For Halloween - Disturbing, Dark, & Creepy Photography, Art, Fashion & Furniture.

above: Keyhole and detail, by horror photographer Joshua Hoffine

In honor of Halloween, here's a reprise of some (there are many more) of my spookiest posts from the past few years in the areas of photography, fine art, fashion, furniture and design.

Beautifully Creepy Photography:

•Joshua Hoffine Brings Your Nightmares To Life In His Beautiful Horror Photography


•The SAW Blood Drive Posters I-VI


•More Ghoulishness From Photographer Joshua Hoffine


•Nina Levy's Family Portraits Make Yours Look Less Frightening.


•The Puppet Show By Photographers Winkler + Noah


•Gottfried Helnwein's Controversial Photos


•Meet Russian Photographer And Artist Oleg Dou

Disturbing Art:


•Jason Clay Lewis: Drop Dead Gorgeous And Ammo Art


•An Inside View of Jason Freeny's Unusual Art.


•Barbie Gone Bad. Works From The 7th Annual Altered Barbie Exhibit

Frightening Fashion:

•Bela's Dead: The Dark Side Of Sexy Lingerie


•A New Fashionista Favorite: Designer Iris van Herpen


•Some Spooky Skull Shoes & Boots From Martin Margiela


•Limited Edition Bell & Ross Skull Watch: Instrument BR 01 Airborne Talisman Watch


Deadly Design:

•Coffin Couches



•Showtime's Serial Killer, Dexter, Inspires Some Bloody Interesting Items


•Rock a Bye Deadly Baby: The Ne Zha Works of Shi Jinsong


•Modern Mementos Of Macabre Moments in History


•Ordinary Life: Disturbed by Nika Zupanc


•The Sensory Deprivation Skull & The Wellness Skull


•This Is The Furniture Your Mother Warned You About: Ted Nemeth Designs


•Make No Bones About It, Stephen Einhorn Is Much More Than A Jeweler.

Modern Coffins & Urns

•The Best Modern Coffins. When You Want To Go Out In Style.


•Modern Cremation Urns

To see over 160 purchasable items I've chosen with skulls or skull-related imagery and design, check out my "Death Becomes You" list here. Or simply use the left and right scroll arrows on the widget below to see them all.

Happy Halloween!

All My Friends Are Dead. The Book, The Video, The Authors.

Released by Chronicle Books on August 1st, All My Friends Are Dead is a funny and bittersweet illustrated book by two young guys with a wonderful twisted sense of humor and a love of the absurd; Avery Monson and Jory John*.



If you're a dinosaur, all of your friends are dead. If you're a pirate, all of your friends have scurvy. If you're a tree, all of your friends are end tables. Each page of this laugh-out-loud illustrated humor book showcases the downside of being everything from a clown to a cassette tape to a zombie. Cute and dark all at once, this hilarious children's book for adults teaches valuable lessons about life while exploring each cartoon character's unique grievance and wide-eyed predicament. From the sock whose only friends have gone missing to the houseplant whose friends are being slowly killed by irresponsible plant owners (like you), All My Friends Are Dead presents a delightful primer for laughing at the inevitable.








The book is getting lots of buzz and already sold out/back ordered at Chronicle. But can be purchased here

A companion video by the authors:


*About the Authors:
In addition to writing books, Avery and Jory have a site (combination blog and online store) named Big Stone Head which sells shirts, books, cards and pillows... all with their witty illustrations and sayings.

You can see from the following t-shirts, they had a few designs in mind for the lonely Dinosaur which ended up gracing the cover of the book. These are presently available as t-shirts on their site:



Buy the above t-shirts here.

Other examples of their collaborative items:
Greeting cards:

Ira Glass Pillow:

Other t-shirts:


Shop Big Stone Head.


above left: Avery Monsen is an actor, artist, and writer.
Above right: Jory John is a writer, editor, and journalist.
They are friends, and neither is dead. Yet.