Some recent Monstars

Late, But Not Too Late Halloween 2013 Plan!

Hey gang,
This year for Halloween I've decided to post some of the Monstars that I haven't posted to the blog yet over on the Andrew Barr's Monstars Blog. I'm hoping I'll get some monster drawings done for this blog too. I'll at least get a pin-up done for Halloween itself.
I'm going to be at the Unplugged Convention at the end of the month. Oct. 26-27 to be precise. I haven't done that convention before but I'm looking forward to it. Although from the look of it I'm going to be the face of horror at that con. If you're in Toronto that weekend swing by the convention pick up some art and say, "hi!"

Sneak Peek of some new Monstars showing up on the Monstar's blog

Here's a little peek at the next four monstars showing up on the Monstar's blog. Any guesses as to where these guys and girl are from? The one in the upper right is already on that blog. The other three will be up over the next three weeks.

A bunch of recent Monstars: how many do you recognize?

A bunch of monsters from my other blog MONSTARS. How many do you recognize? How many have you seen?

I must really like John Carpenter movies...

Just judging by the number of John Carpenter movies I've done Monstars of. Since I did a new one today (Dave Lo Pan) I figure I'd post them all here for your convenience or something. Enjoy!

The Master would be pleased.

In case you were not aware, I've been posting 2 new Monstars a week for halloween over at my MONSTARS BLOG. So, go on over there and check 'em out.

MONSTARS: the Blog!

So, I've decided to start another blog. Its going to be dedicated 100% to my Monstars project. Please follow that one, I probably won't be posting anymore monstars on Notchordamnatchoz. I felt they were over shadowing everything else on here. Thanks guys! MONSTARS!

Monstar Heroes: Alex Murphy, Robocop (1987)

Who doesn't love Robocop!? Nobody that's who. The second of my new Monstar Heroes.
Oh yeah. At fan expo I was selling prints of my Original Monstars 1922–2011 there were only two people who recognized most of them one was a ten year old kid dressed as Sloth from Goonies (he missed 4) the other was artist Trevor Henderson, who managed to not only name the movie but the name of the creature too. He missed two, but they were a couple of the more obscure ones (Monster-a-go-go, which nobody got and Adam Sorg from Color Me Blood Red) way to go Trevor, make sure you watch those flicks now.

Monstars Heroes: Cannonball Run (1981)

I've decided I've done enough monsters for a little while so while I still enjoy drawing these Monstars I'm going to try some movie Hero characters. I'll probably tire of this quickly and go back to monsters but in the mean time look forward to some weird and wacky heroes from cult and b-movies that I think are fun enough to draw.

This first one, of course, is Captain Chaos the alternate personality of Dom DeLouise's character in Cannonball Run

If you guys have any requests for Heroes you'd like to see in this set or more monsters you want me to add to the Monstar's list let me know. 

Monstars: 1922-2011. How many can you recognize?

 FanExpo tomorrow. I'm gathering up all the art and comics and stuff I'll be taking so I thought I'd share share this. A full set of Monstars that covers a bunch of Sci-Fi and horror movies from 1922–2011 that's almost 90 years of creeps (strangely most of them seem to have come from the 1980's) this isn't the end of drawing up Monstars, I'm planning on expanding the series (monsters from the 50's aren't represented enough) by doing some of my favorite movie heroes. Until then enjoy this small version of the collection, I'll have prints available at the Convention swing by if you want one.

The End.

Monstars: They Live (1988)

They Live ... we  sleep! I've always been a fan of this movie. May not have understood the whole political angle the first time I saw it (I was a kid, leave me alone) but really liked it from the first time I saw it.
With FanExpo only a couple of weeks away I'm starting to get all the prints and stuff I'm planning on selling together and printed. I've got a series of four Monstars prints that I just finished up yesterday featuring 89 years of movie monstars starting with Nosferatu and ending with Hobo with a Shotgun's the Plague. I'll post a preview of them soon. The prints will be 11 X 17 and feature roughly 25 monstars per page. I've still got a couple of the ART BOOK s available to anyone interested.

Monstars: Army of Darkness (1992)

Good ol' Bad Ash. I don't understand why people keep calling him Evil Ash, he calls himself Bad Ash when he introduces himself to that little goody-two-shoes Ash. Any how I've seen this movie way too often. Actually saw it in the theater back in '92. I'm afraid I think its lost a bit of its coolness in light of every nerd in the world deciding its the greatest movie ever (its not as good as Evil Dead 2) but I still think it was pretty cool. I still wish Raimi got his way and called it Medieval Dead or at least Evil Dead 3: The Army of Darkness.
I'm not going to bother posting a trailer since I'm pretty sure everyone's seen it by now.
ok. The End.

Monstars: Jaws (1975)

I guess since Discovery channel started Shark Week last night it might be appropriate to bring Jaws into the Monstar Fold. Little bit of useless trivia about me. Jaws was the first movie my parents took me to. It was at a drive-in and I was 9 months old, so I can't really say its the first movie I ever saw (the first one I remember seeing was Star Wars). Any way, Jaws! Hope you like this one.

Monstars Double Feature: Labyrinth (1986) & Legend (1985)

Look out its the Goblin King! Jareth. Yep, that's right Jareth. the terrible king of the Goblins from Jim Henson's Labyrinth. and his terrifying pants. He steals babies I think that's enough to warrant his being included with the rest of the monsters in the Monstar collection.

And of course what collection of monsters would be complete without at least one devil. Oh wait, I already had the liquid version of Satan from Prince of Darkness but I really felt like drawing those horns.

Monstars: Christine

Geez, another John Carpenter flick showing up in the Monstar list?! oh, well say hello to Christine.

Monstars: The Classics...

So some Classic Monstars this time. If you don't recognize them I don't know what you'd be thinking of some of the other Monstars that have been here. Anyway if you dig these guys and would like to have them on a shirt or some drinking glasses or something check out my Cafepress store. I'm thinking that at the Fan expo I'll be selling a print that has all the Monstars I've done by the time I get around to making the print.

Monstars: Trick R Treat (2007)

I know its a while until halloween but. Trick R Treat is a great flick any time of the year. I wish there was more anthology films. I really liked the wrap around story with Sam (see above)

And now the trailer.

Monstars: Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon (2006)

Behind the Mask is one of my favorite modern slasher flicks. I really don't understand why the movie went straight to DVD, it really deserved a theatrical release. If you haven't seen it yet and like horror flicks, especially slasher movies you owe it to your self to check it out. Especially now that there might be a sequel in the works. It definitely deserves a sequel. I thought it did a much better job of playing with and explaining the "rules" of the genre then the Scream series

Dig the Trailer




Also a message from Mr. Vernon....

Monstars: Prophecy (1979)

The giant mutant bear from the 1979 environmental horror flick Prophecy. According to this movie mercury poisoning can make women give birth to fish or cats or other lower forms of animals, and bears turn into crazy tumor covered half-furred mutants that wander the woods doing things like this:





Decent movie even though the environmental message is pretty heavy handed and some of the science is hilarious (ie. those above discriptions of what exposure to mercury will do).

Monstars: Brain Damage (1988)

So that's Aylmer, a weird parasite that gets people high while feeding on brains. He latches on to his victims and injects them with a hallucinogenic venom asking only that they go kill people so he can eat their brains. Really strange movie from Frank Henenlotter. Here's the trailer: