window. An old angel with dirty wings, he stands there peek-a-booing through the frosty glass of someone’s living room. He takes a withered hand and wipes away the chill, wonders why the roses and the paper hearts aren’t hung around the living room akin to the holly and blinking lights that the Christmas angels all adore. He thinks his lovely celebration is dwindling. Cupid deems our hearts are growing bitter. So our wee-sized cherub with a duffle bag filled with dusty arrows and a bow shakes his head, walks away bewildered.

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Viktoria’s Dark Secrets

onlygothic — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 00:19:12 +0000

Gorgeous, talented plus highly innovative, model/musician Viktoria Modesta is a site to behold. Really. She’s renaissance, deliciously eccentric, and sculpted from the school of hard knocks. Too cool.

We love that she’s launched her solo music project with musician/producer Nik Hodges w/tracks written and produced by Viktoria and Nik. They’ve established a sound that reflects a mix of Electro, Dirty Pop, and a wee pinch of Indie/Rockabilly twang.

From the mouth:

“The project is already gathering an exciting amount of attention from the music industry with great reviews from MUSIC WEEK (Jane Bond has been featured on MUSIC WEEK playlist) , BRAND AMP, KISMET and BIZARRE. Her appearance @ London Fashion Week generated an amazing response after she performed an adapted version of SATELLITE, live as a finale of ZIAD GHANEM & FIRETRAP’s fashion show at The Freemasons Hall – Vauxhall Fahion Scout, stealing the show wearing a white couture gown.”

Oh, and Viktoria is an amputee. Something that she’s thrilled about. We can see why.

> Torture Garden

“Since the operation, there hasn’t been a single day where I’ve thought I shouldn’t have gone through with it. I do sometimes still wish I had a normal leg – but not my old leg.” -Viktoria, Bizarre

> Viktoria Modesta, Bizarre Cover Story

Viktoria @ selected London venues, playing as a 3 piece live band . Watch. Listen. Bye Bye. Gone.

> Viktoria

> Myspace

video Jane Bond by Modesta:

Like Nothing You’ve Ever Dreamed: Dreamhours

onlygothic — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 05:29:41 +0000

Dreamhours is a site dedicated to a world of images.

And we believe them. It’s one of the coolest rides we’ve been on lately. It’s like being trapped inside HBO’s Carnivale and Edgar Allen Poe’s head. Dreamhours is a Gothic Alchemy for the soul.

The creator speaks:

“If I was to add a final word, it would be a wish that you will be inspired to portray your own reality, wheter this is by words, images or the medium you feel the most comfortable with.”

–Viktor Kvant, early spring 2005.

> Dreamhours

The Kreep pens ode to Lovecraft

onlygothic — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:15:53 +0000

O’ Poverty thy wicked Cthulhu

O’ poverty thy wicked Cthulhu
Enchained a mind in coiled darkness
T’refute remarks n’ ruminations
In poetry n’ verse thus pending
As well quick a scribe’s bereavement
Malevolent feat indeed undone our author

O’ scarcity thy heinous Cthulhu
Threadbare wellbeing, better despair
Crush thy creator well your weight
Rip innards whilst no riches dwell
Curse the life obscurity n’ unaided
Lovecraft’s passing reaps return

O’ paucity thy odious Cthulhu
Neither headstone nor words printed
Nix bed t’sleep in restful slumber
Destitute the fate of Poe
Gone the extraterrestrial mythos
Vanished here forever more

In E†ernity,

Brazillia R. Kreep

Cthulhu (kə-THOO-loo) is a fictional cosmic entity created by horror author H. P. Lovecraft in 1926, first appearing in the short story “The Call of Cthulhu” when it was published in Weird Tales in 1928.

-Wikipedia

> Kreep’s Korner

H. P. Lovecraft Postcard Auction

onlygothic — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:05:07 +0000

One of the fathers of modern horror, HP Lovecraft (Howard Phillips) wrote horror, fantasy, and science fiction, coined in the early 1900’s as weird fiction. Own a piece of the historic “Lovecraft Circle” with this near mint postcard penned to horror writer/illustrator Howard Wandrei in HP’s own hand.

Inscription:

“Hail Spawner of Daemons! Am harboring a guest of honor whom I believe you are not unacquainted. Have just produced an ice-cream famine at Maxfields & a general famine at Jakes (has Donald told you about these centers of…) & now absorbing scenic impressions. Now by the shore at Buttonwoods. Hope you’ll get over to these parts before you flash away towards the sunset!” Also signed at the conclusion, “Greetings out of the dark from the unknown, but not malefic. James Morton.”

ALS signed “H. P.,” on the correspondence side of a 3.5 x 5.5 picture postcard of the Providence County Court House, no date, but postmarked August 4, 1934. Postcard to Howard Wandris in New York.

Lovecraft died unknown and penniless in 1937 of cancer, aged 46.

> Auction House

Heads-up courtesy of H. P. Lovecraft And His Legacy – Hosted by Chris Perridas

Kreepy Love Lost

onlygothic — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:00:44 +0000

I let love go
Flew onto a windowsill
A whispered thought its wings
Not knowing where to soar
Grooming tattered feathers, it cooed at me
Tilted its head to get a better look
One last take of me
For love was never certain who I was
While the wind coaxes its departure
As it drifts upwards
Out above the world
Toward other hearts More certain

In e†ernity,
Brazillia R. Kreep

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Eirick Aswang, Deliciously Dark Designer

onlygothic — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:55:53 +0000

Mr. Aswang in Death Mask and his designer tie to die for!

Los Angeles based artist, painter, and fasion/costume designer extraordinaire, Eirick Aswang is our January 2010 Gothic Renaissance Man.

Check him out. Fall in love with him. Buy his gear. Wear it religiously.

His deliciously dark corset in a wonderful Ward photo!

> Model Mayhem

Gothic Youtube

onlygothic — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:13:33 +0000

Gothic fun from youtube. Enjoy. See yourself in the reflection of the pool of shadowed darkness. What shimmers back at you? What image wavers? Is it… you?