I knew it was too good to be true. They are back, and this time they brought a friend. Meet the Sub-Niggurath. Meet her and run. Run fast.

I seem to have broken (for the time being, at least) the Shoggothic spell. Now is … chickens! Try making soup out of them, if you dare.

I know, I know… I said I wouldn’t, but there you have it. Can’t keep away from them. I believe it is called an obsession.

Contrary to all appearances, I am quite alive, if not well. The “unwellness” didn’t stop me from having yet another go at my latest favourite subject. You can’t keep a good Shoggoth down! Solstice Update:21/12/08. …or a good Alien, for that matter. This one is for the shoe-throwing Iraqi journalist. Now, that’s what I call free expression, what!  Do try it yourselves here: http://play.sockandawe.com/ Update 29/12/08: Poor 2008′s nearly over and I’m still on the rat track. What can I say in my own defense?

…fulfilled. I said I’d post some aardvarks. Here go two of them. The little one is based on a plastic aardvark I found during one of those random browsing sessions I indulge in now & then. It was too cute not to adopt, take home, call George and do digital things to it. I’ve also included another Shoggoth , just for the Hell of it. One can’t never have too many Shoggoths (= minions of the Great Cthulhu).

1. The admirable Ms. Bertini has expressed a great liking for my animals. This post is dedicated to her. Is a creation “miff”, so is  kind of in-season.

2. The Alien has finally been given a name: Manolito. This is a very obscure reference and will be understood only by fans of Accidentis Polipoetic, an even more obscure but absolutely brilliant Spanish performing duo.

3. I shall be posting some aardvarks very soon.

With Tom Leherer’s words of wisdom ringing in my ears I hereby post one of my seasonal greeting cards. There might be others. 31.10.08. Actually, have another version. This one is for me mate Tom, who likes cricket, poor man… 01/11/08. Hell, have another one. As the Spaniards say Por mucho pán, nunca mal año

Clocks back last night. Oyvai… Well, instead of killing myself I’ve decided to give the Great Cthulhu some labour problems. No pasarán!

It seems I will live, after all. To celebrate, I’ve posted stuff in the About This Site page. Not much. Just a potted biography, a hint of what this site is all about, and several self-portraits.

If the present benign trend holds, I might even start writing on the Gossip Column.

Be excellent.

This is a repeat of the last post. Trying to be independent & things, I managed to fuck things up again and made the text disappear. Ole!

So, is over a month since I posted anything. Been down with dread bug. In between bouts of fever-induced delirium I managed to do that wee thing on the Great & Groovy Chtulhu. It’ll make no sense to anyone not familiar with the work of H.P. Lovecraft, but it might amuse those familiar with the fertile, if totally paranoid (and more than a tad racist) imagination of the recluse of Providence. He may have been a well fucked-up dude and not as good a writer as posterity has claimed, but you got to give to him, he created a beautifully consistent mythology and some of the best monsters ever to come out of a reactionary pen.

The other pic is yet another avatar of the very useful All-Purpose Gusanito. It won’t be the last, rest assured.