Closet Monsters

Strange Kids Club and SCABFARM present CLOSET MONSTERS, a new virtual trading card series with a nostalgic edge. Discover wacky and gross new characters each week created by some of the most talented artists from across the globe. Call for Entries!

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SALTY PICKENS

Illustration by Sky Flygare

"The unwanted remnant of a past lunch, a lone pickle lies buried within the dank and odorous closet in its skull emblazoned lunchbox tomb. The unique chemistry of putrid undergarments and a rotten vinegar soaked cucumber gives rise to the unmentionable Salty Pickens. Armed with a spatula and improper attire, he longs to join humanity… By replacing you!"

ARTIST BIO: Blessed with the name of a great pilot but cursed with a crippling fear of heights, Sky Flygare is a 3D artist currently working in the Video Game industry.

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THE WITCH AND HER WEREWOLF

Illustration by Steve Van Essche

"When I was a child, two ugly monsters lived in my attic: an old Witch and her bloody Werewolf.

They waited for the darkness to snigger and howl, then crept down the stairs, making them creak with their every slow step to hide behind the door : the one just in front of my bedroom.

There they stayed many long hours, scratching and knocking at the door, bidding me to come and open. But I never dared. If it was the case no doubt would I not be here to tell this story.

Today I am the one living in the attic; the Witch and her Werewolf are gone, compelled to dwell in the closet... biding their time for a young and carefree child to open the door.""

ARTIST BIO: Steve Van Essche, or Zombixel for friends, is a 2D artist who lives in Belgium and dreams to make many video games. He likes drawing, programming, painting and playing at video games but since he seen some films when he was kid, like Jurassic Park, Starship Troopers or Gremlins 2: The New Batch, or played some video games like Pokémon or Resident Evil 3: Nemesis, he have a great love for monsters, mutants and creatures of all kind!

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EVIL-NES

Illustration by Drew Wise

"There have been many different tales told of this particular gaming system. Some say it's host to a 1,000 year old evil genie. Others claim it's possessed by the angry spirit of a worker who was crushed on the assembly line. Still others say it was just "born" evil. The only thing anyone really knows is that anyone who plays it gets a disturbing phone call from the 1-900 Pretendo hotline and dies seven days later."

ARTIST BIO: Drew Wise is a Pixel Artist, T-Shirt Designer and Animator based in Sterling, Virginia who creates "nerdalicious" art for the masses.

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PUMPERS BLOTTNICKEL

Illustration by Pedro Camargo

"Pumpers was once actually a magical elf who helped fix people's shoes until the day he decided to fix the neighborhood's 10 year old miscreant: Blottnickel. Blottnickel thought it would be funny to trap poor little Pumpers inside the shoe he was selflessly trying to fix, and then stick in the microwave for a good 30 minutes.

Pumpers who had then become a radioactive bubbling blob, slithered away and hid inside another pair of Blottnickel's shoes, patiently awaiting his moment of revenge. However, before Pumpers could react, Blottnickel thrust his foot into the shoe, squashing the radioactive slime that Pumpers had become. Immediately they fused into one single hideous, radioactive, mutant being known simply as Pumpers Blottnickel.

Today, Pumpers Blottnickel can usually be found leaking and pulsating in closets with old worn-out shoes."

ARTIST BIO: Pedro Camargo is a Brazilian cartoonist/comic artist that nobody knows. His previous credits include a story in "Savage Dragon Twisted Funnies", "The ACT-I-VATE Primer", as well as self publications of his web comics "GLAM" and "Space Sucks". He also doesn't know whether he wants to destroy the universe or buy it some ice cream.

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DOUBLE DEWEY

Illustration by Matthew Allison

"The failed first attempt by toymaker Aleister Rothman to create a living, breathing "doll" to compete against Xavier Roberts' popular line of Cabbage Patch Kids, Double Dewey was the result of a malicious ex-assistant's reprisal. After being fired by Rothman the sour subordinate poured a vial of his former employer's "Creature Serum" into Dewey's test tube and the resulting monstrosity was hidden from public view in the second bedroom of Aleister's condo. Poor Double Dewey - will he ever know the outside world?"

ARTIST BIO: Matthew Allison is a comic book writer and artist from Denver - home of some football team and the mountains and sh*t.

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SOCKPILE HYDRA

Illustration by Dan Barrett

"Born of the unholy union between a hookworm and gym sock, the sockpile hydra is an unstoppable abomination. For every head that is removed, another grows in its place, drawn from your discarded squalid socks. Do you smell that? It's not Korean food. It's your doom!"

ARTIST BIO: Dan is a wildlife biologist from the Pacific Northwest who dabbles in drawings. He is half of the illustrative duo enigmatically known as ChuckleTree. He likes birds, books, coffee, cider, and Ghostbusters (in a constantly shifting order).

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THE TOY MAN

Illustration by Mikuloctopus

"Johnny's parents asked him where he'd been getting his new toys. When he answered, 'My closet.' his parents scolded him for lying. 'I'm not lying!,' Johnny proclaimed. 'The funny man in my closet gave them to me. He said it makes him happy.'"

ARTIST BIO: Michael Anderson (aka Mikuloctopus) loves the 80's, pizza and toys. He absolutely hates clowns.

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MO

Illustration by Glen Brogan

"A fun-loving monster and prankster extraordinaire, Mo loves to lurk in the shadows and cause copious amounts of mischief that gets real boys and girls in lots of trouble. He's not all bad though, sometimes he'll take like-minded troublemakers back to his world for some fun and game - just be back before morning or you could end up a monster yourself!"

ARTIST BIO: Glen Brogan is an illustrator operating out of Huntington, West Virginia. He used to get in trouble at school for drawing cartoons all day but now people give him money for it. His accomplishments include a bajillion nerdy t-shirt designs, being featured in numerous pop culture art shows and publications, and getting a girl to kiss him in an apartment that looks like a twelve-year-old’s bedroom from the 1980s. 

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SOOZEY

Illustration by Guro

"Soozey feeds on every nasty thought you've ever had, every guilty pleasure that you've hidden inside a dirty box and forgot all about, but soon enough she'll be able to escape from the closet, and the only thing to satisfy her appetite will be the same filthy brain that created her. Yes, the one inside your skull!"

ARTIST BIO: guro lives and draws awful stuff near México City, he's obsessed with horror, punk, comics and doesn't care about (almost) anything else, except maybe some obscure video game, yup. 

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PIKKELS

Illustration by Sean Ferguson

"Pikkels are known to dwell in moist, damp closets, living off the fungus growing on their backs and shoulders. These monsters prefer closets with lots of secrets, so it's best to keep your stash somewhere else, unless you want it covered in Pikkel juice."

ARTIST BIO: Sean enjoys activities such as __________, __________, and __________. He is very __________ and enjoys drawing all sorts of __________ __________. 

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IKE RUST

Illustration by Joey Souza

"Little Ike Rust always had a runny nose and crusty eyes. He was constantly teased at school for his sniffling, eye rubbing, and general oozing appearance.

One morning Ike Rust woke up with a case of eye crust so bad that his eyes were stuck shut. The children of the town all pointed and laughed as he stumbled down the street searching for someone to tell him where he was. Blinded by eye crust, Ike Rust wandered into what he thought was a doctor’s office, but actually turned out to be a cave full of hungry bears. And while the bears did test and treat Ike for several of his diseases and infections, they also ate him.

Now the ghost of little Ike Rust and his eye crust seeks his revenge. Waiting in your closet until you get up to pee in the middle of the night, Ike Rust sneaks over to your bed, rubs his eye crust on your blankets, steals your eye drops, and farts on your pillow.

So when you lie in bed late at night and hear a faint noise in the distance that sounds like: “Ah! My eyes are so itchy!” You’d better hold it in, because Ike Rust may be waiting to share his crusty eye infection with you."

ARTIST BIO: Joey Souza is an illustrator and animator based in Oregon who's been been drawing all of my life. When not working on projects for others, Joey boasts a unique style that literally oozes from every possible orifice of his twisted creations (literally).

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BLOODY BILLY

Illustration by Jeremy the Artist

"Billy is your everyday, average spawn of Satan who decided the 5th wasn’t fun enough for him- so now he lives in random kids closets, terrorizing youngsters late at night- waking them up with scratching at the closet doors—slowly opening the doors to reveal his crimson smile, and dark, dark empty eye holes.

Fun Fact: Bloody Billy’s shoes aren’t actually shoes but are his actual feet. Oddly enough, one foot prefers to eat rats….and the other foot, baby humans."

ARTIST BIO: Jeremy The Artist is a hot-blooded, fun loving cartoonist & doodler living in Austin, TX who follows his heart and sometimes his brain... only when the notion is of something slightly mischievous and somewhat crazy. Jeremy The Artist loves egg salad sandwiches with bacon and adores most animals, though he has a soft spot for tiny dogs and hamsters.

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BILLY SKINSUIT

Illustration by Trevor Henderson

"Billy Skinsuit is a tiny, mummified corpse that lives like a parasite! He infests various creatures around the galaxy and wears their slowly decomposing corpses as suits!

He does this to use their vital fluids to rejuvenate his shrivelled and puny body, and to get close to his next victim. If you find Billy in your closet, you should feel very special! He's travelled a long way to see how it feels to experience life in your skin!"

ARTIST BIO: Trevor Henderson is an illustrator currently working in the city of Toronto, Ontario. As a child, his mind was shaped and molded by horror and science fiction comics, pulp novels, monster toys, and a never-ending stream of horror films of varying quality. After earning a BDes in illustration at Toronto's esteemed OCAD, he's taken his love and passion of these questionable oddities, and brought the value to you!

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CAN'T STOP SODA POP

Illustration by Mute

"Can’t Stop Soda Pop knows only one thing for sure - never stop dancing. Craving the spotlight he once had, he steals batteries to fuel what his twisted, carbonated mind thinks is the only way back to the top. He’s tired, real tired... but what else is he going to do?!"

ARTIST BIO: Mute is an illustrator from Sheffield, England. He creates art informed by popular culture and cult icons. Working both digitally and in acrylic paint, he spends his time lost in the archives of cult poster art and trash cinema.

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SNOT MONSTER

Illustration by Erin Hunting

"Meet Snot Monster. His favourite hobbies are building sculptures out of his own snot and then eating them after getting people to admire them."

ARTIST BIO: Erin Hunting is a Melbourne based illustrator who’s colourful illustrations can be found in children’s books, magazines and various other publications. She loves to draw cats, monsters, belly buttons and most animals (unless they’re riding a bicycle which she finds really hard to draw!)

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SEWER LURKER

Illustration by Zé Burnay

"A creature of unknown origins, the Sewer Lurker is postulated to be a vermin, severely mutated by prolonged exposure to toxic waste. This creature has been known to break into houses through the toilet. Feeds on human eyes."

ARTIST BIO: Zé Burnay is a freelance illustrator and cartoonist from Sintra, Portugal. On a steady diet of old horror films, comics and heavy metal. Occupies most of his time drawing monsters, ghosts and ghouls and his webcomic Witch Gauntlet.

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ZOMBIE YETI

Illustration by Zombie Yeti

"My name is ZombieYeti and this is my self portrait. I imagine if I were stuffed in a closet I would have to pee in the closet if there were no bathroom.* I also like circus peanuts. *This is in fact the truth. I tried it shortly after writing this."

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