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Sexy Beasts & Monster Cartoon Freaks: The weirdo art of ‘Heaven’s Favorite Man’ Matt Crabe

‘Bury Death on a Full Moon.’ Artist Matt Crabe is one helluva prolific guy. He makes paintings, prints, drawings, ‘zines, books, pins, death threats, t-shirts,…

Paul Gallagher
Nov 7, 2017

Battle of the female sideshow freaks: ‘Spidora’ vs the ‘Headless Girl’

Circus banners for ‘Spidora’ and ‘Olga the Headless Girl.’ Originally conceived in the late 1800s by London-based vaudeville illusionist Henry Roltair and hugely popular at…

Cherrybomb
Feb 13, 2017

‘Sicko-Delic’: Luminous rednecks, grotesque goons and Day-glo freaks

‘No Fun for Hayley’ (2014). The writer, artist and critic John Berger was right when he said a viewer has to be in front of…

Paul Gallagher
Jan 18, 2017

‘I am f*cking white!’: Acid-dropping Trump fanboy freaks out

A goofy bandanna-wearing Donald Trump supporter–allegedly high on acid according to one of his friends– had a major YUGE bad trip when Trump’s rally was…

Richard Metzger
Mar 14, 2016

Gorgeous cast portraits from Tod Browning’s ‘Freaks’ (1932)

Jenny Lee & Elvira Snow Freaks has earned its place in history as one of the all-time great cult films, though it wasn’t always beloved.…

Christopher Bickel
Dec 17, 2015

These horrifying posters make great gifts for all of the freaks (and dope fiends) on your Xmas list

‘Syphilis: L’Hecatombe’ (“The Mass Slaughter of Syphilis”) by Louis Raemaekers, 1922. Dutch soldiers returning home from the front with “The French Pox” caused a massive…

Richard Metzger
Dec 10, 2015

Dangerous Finds: Nazis speed freaks; Computer predicts your chances of dying; Robots take your job

Slipping far back in polls, can Jeb Bush bounce back in the next debate? I don’t see how. He came off last time like the…

Richard Metzger
Sep 14, 2015

Hungry Freaks, Daddy: Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention’s ‘Freak Out,’ a listener’s guide

These Mothers is crazy. You can tell by their clothes. One guy wears beads and they all smell bad. We were gonna get them for…

Richard Metzger
Jun 29, 2015

Who are these apocalyptic ‘Twelve Tribes’ Jesus freaks following Bob Dylan around?

Have you heard about the Twelve Tribes group of “Amish-style” hippies—the men have beards, headbands, and ponytails and the women dress like Old West extras…

Richard Metzger
Sep 10, 2013

Art student freaks out and destroys painting during crit

Whether or not this is staged (performance art?) it’s hard to tell. But it does show what it’s like to have your work shit on…

Tara McGinley
May 22, 2013

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