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Trick or Treat & a new Cthulhu Book

Posted on October 30th, 2013

Trick or Treat, Cthulhu parody art by Amy Crook

Trick or Treat, Cthulhu parody art by Amy Crook

I’ve finally finished my Cthulhu Holiday Fun Book, a handmade coloring and activity book themed around holidays from Halloween to Father’s Day (zombie style). The above art is lovingly dedicated to Goomi’s Unspeakable Vault, my favorite Cthulhu webcomic of all, since he had the idea of dressing Cthulhu up for Halloween and did it much more cleverly than I.

This image and 11 more are waiting in the book for you to color, along with 5 original maddening puzzles and activities. I don’t promise some of them won’t drive you insane, but hopefully you’ll enjoy the journey.

Get a copy at my Etsy shop today!

Cthulhu Holiday Fun Book, a Lovecraftian activity and coloring book by Amy Crook

Cthulhu Holiday Fun Book, a Lovecraftian activity and coloring book by Amy Crook

Categories: Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Card Design, People, Figures and Faces, Series and Books, Tentacles, Things I'm a Fan Of, Zombies, Skulls, and Other Morbid Things
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Jo’s Magnificent Metaphorical Time Machine

Posted on October 28th, 2013

Jo's Magnificent Metaphorical Time Machine, commissioned illustration by Amy Crook

Jo’s Magnificent Metaphorical Time Machine, commissioned illustration by Amy Crook

It’s Monday, and I think we all wish we could hop in and go back to Friday to enjoy the weekend all over again. The delightful Jo Van Every has gotten another fun illustration, this time of the “time machine” she uses to help get clients to think ahead. She wanted something colorful and whimsical, so I went for a Seussian version of the HG Wells creation. I’m not sure what all those big funnel-shaped things do, but I’m certain it’s timey-wimey stuff.

Categories: Completed Commissions, Whimsical and Strange
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Alternate Universes: Sherlock BBC

Posted on October 26th, 2013

Alternate Universes: Sherlock BBC, parody Sherlock comic by Amy Crook

Alternate Universes: Sherlock BBC
parody Sherlock comic by Amy Crook

And so we come to the end! I used simple neutrals and a white background to show that really, all of these alternate universes are part of the bigger pastiche of Arthur Conan Doyle’s works, Sherlock BBC. And, as Sherlock says, no matter what universe he’s in, he’s always exceptional.

You can read the whole comic here any time you like, where I’ve conveniently reordered time so the panels read in order.

Alternate Universes: Sherlock BBC, 7″x5″ pen & ink and Copic marker on paper.

Below, you can see the print I made of this whole 6-panel comic.

Alternate Universes, a Sherlock comic, print by Amy Crook on Etsy

Alternate Universes, a Sherlock comic, print by Amy Crook on Etsy

Categories: Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Completed Commissions, People, Figures and Faces, Series and Books, Things I'm a Fan Of
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Alternate Universes: Soulmates

Posted on October 25th, 2013

Alternate Universes: Soulmates, parody Sherlock comic by Amy Crook

Alternate Universes: Soulmates
parody Sherlock comic by Amy Crook

For Friday we have purples, and one of the sweetest AUs in fandom: Soulmates. This is a magical realism AU where there’s some sort of mystical way that people are matched up at birth, and they have to search to find their perfect match. It takes the myth of the divided soul and puts names on people’s arms, or clocks counting down, or bits of poetry or some other plot device to show that the characters are literally made for each other.

In this case, I went for the name on the arm trope, and you can see John’s got his own wrist covered in a cuff, politely shielding his soulmate’s name from prying eyes, while Sherlock just used nicotene patches for dual-purpose covering up.

Alternate Universes: Soulmates, 7″x5″ pen & ink and Copic marker on paper.

Categories: Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Completed Commissions, People, Figures and Faces, Series and Books, Things I'm a Fan Of
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Alternate Universes: Alpha/Omega

Posted on October 24th, 2013

Alternate Universes: Alpha/Omega, parody Sherlock comic by Amy Crook

Alternate Universes: Alpha/Omega
parody Sherlock comic by Amy Crook

It’s Thursday, so let me give you something very weird indeed — a pregnant Sherlock Holmes! I’m not sure how to explain Alpha/Omega fic if you don’t already know what it is, but it’s probably one of the most alternate of universes. You can blame Supernatural fandom for this one, really.

Alternate Universes: Alpha/Omega, 7″x5″ pen & ink and Copic marker on paper.

Categories: Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Completed Commissions, People, Figures and Faces, Series and Books, Things I'm a Fan Of
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Alternate Universes: Dominant/submissive (NSFW)

Posted on October 23rd, 2013

Alternate Universes: Dominant/submissive 2, parody Sherlock comic by Amy Crook

Alternate Universes: Dominant/submissive 2
parody Sherlock comic by Amy Crook

This one’s a bit naughty! The alternate universe posits that everyone has a “dynamic” and is a dominant or submissive, and then goes around assigning those roles to the characters and seeing what happens.

In this case, what happened was that Sherlock is a rather pushy submissive and earned himself a spanking. This is the “after” cuddle he gets once he’s been sufficiently scolded; there’s a second version of this panel that’s more R-rated below. I did that one first, and then decided that for the Etsy print perhaps a PG version was necessary.

Alternate Universes: Dominant/submissive 1 & 2, 7″x5″ pen & ink and Copic marker on paper.

Alternate Universes: Dominant/submissive 1, parody Sherlock comic by Amy Crook

Alternate Universes: Dominant/submissive 1
parody Sherlock comic by Amy Crook

Categories: Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Completed Commissions, People, Figures and Faces, Series and Books, Things I'm a Fan Of
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Alternate Universes: Wingfic

Posted on October 22nd, 2013

Alternate Universes: Wingfic parody Sherlock comic by Amy Crook

Alternate Universes: Wingfic
parody Sherlock comic by Amy Crook

Another day, another universe! I chose to do the golden sunset behind their warm brown wings for this one, covering both orange and yellow in one panel for my rainbow of AUs.

Wingfic is also pretty self-explanatory, though there’s as many variations on it as there are authors. Sometimes they can fly and sometimes the wings aren’t usable, sometimes they’re angels or demons or just freaks of nature. Sometimes it’s just one or the other of them that has wings, and sometimes it’s a whole world full of flying humans.

Alternate Universes: Wingfic, 7″x5″ pen & ink and Copic marker on paper.

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