IF YOU’RE A REGULAR READER OF RUE MORGUEyou’ll have noticed that we’re great admirers of the painted page – as much as we are of the written word and moving picture. Over the last thirteen years, many a candle has been held up to some of the most unique (Kris Kuksi) and influential (H.R. Giger) visionaries alive or dead (Hieronymus Bosch). Looking back at the past 100 issues, you’ll find eclectic examples of artists whose work goes bump in the night (Simon Marsden, XNO, Pooch), gets under your skin (Bob Tyrrell, Vincent Castiglia), invokes the playfully morbid (Jason D’Aquino, Mark Ryden), summons demonic vixens (Coop), immortalizes personal demons (Joe Coleman, Paul Booth) and breathes vivid life into monsters, both classic and contemporary (Basil Gogos, Daniel Horne, Tom Kuebler, Chet Zar).…
