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Gris Grimly

An independent multimedia company

About Me

Illustrator, author, painter, storyteller, filmmaker and overall Mad Creator.Here's the Mad Creator Productions logo, designed by Stephen Schuster and music composed by Rani Sharone of Stolen Babies. Enjoy!

My Interests


INTERESTS:Things with a dark underbelly, witty humor and cobwebs, a time period when men wore hats and women wore dresses, Victorian mansions with unexplored nooks and crannies, old Halloween artwork and ornaments, vintage suites, wingtips, starlight mints, tweed jackets with patches, horror movies, old carnivals and sideshows, freaks, monsters, oddities, taxidermy, antiques, tattoos, scotch, red wine, and a good Reuben on Rye.

I'd like to meet:

The ghost of James Whale.ATTENTION COMMENT LEAVERS!We love receiving artwork and pictures as comments. But please resize your image properly. We will not post images over 500 pixels wide. Thank you.

Music:

All time top 10: Nick Cave, Alien Sex Fiend, The Cure, Bauhaus, Rasputina, Antony and the Johnsons, Johnny Cash, Coil, Legendary Pink Dots and almost anything with Mike Patton.

Movies:

Italian Horror, Giallo films, Silent films, Golden Age Cinema, 50's and 60's B horror, Hammer Horror, Classic Universal horror, Noir, black comedies, and anything with Corey Feldman

Television:

Carnivale, Addams Family, The Munsters, Ren and Stimpy, Doctor Who (with Tom Baker), Twin Peaks, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Falty Towers, The Muppet Show, The X-Files, Gormenghast and Tales from the Crypt.

Books:

HP Lovecraft, William S. Burroughs, Franz Kafka, Edgar Allan Poe, Charles Baudelaire, Tom Robbins, Haruki Murakami, Neil Gaiman, Grant Morrison, Clive Barker, Raymond Chandler, Ishmael by Daniel Quinn and Geek Love by Katherine Dunn.

Heroes:

"The dark is empty; Most of our heros have been wrong."
-Charles Bukowski

My Blog

Saturday June 7th- Book Release Event

Hey Ghouls and Ghoulettes,I don't know about all of you, but I'm getting pretty anxious for the WHERE MADNESS REIGNS hardcover book release THIS SATURDAY (June 7th) at Halloween Town in Burbank Califo...
Posted by Gris Grimly on Sat, 07 Jun 2008 08:48:00 PST

"Where Madness Reigns" Limited Edition Hardcover Book Launch Signing

 "Where Madness Reigns: The Art of Gris Grimly" is now available in paperback. This 80-page book collects some of the more memorable, thought provoking and visceral pieces of art to ooze from Gri...
Posted by Gris Grimly on Wed, 14 May 2008 06:26:00 PST

Cannibal Flesh Riot! sculpture!!!

For the past year, I've been working with Gentle Giant (the 3-dimensional company behind the licenses Star Wars, Hellboy, Lord of the Rings, Clash of the Titans, Corpse Bride and more) on a Cannibal F...
Posted by Gris Grimly on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 06:35:00 PST

Dallas, TX FearFest wrap up!

We just got back from Dallas Texas for the FearFest 2 horror convention. The show was fantastic. Cannibal Flesh Riot! was screened and received a great response. Thank you to everyone who came out for...
Posted by Gris Grimly on Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:44:00 PST

Gris Grimly on the Vader Project

I was asked to join the hundred or so artists and illustrators who are participating in the Vader Project. "What is the Vader Project?" You ask.The Vader Project is a platform group art show of custom...
Posted by Gris Grimly on Wed, 13 Feb 2008 09:32:00 PST

CFR interview/review at unboundzine

Here is a great and informative write up on Cannibal Flesh Riot! executed by unboundzine.com. Check it out. This interview has some of the most interesting and thought provoking questions yet. Well do...
Posted by Gris Grimly on Sat, 26 Jan 2008 07:12:00 PST

Watch Monster Creature Feature...

Why? Because it is a really kick ass show. Here's the problem. It's only available on TV in Raleigh North Carolina on RTN channel 10. But thanks to the cosmic powers of cyber space, you can also check...
Posted by Gris Grimly on Fri, 24 Aug 2007 03:16:00 PST

CFR DVD and Score available now...

Finally, the DVD for Cannibal Flesh Riot! as well as the original score are available for sale at madcreator.com. First is the limited Edition DVD/CD. This two-disc limited edition collector's set is ...
Posted by Gris Grimly on Thu, 16 Aug 2007 03:46:00 PST

Little Lou Lou Comic

I may have gone mad, but with the new website, I have decided to post a bi-monthly comic (or as much as I can keep up) called "Little Lou Lou's Adventures in Hell". The comic is influenced by much of ...
Posted by Gris Grimly on Thu, 16 Aug 2007 03:28:00 PST

Cannibal Flesh Riot! in Rue Morgue Magazine

Check out the new issue of Rue Morgue Magazine and read the write up on Cannibal Flesh Riot!Shot at 2007-08-02Shot at 2007-08-02...
Posted by Gris Grimly on Sun, 05 Aug 2007 05:03:00 PST