With a pungent mix of delight and disgust we welcome back to the caves ace illustrator Phil Harvey, and this: “I promised to send you a monster,” says Phil, “and I keep my promises. Here is Auntie Bacterial! Minging!” We can only agree. “Also” (Phil continues) “here is a link to the children’s section of [...]
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I am Boj
Hello! Guest Blogger Laura here, bringing you another snippet of Monsterliciousness! My partner in crime Christian recently found this poetry book from his childhood: Apparently it used to completely horrify him. Quite right too! Honestly, it’s scaring me a little even now. This is down to terrifically terrifying writing from poets such as Ted Hughes, [...]
Run, don’t walk, from…. the MONSTERS FROM THE MORGUE!
Heyho, Guest blogger Laura here once more to share some monsterlicious news. For those of you who like monsters, movies and comics (and let’s face it, who doesn’t?) this is the stuff for you! You may recall my rather swift last post which mentioned my mental busyness on ‘super fun top secret project’ ???? No? [...]
The Thin Line: guest blogger Bryony Pearce on the blurring of real and fantasy monsters
When I was nine my mother had to be called into school. I was telling the other children ghost stories in the playground, and parents were complaining! Fascinated by ghosts from a young age, I particularly loved ‘true’ stories. I read book after book about ghostly encounters and legends. The idea gripped me and I [...]
My bookcase has a new arrival…
Hi all! Guest blogger Laura back again! I know! I know! I said i’d post up about the book i’m illustrating, packed with ghosties, mummy’s, vamps, moving statues, gambling zombies, pond creatures, and such things as the unmentionables which dwell beneath manhole covers… but oh no, I have not done so (yet). This is becaaauuuse… [...]
Villains by Justin Somper
As a special additional date to his hugely successful blog tour, Vampirates author, Justin Somper, has battled his way deep into the caves to share his thoughts on bad guys with us. Immortal War is the fang-tastic finale to the Vampirates series so, if you haven’t already, sink your teeth into a copy today! — [...]
A milky dunking
Way back in November, top author, Jamie Rix, wrote a guest post for the blog. He wrote another one a couple of months later, but it got lost in one of Snurgle’s fat folds, and has only recently been discovered. We’ve also started hearing some groaning and whimpering from another part of the cave, which [...]
Is it a monster? Is it a tree?.. well.. yes it’s both actually!
Guest blogger Laura here! About to share the joy of yet another brilliant MONSTER story. But this is not your average big, hairy, claws, jaws, stomp stomp, yum yum, bones for my bread etc etc. Oh no, it’s far greater than that. A MONSTER CALLS by (pretty darn good author) Patrick Ness is the book [...]
NUCLEAR
Our current TBM Guest Blogger, ace illustrator Phil Harvey returns with the following beautiful / horrifying / beautiful image: “It’s a break away from my usual daft artwork to give space to recent events,” Phil says. For more of his work, check his website.
Bonus Clown For Barry!
Phil also sends the following response to Sorrel’s post from March 29th: “That Bruce Nauman picture is pretty! When I was young I was terrified by the movie Poltergeist. There’s a scene where a boy is attacked by a toy clown in his bedroom. I have attached a picture of the offending toy clown…” “…p.s. [...]
