I just bought a book called Curiosities from New York artist Travis Louie. He took a whole catalog of fantastic and grotesque characters and portrayed them in a Victorian fashion with some hints of Film Noir. They all look like family portraits that you could easily hang on one of your walls, along with that picture of your great grandmother or that aunt that survived two world wars. I'm sure that in many cases –like mine– they resemble many non-fictional crazy families. This guy created a world for himself where monsters look friendly, and candid and destroyed that horrible prejudice that the media has created around them (like sharks or snakes). In the book, he also includes a small biography of each character. In any case, I want one to hang beside grandma's picture, although I'm not sure if she would appreciate that. For your family album: Travis Louie's Curiosities.
www.travislouie.com
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