Chris Achilleos
































































































Here are some of the more monster infested paintings by Chris Achilleos. His illustration work includes covers for Heavy Metal Magazine, he was also conceputal artist for the animated film version from the 80's. I noticed on his site that he'd worked with Ray Harryhausen and was a conceptual artist for Willow.

All works are copyright Chris Achilleos. Check out his official website here.

Jack Kirby - Incredible Hulk Watercolor






















" HULK WATER COLOR, 1982, signed. A whopping 21" x 13" of pure Kirby pencils; inks; and watercolors."

Coop sums it up right here.. "The lurid colors take it into full-on batshit insane coolness. It's just a bonus that it's a painting of the Hulk squaring off with a weird gun-toting techno-gnome riding a beady-eyed spacedog through an exploding psychedelic vomit landscape."

Image originally posted here, found thanks to Andrei Molotiu.

Henry Lewis





















Although his gallery page is a bit sparse at the moment you can see more of his work and his studio space in this great article from Fecal Face. A brief profile on Henry can be read here.

Jean Marie Poumeyrol






















This was the painting that introduced me to the bizarre world of Poumeyrol ten years ago. I saw it along with other paintings in H.R Giger's art collection published in this book. The painting resembles a scene from a David Cronenberg film that needs to be made.

View more paintings by Poumeyrol here.

Codex Seraphinianus Article
Here's a great article from The Believer on the Codex Seraphinianus, previously mentioned here and here.

Kondoh Akino










































Scroll to the bottom of this gallery to see more from this strange series of images.

Swartzentruber










































The above three drawings were taken from a series titled "Facing the Sublime & the Grotesque" concerning monsters and myths. The drawings have a great stylistic balance between the works of Philip Guston and Dr Seuss. The following quote from the artist best describes the artwork on the site, "Stylistically the work marries the pop-surreal with visionary art, appropriating environments from sequential art, illustration, desktop publishing and animation as well as the traditional structures of painting, printmaking and the illuminated manuscript. "

Visit the gallery here.

Here is one of my favorite paintings from the site.

Saint Michael Battling Lucifer






















Gerard David - Altarpiece of St Michael, oil on wood. "The picture representing the battle of St Michael with the Diable is the central panel of a small triptych. On the side panels St Jerome and St Anthony of Padua can be seen in a contiguous landscape as a background." - quote source






















Master of the Legend of St Ursula - St Michael Fighting Demons, oil on oak panel, 1480 - 1500.






















Juan de Flandes - Saint Michael and Francis, Tempera and oil on wood, 1505-09.






















Hans Leu The Elder - Michael Battling Lucifer (1500)






















Albrecht Dürer - St Michael Fighting the Dragon, woodcut, 1496/98.























Raffaello Sanzio - St Michael and the Dragon, oil on wood, 1505. Painting previously mentioned here.






















Claude Duflos - Copy of Raffaello's painting from above, engraving from 17th - 18th century.






















Pacino di Bonaguida - The Apparition of Saint Michael, 1330.










































Lieven van Lathem - Saint Michael - Tempera colors, gold leaf, gold paint, and silver paint on parchment, 1469.






















Juan de la Abadia - The Archangel Michael, paint on wood, 1490. This is probably the creepiest interpretation of satan that I've ever seen, something about the small puppet like demon running around with bird feet. That one is going to give me nightmares!

Saint Michael is like the Van Helsing of the middle ages, anywhere you see him turn up he's usually kicking monster ass. More examples of Saint Michael slicing, dicing, dropkicking, face smashing and sucker punching the devil can be found here.