Years Later, It's All About the Bats

I'm in the process of creating a new Wordpress site for Master of Ceremony services I offer as the CryptKicker of Chicago. While that's being completed, I'm going to pop a relevant post here, on the old Chateau GRRR Cryptopedia blog.

Not too far away on the blogs is a little patch of beautiful black roses set amidst trellises of bone white ivory, coils of moon-lit vines wrapping their way delicately up them to spell "Goth Gardening".
At this very moment, the Goth Gardener is hosting a delightful contest for one of Occasional Bats' darling stuffed bats. This contest is designed to help small businesses, bat conservation, and spread a little gothy goodness for whatever winter holidays you celebrate.

Bats hold a special place in my heart. Growing up in the woods of Washington state, there were bats flitting about all the time. The crows and ravens ruled the dawn and day, and the bats the twilight and night. They are so quiet and peaceful, bobbing from place to place, catching insects in the air.

 Of the many fellow bat-lovers and supporters out there, one I'd like to mention is For the Bats, a charity group that creates compilations of dark music to benefit bat rescue and rehabilitation. You can find Volume 1 here:
http://forthebats.bandcamp.com/album/for-the-bats-volume-i

And they've opened submissions for any musicians and artists that would like to contribute to Volume II. The deadline for submissions for Volume II is Feb. 9th 2015
http://forthebats.tumblr.com

I eagerly purchased Volume I to help bats, but honestly didn't expect much from the music. You know, all those horrible Halloween compilations where they cram together a bunch of music that can be just barely categorized as Halloween... well, those kind of spoiled my expectations for compilations.

But not the case here! I was really impressed with the style and quality of the entire album! Check it out, and many thanks to the Goth Gardener for allowing this opportunity to further help bats and small businesses.

Skunk Ape hits hard times and begins stealing fruit from the desks of elementary school teachers

Wouldn'tchya know it - I can't seem to follow directions. So here's a skunk ape in both (count 'em!) formats. I originally came up with a more vertical design not taking as specific note of the dimensions as I woulda liked, so I basically had to artificially make it fit horizontally. Certainly not as strong as I woulda hoped, but when life deals you some apples, make applesauce...or somethin'. : ) Searching the globe far and wide, I chose something I thought would be fun to draw. I didn't put much research behind it, and not having seen one myself, I can't comment on how close my colors and proportions came ; )

Bigfoot takes a job at Starbucks to make ends meet

Posted on behalf of the renowned Mr. Ian Simmons.

Mothman correctly predicts the Cabbage Patch craze

When not destroying bridges, this guy is pretty damn cool. Here he's apparently the prophet of kitsch.

Kraken boasts over a scrap with a sperm whale in a local bar.

"The whale was named after the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in its head and originally mistaken for sperm."

From Wikipedia.

Alien grey relinquishes his keys to a barely more sober Art Bell.

Of course, they called for a cab.

-Brock

A Mongolian Death Worm: Poses as a French Beatnik to Win the Affections of an Indifferent Dromedary

MDW: "Can I buy you a drink?" (this would be the 30th time he's asked in so many days)

ID: "no thanks, not thirsty" (the same answer she's given every time)

Vampires Rejoice as the Pale Moon Bleeds

Loch Ness proves skeptics right when found to be the engine block from a 1964 Plymouth Duster

I had no idea these were such fine engines. Fine, just fine. I miss eight roaring cylinders.

~countchadula

Mothman seized for the illegal transport of maple syrup across international waters.

Who needed maple syrup so badly that they had to hire this seldom seen crytpid to carry it across the ocean in his talons? Some maple-treeless nation that has an uncanny trade embargo against every country that could possibly deliver that product to them? It's a distressing dilemma: to deny your citizens of this tasty treacle, or to risk the arrest of cryptozoology's fifteenth most beloved beast. Hasn't he had it bad enough? Didn't Richard Gere play him in a movie? Batman has Bale, Spiderman has Toby, Horsewoman has Sarah Jessica Parker, and Mothman has Gere. It can't get much worse for this hideous oddity.

Free Mothman.

-Brock

Nessie reveals herself as the illegitimate daughter of circus elephants.

Yes, they're doing it.

-Brock