Monday, January 31, 2011

The Blue Master of the Universe


"Follow the stream to find what you need," says the Blue Master of the Universe.
"You must live humbly and not feel pride for your accomplishments."
"By inactivity, you will achieve all you can."
"You must go back to nature, and stay there."

Sunday, January 30, 2011

The Twilight Bunny

Twilight-Bunny
The Twilight Bunny is immortal and has fallen in love with you.
Unfortunately, to love him back means losing your eternal soul.
You don't really want to do that, girl, do you?
Even though he is one handsome hunk.

Saturday, January 29, 2011

Pudding Head

Pudding-Head
Pudding Head is a stubborn and lazy monster.
During his long life, he has always refused to work.
He is convinced society owes him quite a few free lunch.
"The government should pay!" he proclaims, as he stands in line at the soup kitchen.
If you ask him who should pay if every one had a free lunch, he will snugly reply, "The rich should pay!"
Thereby, Pudding Head believes, winning the argument.

Friday, January 28, 2011

Rock Hard Bun Bun

Rock-Hard-Bun-Bun
The Rock Hard Bun Bun is a school bully.
None of the other little kids even have a chance against him.
Every day, the tiny ones go home all black and blue after school, crying...
And at night when they sleep...
They have nightmares about carrots.

Thursday, January 27, 2011

The Haida Raven

Haida-Raven
The Haida Raven is a mythological monster invented by Bill Reid.
Its likeness has been mass-produced in China and sold in Canadian souvenir shops for many years.
One day the real Raven will wake and return to the land of the living to revenge himself on those bus loads of Asian tourists invading Quebec City's Old Fort...
By raising souvenir prices!

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

House of Wax Harry

House-of-Wax-Harry
House of Wax Harry used to be a mannequin that resembled Prince Harry in Madame Tussaud's museum.
Until the day one of Harry's jilted girlfriends decided to practice a little black magic and bring the mannequin to life with a ritual that involves a lot of burning candles...
Now, House of Wax Harry is headed for Buckingham Castle to take Harry's place!
Thus perhaps making the world a better place.

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Myron

Myron
Myron is a startling Golem made of inanimate matter.
This monster was created by the rabbi Judah Loew ben Bezalel from clay,
because the rabbi was upset that he couldn't delete his Facebook account properly.
Seek out those servers and destroy them, golem, it is a holy war!

Monday, January 24, 2011

Zombie Master

Zombie-Master
The drums are beating on the island of Haiti...
The Zombie Master is looking for new zombies to put under his spell!
If you're just sitting around and not doing much, please consider joining.
The pay is not great, but it's a steady job.

Sunday, January 23, 2011

Screaming Owl

Screaming-Owl
Screaming Owl yelled out, "Timber!"
And the 100-foot high tree crashed to the ground inches away from my foot.
Screaming Owl yelled out, "Duck!"
I dived down and the hunter's shot whistled by just above my head.
"Thanks," I said to the owl. "You got a good voice there."

Saturday, January 22, 2011

Soupy

Soupy
Soupy likes to go out and have a few laughs.
He likes to visit all his favorite establishments and enjoy one on the house.
He has friends everywhere and they are all happy to see him.
And when he's done, he heads home late at night.
And goes to sleep thinking...
"My, what a wonderful day that was!"

Friday, January 21, 2011

Max Returns

Max
One night, as German Expressionist film director F. W. Murnau was shooting his masterpiece "Nosferatu" in a secluded location, his mysterious star Max Schreck disappeared in a misty forest.
For hours Murnau waited for his star to return.
Finally, close to dawn, a stage hand heard someone down the road yelling the lyrics to "Disco Inferno".
And so they found Max Schreck, still wearing glittery clothes and with a party hat, lying in a ditch.
Covered with blood.

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Tastebuds

Tastebuds
Tastebuds is the monster spokesperson for a major brand of breakfast cereals.
"It's the flavor you'll keep enjoying!" says Tastebuds in one of their television advertisements.
"Trust me..."
"You'll like them so much you'll eat the empty cereal box afterwards too!"

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Sous-chef

Souschef
Sous-chef will chop your veggies.
She will jab and thrust.
Reducing all to a messy mush.
And you're going to love it.

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Jim

Jim
Jim is an alien who is a bit of a fashion plate.
In fact, he designs his own hats.
All the ladies are crazy about his hats and want to buy his creations.
But he never sells any, he only wants to wear them himself.

Monday, January 17, 2011

Space Moose

SpaceMoose
Space Moose is not like an Earth moose.
It doesn't live in a forest near a lake.
It doesn't eat vegetables.
In fact, the resemblance to a real moose is fairly superficial.

Sunday, January 16, 2011

Mud Being

Mud-Being
Mud Being stumbled out of his cave and began gesturing frantically and hissing at us.
"Your kind is doomed!" it screamed.
We were overwhelmed, let me tell you.
And we'll never forget that smell.

Saturday, January 15, 2011

The Bird is Done

The-Bird-is-Done
"The Bird is Done," said the scientist.
"We'll put him in the zoo and no one will notice a thing."
"It will sit in its cage, and carefully listen to the conversations of passerbys."
"No one will notice a thing!"

Friday, January 14, 2011

The Minotaur

Minotaur
The Minotaur sat in the middle of the maze, waiting for his next human victim.
By now there were fewer warriors willing to tackle the monster.
So the Minotaur had plenty of free time.
Only problem was, the Minotaur couldn't decide between a new 35 inch plasma or LCD.
(pencils by Bertrand, inked by Benjamin)

Thursday, January 13, 2011

Trogo

Trogo
Trogo is a galactic dictator intent on conquering every widening territories.
He has just sentenced his head astronomer to death because of the bad news he brought.
It seems the Universe is expanding.
Trogo will never be able to conquer it all.

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Scythe and Hammer

Scythe-and-Hammer
Scythe and Hammer is a communist monster from the former Soviet Union.
"Comrades," it says, beginning one of his marathon five hour speeches. "I have grave news! The capitalists are lying about a global warming!"
"We are entering instead into a new ice age!"
"This is why the American corporations are investing their billions in oil rather than bikinis!"

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

The Pollen Slurper


The Pollen Slurper regularly visits the botanical gardens.
He likes to take the time to smell each flower.
"Oooh, I like this one the best!" he keeps saying...
While he noisily licks the flower's nectar.

Monday, January 10, 2011

Selfmonster


Selfmonster doesn't want to get any more Christmas presents.
It's very likely that Selfmonster cannot get what it wants.
Guest artist: Judit Szeles
Mixed media on paper.

Sunday, January 9, 2011

The Surgeon

The-Surgeon
The Surgeon is a monster that will remove whatever organ you would like to get rid of.
Tonsils? A vasectomy? No problem!
It's all gone before you have time to feel a thing.
Twenty bucks a pop is all it costs, plus the price of a few bandages.
And there are even lower prices for removing colon cancers!

Saturday, January 8, 2011

The Phantoms


The Phantoms slowly appeared in a haze of colored mist.
No one had expected a visit from specters in the middle of the afternoon at work, needless to say.
I was eating a ham sandwich at that moment.
It was pretty tasty, I guess.
Guest artist: Pierre Otis

Friday, January 7, 2011

Theo the Monster


"Unlock the mysteries of your mind," says Theo the Monster.
"And there you shall find the answers that will set you free."
"You will realize the authorities are lying to you."
"Their mistake was actually much worse than they said..."

Thursday, January 6, 2011

The Party Monster

The-Party-Monster
It's time to go out and have some fun, says the Party Monster.
We're headed for the disco where we will shake our booty all night long!
Then when the disco closes we'll go to an all-night restaurant and continue to have some fun!
We'll dance on the tables with the waitresses and do a strip tease!
Woo hoo! Move it, move it!
Then, later, we'll report to work first thing in the morning.

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Big Blue Bird

big-blue-bird
Big Blue Bird is really the son of Alister Crowley.
If you check his date of birth, you will notice his Mom was in Paris at the same time as Alister in 1926.
So it is plausible.
However, since I checked...
The dates I am referring to have, of course, been deleted from Wikipedia.

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Queen of the Dinosaurs

Queen-of-the-Dinosaurs
The Queen of the Dinosaurs always leads the parade.
She likes to wave to her loyal subjects with her tail.
Hello, peons! Hello, little people!
The Queen of the Dinosaurs loves all the serfs who have made her rich.

Monday, January 3, 2011

Willy


Willy walked for miles and miles inside the shopping mall looking for a X-Mas gift for his lovely bride Alexia.
Everything was on sale, but Willy hates to shop.
It makes his feet hurt.
Finally Willy bought Alexia a very beautiful and expensive present...
When all she wanted from him was one of his beautiful smiles!

Sunday, January 2, 2011

The Ghost of the Bun Bun


The Bun Bun was a sad animal before his untimely demise.
Finally, nostalgia and depression got the better of him and he decided to end it all.
Later, after the dire deed was done, he found himself a ghost.
But he was still tormented by sadness, which itself made him grieve even more, because now there was truly no escape.

Saturday, January 1, 2011

Feral Teddy Bear

Feral-Teddy-Bear
Feral Teddy Bear is one mean orso.
All his life he's been grabbed, groped and hugged non stop by little kids.
Now he won't take it any more, so back off!
He has no more affection to give, OK?