Mark Witton, my favorite paleoartist, painted some Mythos monsters for Halloween.
From Voyageurs National Park on FB:
From Voyageurs National Park on FB: Called “Catamaran” by locals, Bert Upton is among the strangest of historical characters on area waters. He lived in a hut built over a dug-out at Squirrel Narrows. Found frozen to death in the 1930s by Kettle Falls pioneer Oliver Knox; Upton was perched lifeless in the snow just a half-mile from his home. Shunning civilization, Upton defined the word hermit. First spotted rowing his crude log raft on Namakan, no one knows how he got there. Upton’s accent implied an English heritage but any personal inquiries brought a stony silence. Some suspected him a man fleeing the law; others saw a bizarre outcast; everyone knew he was peculiar. Just five feet tall and wildly unkempt, Catamaran wore hacked-off pants and walked barefoot with a stick. Winter demanded shoes but no socks, a cast-off Mackinaw, and a trailing cap made from the leg of old underwear. He was oddly religious, and suspicious of being poisoned. Surviving on snared rabbits and fish, he ofte...
It takes a lot to get me to +1 anything related to Lovecraft these days, but these paintings are pretty good.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I’m pretty tired of body-builder Cthulhu, which is mainly what I seem to see.
ReplyDeleteCTHULHU IS THE STRONGEST ONE THERE IS
ReplyDeleteThose sick gains are not dead on those who can eternal lie.
ReplyDeleteGreat work, especially the Elder Things.
ReplyDeleteZzarchov Kowolski and with strange gyms, even reps can die
ReplyDeleteDo you even gibber, bro?
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