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The Goblin Daddy @thegoblindaddy.bsky.social · 1d

Day 11: "They won't think twice if they don't have a brain!" 🧠
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Needless to say I was also obsessed with The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy. Chose the brain eating alien from "Little Rock of Horrors" because that episode also introduced me to Voltaire's music. So double the win! 🖤
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#inktober

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The Goblin Daddy @thegoblindaddy.bsky.social · 2d

Day 10: Releasing yet another Peter Lorre caricature into the world wasn't on my 2025 bingo card ⚰️
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Had to tap into a bit of Looney Tunes for that 40's flavor. Gossamer and the Lorre-inspired mad scientist are some immediate standouts when thinking of animated horror from back then 🧡
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#Inktober

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The Goblin Daddy @thegoblindaddy.bsky.social · 4d

Day 9: "Demon of petty tasks and worthless jobs, ogre of wasted effort"💀
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"The Phantom Tollbooth" is probably the single most formative piece of animated media for me. Used to spend SO much time trying to copy the vibe of the characters and the backgrounds...Anyway, here's the Terrible Trivium 🖤

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The Goblin Daddy @thegoblindaddy.bsky.social · 7d

Oh she is. But also peak nightmare fuel 🖤

The Goblin Daddy @thegoblindaddy.bsky.social · 7d

Day 8: "Nitro-Punch!" 🕷
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The 1997 Dexter's Laboratory episode "Monstory" stuck with me since forever particularly because of how damn cursed that Dee Dee spider kaiju was...Anyway, 10/10, would recommend 🤷‍♂️
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#Inktober #DextersLaboratory

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The Goblin Daddy @thegoblindaddy.bsky.social · 8d

Day 7: "Kiss of death, baby!"
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Had so many good choices to pick from Adventure Time...decided on Death himself because he's such a chill guy. Would totally hang out with him 💀
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#adventuretime #inktober

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The Goblin Daddy @thegoblindaddy.bsky.social · 11d

Day 6: You're a daddy, Mr. Grinch 👀
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Yet another guy that doesn't need any introduction. The way 5 year old me was utterly obsessed with the 1966 short...Directed by Chuck Jones? The Grinch voiced by Boris Karloff?? The song by Thurl Ravenscroft?? Formative is an understatement 🎄

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The Goblin Daddy @thegoblindaddy.bsky.social · 12d

Day 5: "It's a shame we can't play with him anymore..."👽
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The 1973 French movie "Fantastic Planet" is a really interesting watch, highly recommend checking it out if you haven't 🖤 Needless to say that the alien Draags fascinated me since forever. I mean...LOOK AT THEM!
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#Inktober #fantasticplanet

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The Goblin Daddy @thegoblindaddy.bsky.social · 14d

Day 4: "Oh well, you'll join us someday..."🎃
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While I technically didn't grow up with "Over the Garden Wall" and everyone and their mother already did a rendition of Enoch and the pumpkin people, I do love the show dearly and "Hard Times at the Huskin' Bee" has got to be my favorite episode so..

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The Goblin Daddy @thegoblindaddy.bsky.social · 15d

Day 3: The queer icon, the legend, camp on heels, His.Infernal.Majesty! 🔥
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Nothing much to say about this one. Everyone knows him, everyone loves him. And "The Powerpuff Girls" rules 🤷‍♂️ I still get shivers when watching the "Speed Demon" episode.
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#Inktober #thepowerpuffgirls

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The Goblin Daddy @thegoblindaddy.bsky.social · 15d

Day 2: Camera! Lights! Zombies! ✨️
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When talking about life-changing shows, Courage The Cowardly Dog is at the top of my (and a lot of people's) list. And the episode "Everyone Wants to Direct", featuring these two boogers, was one that did an absolute doozy on my 10 year old brain 💀
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#inktober

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The Goblin Daddy @thegoblindaddy.bsky.social · 17d

Coming up over the course of the next month(s), a bestiary of my favorite cartoon monsters! 🎃
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Day 1: A classic to start things off with, the titular character from the 1969 "Scooby Doo, Where Are You?" episode, welcome Spooky Space Kook!
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#illustration #monster #horrorart #scoobydoo #inktober

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The Goblin Daddy @thegoblindaddy.bsky.social · Aug 29

Coupée en deux 🪚
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Inspired by french drag artist La Big Bertha💚 (and a random sideshow poster from the 20s that I couldn't even find the artist for, sorry🙃)
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#painting #creature #lowbrow #fantasyart #demon #illustration #darkfantasy #goblin #circus #vintage

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The Goblin Daddy @thegoblindaddy.bsky.social · Aug 22

Can your heart stand the shocking facts about glam zombies from outer space? 👽
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Doin' more composition exercises, this time inspired by Swiss drag artist Moon 🖤🌙
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#painting #horror #pulp #poster #illustration #zombie #lowbrow #fantasyart #darkfantasy

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The Goblin Daddy @thegoblindaddy.bsky.social · Sep 16

The Tickler 🪶
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Slowly but surely channeling them spooky cartoon vibes for what's to come. Inspired by @notpi.net 🖤
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#painting #creature #lowbrow #fantasyart #illustration #demon #darkfantasy #horror #queerart #bouletbrothersdragula

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The Goblin Daddy @thegoblindaddy.bsky.social · Sep 4

The 'ween approaches 🎃 That is all.
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#painting #creature #lowbrow #fantasyart #illustration #darkfantasy #goblin #halloween #horror

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The Goblin Daddy @thegoblindaddy.bsky.social · Aug 29

Coupée en deux 🪚
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Inspired by french drag artist La Big Bertha💚 (and a random sideshow poster from the 20s that I couldn't even find the artist for, sorry🙃)
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#painting #creature #lowbrow #fantasyart #demon #illustration #darkfantasy #goblin #circus #vintage

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The Goblin Daddy @thegoblindaddy.bsky.social · Aug 22

Can your heart stand the shocking facts about glam zombies from outer space? 👽
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Doin' more composition exercises, this time inspired by Swiss drag artist Moon 🖤🌙
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#painting #horror #pulp #poster #illustration #zombie #lowbrow #fantasyart #darkfantasy

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The Goblin Daddy @thegoblindaddy.bsky.social · Aug 11

🎶If I die, just let me lie at the bottom of the sea and sleep🎶
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Wanted to get this merman dude out of my system even though I'm supposed to be on a two week break from painting. Ohwell. 🧜‍♂️
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#painting #creature #lowbrow #fantasyart #illustration #darkfantasy #queerart #merman

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𝕯𝖚𝖓𝖌𝖊𝖔𝖓𝖑𝖚𝖘𝖙.˚⊹.🎃₊˚𖦹⋆ @dungeonlust.com · Dec 8

Art by • Jim Holloway

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The Goblin Daddy @thegoblindaddy.bsky.social · Jul 28

A kappa devouring his snack 🥒
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Goblinized (?) version of Goya's "Saturn Devouring His Son" because of course.
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#painting #creature #lowbrow #fantasyart #demon #illustration #darkfantasy #yokai

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The Goblin Daddy @thegoblindaddy.bsky.social · Jul 24

"Look ma, I'm in the pictures!" 🦇
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Just fooling around with compositions and somehow things are getting even less serious 🤷‍♂️
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#painting #creature #lowbrow #fantasyart #illustration #demon #darkfantasy #horror #pulphorror #goblin

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The Goblin Daddy @thegoblindaddy.bsky.social · Jul 17

Exorcism ✨️
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Quick goblinized version of an illustration from "Selected Poems of Algernon Charles Swinburne" by Harry Clarke. Also inspired by french drag artist Elips 🖤
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#painting #creature #tarot #surrealism #illustration #darkfantasy #queerart #occult #demon

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𝕯𝖚𝖓𝖌𝖊𝖔𝖓𝖑𝖚𝖘𝖙.˚⊹.🎃₊˚𖦹⋆ @dungeonlust.com · Jul 10

Art by • Mara Hiltunen

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The Goblin Daddy @thegoblindaddy.bsky.social · Jul 7

Blue bondage 💀
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Goblinized version of Gil Elvgren's "Mona". Also inspired by drag artist Bosco 🖤
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#painting #creature #lowbrow #fantasyart #demon #illustration #darkfantasy #queerart #pinup

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