#clive barker

[scumgristle]

Hellraiser prism sticker.

[variousqueerthings]

was in a comic book store and my go-to for comic stores is to ask if they have any clive barker, to which the answer is usually no for reasons beyond comprehension (im forever looking for more of nightbreed but i refuse to buy them online for no real reason)

a person of Gender (genderful person if you will) took me downstairs through a door i hadn't noticed to the horror section and lo and behold there were clive barker comics and then this person dreamily goes "I met him once"...

there is no point to this story beyond mr clive barker being met by trans people and the understanding that if i ever met mr clive barker i too would be talking about said meeting in that tone of voice

[laughableillusions]

Clive Barker 🤝 David Lynch

- Employing 60s songs

In their films

- villain named Frank

[baesuahkafka]

Original Hellraisers are about awe, about levels of consciousness and existence that our human psyche and physique can not comprehend and how sex (specifically BDSM sex) can bring us close to this but how our desire for satisfaction (a satisfaction that is out of our reach) leads us to jump in anyway

They are NOT a morality tale, they are not metaphors for trauma or grief

[be-yonk]

ur honor hes just a little guyyyyy (narcisse from cabal/nightbreed)

[dark-ethereal-visions]

Who wore it better?

[be-yonk]

BEHOLD MY TREASURE

[bitterkarella]

Midnight Pals: Humorist

John Scalzi: [carrying tray of burritos] who wants delicious burritos?! Scalzi: you've got your choice Scalzi: peanut butter and mayo Scalzi: apple sauce and vodka sauce Scalzi: chicken adobo and asbestos Scalzi: beef stroganoff and gravel

King: ha ha! these joke flavors are hilarious! King: leave it to acclaimed humorist john scalzi to come up with a funny new twist on an old favorite! Scalzi: joke flavors?!? Scalzi: i mean Scalzi: yeah… joke flavors… Scalzi: yeah that's the ticket Scalzi: i am quite the humorist aren't i?

Poe: actually steve, i'd say john is more of a sci fi guy than a humorist Scalzi: i'm glad you brought that up, edgar Scalzi: because that's a misconception that I've been meaning to fix for a while

Scalzi: in fact, i actually am a humorist Scalzi: i used to write for a little thing called uncle john's bathroom reader Dean Koontz: OMG are you uncle john? Scalzi: oh no no i was just one of many writers Scalzi: then again Scalzi: [muttering to self] why SHOULDN'T i be uncle john?

Scalzi: you might not have noticed this, but there's actually quite a bit of humor in my writing Barker: you don't say Poe: clive Scalzi: no really! Scalzi: take redshirts Barker: explain Scalzi: i mean, the title alone… ho ho ho! Barker: Barker: i'm waiting

Scalzi: ok so see, in star trek- Barker: OH it's a star trek reference? Barker: sorry i don't speak nerd Poe: clive stop it, you know good and well what it's a reference to

Scalzi: you know, when they write the definitive history of sci fi Scalzi: i'd like to be remembered as the guy who made humor marketable again Koontz: gosh! what about terry Pratchett? Terry Pratchett: i'd like to be remembered as the guy who made soup marketable again Pratchett: [drinking soup] mm! lecker!

Scalzi: well, terry Pratchett is technically fantasy Koontz: what about douglas adams? Scalzi: ok sure, yeah there's douglas adams Scalzi: that's fair Scalzi: i can't compete with that

Scalzi: but i meant besides douglas adams Koontz: what about Robert asprin? Scalzi: oh COME ONE NOW Scalzi: you can't be serious! Scalzi: I'm twice as funny as that guy!

King: i don't know, john, Robert asprin is pretty funny Scalzi: i'm about a million times funnier!! Scalzi: here i'll prove it Scalzi: pull my finger!!

King: you should hang out with piers, he likes making jokes too Scalzi: Piers Anthony: what do you call a trophy that looks like a cat's ass Anthony: [huffing panties] sorry gimmie a sec Anthony: i'm always funnier when I've huffed a few pairs