Bloody Betty Honours the Thickets @ Dr Sketchy’s Anti-Art School

sketchyYou haven’t heard about Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School? Part art class, part cabaret, the monthly Dr Sketchy brings you 3 hours with Vancouver’s dazzling and bizarre burlesque personalities. Sunday Feb 13 the notorious Bloody Betty will be posing based on Cthulhupalooza and the music of The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets, with Thickets front man Toren Atkinson will be in attendance. Join us at the Wallflower (2420 Main St Vancouver), lose 1d20 Sanity Points and a chance to win free tickets to Cthulhupalooza II!

Vancouver Comicon Promotes Cthulhupalooza 2

I’ll have a dealer table at Vancouver Comicon on Sunday Jan 16 @ the Heritage Hall 3102 Main St. I’ll be there from opening until about 4pm, selling my art, my books, my band merch, and promoting Cthulhupalooza 2! Come on by and say hello and pick up a copy of the new Strange Aeons magazine featuring Spaceship Zero the comic prequel!

Toren is Eligible for a Shuster Award!

Reggie-Town CLICK TO MAKE BIG

Wow, I’m honored and excited. Because of my contributions to New Reliable Press’ comics anthology Acts of Violence, I am eligible for a Shuster Award this year. In case you don’t know what that means, Joe Shuster was one of the creators of Superman (and Canadian), and the awards recognize the work of Canadian comic book creators. The 7th Annual Ceremony is in Calgary this June.

Unspeakable Oath #18 on rpgnow.com

cover by Todd Shearer
cover by Todd Shearer

Hey Call of Cthulhu roleplayers! The new issue of The Unspeakable Oath is available in pdf format right now on rpgnow.com for $6.99 and it’s filled with illustrations by, among other people, Mr. Toren Atkinson. Check out some previews on unspeakableoath.com

I expect that the printed versions will be available presently at gaming stores near you and unspeakableoath.com.

Almost Out of Planet Cthulhu

Thickets fans, I’m almost out of these “Planet Cthulhu” t-shirts. If you want one, email me at thickets@uniserve.com and I’ll check to see if I’ve still got your size.

The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets "Planet Cthulhu" T-shirt - click to make big
The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets "Planet Cthulhu" T-shirt - click to make big

Partial Rough for new Thickets shirt

CCthulhu Rising - click to make large
Cthulhu Rising - click to make large

I thought I had previously posted with a rough mockup of a new Thickets shirt, but maybe it was Facebook. The idea is an homage to the classic metal t-shirt, a la Iron Maiden, with an over-the-top, gory skull, blood & fire fest on a black shirt. I won’t give too much away, except for the image here is a rough sketch of one of the elements of the full t-shirt design…