Saturday, October 31, 2015

Halloween Machine 2015

Once again it's Halloween and so, once again, it's time for my annual post on all things spooky in my little corner of the world.  

I busted out my only-used-at-halloween sewing "skills" to construct some wearable art in the form of a Cyclops costume.  And not just any Cyclops costume; a 90's Cyclops costume.  My friend Colin and I have had many a ponderous conversation about the aesthetic shortcomings of the comic book trends that came to dominate the industry during our formative comic-reading years.  Chief among them: the pouchy, shoulder-paddy, metal-embellished, over-designed nonsense of comic book costumes of the early 90's, particularly the X-Men.  And so, that was the theme we went with, and over the months convinced several of our friends to join us in creating the most ridiculous versions of our favorite X-Men characters' costumes.  We ended up with a team consisting of Bedsheets Storm, Raincoat Jubilee, 60's-era Marvel Girl/Jean Grey, Minimalist Wolverine, Chef-Shirt Shatterstar, and Strap Overkill Cyclops.


My Cyclops Costume presented some challenges, particularly the belt pouches and gloves, which I hand-stitched individually.  The intercom button was a tap light spray painted yellow, glazed with red mod podge, and topped with an acrylic black "X." 


Finally, I had to do my annual invitation artwork.  This year I decided on a werewolf theme.  The previous years can be found here, here, here,and here.


Greg White Illustration


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