Komic Book Krampus 1: THE BAT[krampus]MAN

I was sketching late last night after viewing The Daily Batman which helped me remember that I've been meaning to start a project here that cross-pollinates the Krampus theme with one of my favorite past-times, comic book superheroes. So, I wandered into it and here is my first entry. The Batman as Krampus.
The entries will not be limited to any particular company and will cover all comic books–not only meta-humans (not that Batman is a 'meta-human' –geekcheck). I am also open to requests if anyone wants to chime in on seeing their favorite comic character krampusized. If so, I will be posting a new one weekly (every Wednesday) from now until December 30th.
Make Mine Krampus!

Hey kids! T-shirt!

By the way, the latest Krampus postkard design, by yours truly, has been offered up as a fashion design. Gritty t-shirts with Krampus on your chest shows the world that you are well read in the ways of Germanic folklore done up in the NOW. I dare you to be good! Go here: Krampus Klothes or click on the image, mein freund.

Happy Thankstaking Day

Today is Thankstaking day in Krampusverse. This is when the Krampus practices his taking of your children that are barkingly bad all year. Which is probably most of them, I'm sure. Don't worry, the children that are depicted in the sketch are practice dummies.

At my age of 37 I'd rather receive a visit from a skinny, hairy creature with horns than an obese, white-haired, overgrown child who smells like milk and baked goods. I hope I haven't offended. This is, after all, a pro-krampus site.

That said, in celebration of Black Friday tomorrow, I am selling Krampus Kards with a 30% discount from now until midnight tomorrow. So, hopefully, I will continue the Thanksgiving by taking your money. Happy Thankstaking Day!

Be good for goodness sake.

more Krampus by others

Another very splendid Krampus illustrator is Melita 'Miss Monster' Curphy. I really love how she designs her krampus cards. Even with her modern character design style I think these could have fit in nicely in the old world. I missed out on this print because I see that it is sold out now. I hope she prints more. lots more.
The Gruss vom Krampus! at the bottom means "Greetings from Krampus". Something that was commonly written on most holiday cards that depicted the krampus (also written on the old postcards was Krampuslauf, which roughly translates to "march of the krampus"). You can find more of Miss Monster's work at her website www.missmonster.com

Krampus by others

Choking Krampus
Originally uploaded by travis37a

Every once in a while I would like to take a moment and share with you Krampus-related artwork from other artist's that I admire.
Travis Louie is probably one of the first artists I found depicting this mythological character in various settings. You can find more of his work at his website and if you click on the image it will take you to his gorgeous Flickr set of Krampus portraits. He makes me chuckle. And I've never chuckled before.

Enjoy and be good…for goodness sake.

Krampus postKard

In order to cut costs this economically challenging year, I've decided to create a postcard in lieu of a single folded, full-fledged greeting card. No text in front. Just your run-of-the-mill, on-sided postcard image says it all. I really liked having the limitation of a single side. Plus, adding my cats to the design made my wife happy. :)
This particular design is inspired by a past post seen here.

Order Sketch #1

For every Krampus Kard order between now and Halloween, the buyer will receive a sketch of a krampus by the artist. Hand drawn with ink and everything. This one-of-a-kind sketch is on it's way to UK right now.

Be good.