Maggots and Aliens and Clowns, Oh, My
22.04.10
Thingmaker was manning a compartment at Monsterpalooza. Now in its second year, Monsterpalooza, a three-day conference for repugnance fans, special-effects artists, film directors, actors and anyone else who got off on eyeballs in jars and prosthetic blood, was basically an opportunity for people to get together to gross each other out. With so much terror assembled in one construction, it begged the question, What frightens the frighteners?
Artist Bob Lizarraga brainwork for a while before deciding that the scariest creature ever invented had to be Mr. Sardonicus, whose countenance froze in a terrifying grin while he was robbing his father's vital to obtain a winning lottery ticket. "He saw the smiling stiff and was so shocked, his face got stuck like that. He had to walk around with a cover-up from then on," Lizarraga said, a small smile playing at the corners of his doorway.
The Marriott Burbank Convention Center is normally a congress place for the suit-and-tie crowd, but that weekend there were people dressed in deathly outfits so hideous, they could be their own worst nightmare. A few bravely insisted no monstrousness ever scared them. Like illustrator Mike Sosnowski , they identified with the ghoulishness as outcast, as outsider. Classically misunderstood Frankenstein was their fail bearer.
Source: LA Weekly