The cult section of the literary world
By Sam Reeve Craig LaRotonda, born and raised in Buffalo, New York, has had quite a successful career so far. His art has appeared in mainstream media like the New York Times, The Washington Post, and even in award-winning movies like Traffic. The influence of the renaissance is unmistakable in […]
By Sam Reeve Jim Sheely, aka Ojimbo, is a multi-talented artist who not only illustrates and paints but carves wood, too! His work often incorporates circus and freak show imagery. To see more from Ojimbo, visit his Flickr page.
By Sam Reeve David Chung, affectionately known as The Chung!!, lives in Los Angeles yet works out of some dark, strange corner of the human imagination that the rest of us generally knows to stay away from. His artwork, filled with humor and awkwardness, is a sort of catharsis for […]
By Sam Reeve So how have you all been handling the year’s blackest month thus far? Since I don’t celebrate xmas and don’t live with anyone, I’ve been handling it rather well, mostly, though I do have to hear the music when I go grocery shopping. Grinchyness aside, it still […]
By Amanda Billings Today’s post is brought to you by Accumulation, New Belgium’s seasonal white IPA, which is best served at 55 degrees Fahrenheit in a Bizarro pint glass. In my waking 9-5 life, I get to talk with 18-year-old English majors about what they want to be when they […]
By Sam Reeve Toronto-born Julie Moon has exhibited her strange sculptures around the world, but most recently in Philadelphia where she currently resides. Her playful and strange pieces typically feature flowers and elements of the human body. Visit her website here to see more of her work, or check out […]
By Sam Reeve Jeff Soto took graffiti to the next level with his strange creatures and robots. The California-born artist started tagging walls in the late ’80s and formed a graffiti crew with some fellow high schoolers. Fast forward 20 years and Soto has painted murals from New York to […]
By Sam Reeve I was going to open this with a real groaner of a joke about David’s last name, but I stopped myself. You’re welcome. David Normal started his art career at the age of 16 making punk flyers in SanFrancisco. He later got involved with theatre, photography, animation, […]
By Sam Reeve Banana people. Banana people? Banana people! Shih Yung Lin is a mystery to me because most of the info on him is in Chinese. What you need to know is Lin’s art is amazing and weird and beautiful beyond measure. Visit his Flickr page here to see […]
By Sam Reeve Skeletons and skulls frequently appear in New York-born Laurie Lipton’s work, as does strange machinery and too many circuit boards. Her finely detailed charcoal and pencil drawings have made their rounds in Internetland, so you’ve probably seen her work at some point. They’re strange and beautiful and […]
By Sam Reeve San Francisco Bay artist Cahill Wessel plays around with pop culture in surreal and hilarious ways, giving you everything you’d ever hoped to see. Hover over the pictures (or click through the gallery) to view the titles of each piece – they’re almost as golden as the […]
Guest Post by Andy de Fonseca Today is brought to you by water. Plain, boring, ever-so-wishing it were something more, water. I realize how dull water will seem to everyone. How bland, how unimpressive, how… not special it is. And that’s where my article begins. Does every kid go through […]
By Sam Reeve When I stumbled upon Jessica Joslin’s work I was not only stunned by its beauty and detail, but by the sheer amount of it. She’s already got over 200 of these sculptures to her name, and her menagerie of brass and bone only keeps growing. She gives […]
By Sam Reeve Mysterious New York-based illustrator SCARECROWOVEN is a fan of gore, guts, and oozing appendages. His gnarled creatures take a cue from ‘comic books, sci-fi and horror movies and all the illustration that came out of the skateboard world in the 80’s.’ He describes himself as an alien […]
by Sam Reeve Agostino Arrivabene’s paintings look like relics from some kind of nuclear wasteland, warped by time and radiation, but really the dude’s just talented as hell and often paints on wood instead of canvas. He lives near Milan, Italy, and lives like a hermit with just his dog […]
by Sam Reeve Jim Tozzi of the band/art collective PFFR totally rules! You may not be familiar with his art, but maybe you’ve seen the ultra bizarro animated show Xavier: Renegade Angel? If you haven’t, check out the episode below. It’s quite a trip. PFFR created the show, whose main […]
by Sam Reeve Gwen Tomahawk is a badass French artist from Paris. I can’t for the life of me find much information about her on the web, but no matter. Check out her StoreEnvy and you can see her full portfolio.
by Sam Reeve Today I bring you the old-school bizarro art of Angel Planells (1901-1989), a Spanish surrealist who hung out with the likes of Salvador Dali and René Magritte. He was a shy, introverted man and was driven by his dreams to create the surreal paintings you see below.
by Tracy Vanity An 80’s dude with a mullet feels like there is something really off about his family…his sister and parents are acting strange and no matter what he does, even being the quarterback of the football team and winning a high school debate, doesn’t impress them. Then he […]
Below you’ll find Alan M. Clark’s weekly Dilation Exercise. Please look at the picture, read the caption, above and below the image, and allow your imagination to go to work on it. If the artwork inspires an idea, please use the comment feature to tell us something about it. Need […]
by Sam Reeve I’ve been a fan of Wayne Barlowe’s since I was a little kid. Besides painting and sketching some of the craziest creatures and beings you’ll ever see, he did some paleoart for a book I had called Alphabet of Dinosaurs. The picture below is the one I […]
by Sam Reeve For those who missed the announcement or have just stumbled on Bizarro Central for the first time, December is Weird Art Month. I started it two years ago to cope with this month because 1) fuck rain, which is all we get in December where I live, […]
by Constance Ann Fitzgerald A film compilation by Andrew Kasch:
