A monstrous multi-headed creature is being carried in an exalted position on a palanquin through a small crowd of acolytes. + Enlarge
The Orator's Procession 2021 Oil paint 30" x 40"
A monstrous multi-headed creature is being carried in an exalted position on a palanquin through a small crowd of acolytes. + Enlarge
The Orator's Procession (detail 1) 2021 Oil paint 30" x 40"
A monstrous multi-headed creature is being carried in an exalted position on a palanquin through a small crowd of acolytes. + Enlarge
The Orator's Procession (detail 2) 2021 Oil paint 30" x 40"
A figure is being forcefully guided to a noose. Another figure is lecturing him as he ascends a surreal mountain of chairs towards the noose. + Enlarge
Scump Mag Volume 3 Page 1 2020 Oil paint 30" x 40"
A figure is being forcefully guided to a noose. Another figure is lecturing him as he ascends a surreal mountain of chairs towards the noose. + Enlarge
Scump Mag Volume 3 Page 1 (detail 1) 2020 Oil paint 30" x 40"
A figure is being forcefully guided to a noose. Another figure is lecturing him as he ascends a surreal mountain of chairs towards the noose. + Enlarge
Scump Mag Volume 3 Page 1 (detail 2) 2020 Oil paint 30" x 40"
A mirror image of our main character. On the top half he is in a sun lit forest with ethereal dog soldiers eating through his flayed flesh. On the bottom he is rotting away in a swamp-like pool of water as rats devour his flesh. + Enlarge
Scump Mag Volume 3 Page 4 2020 Oil paint 30" x 40"
A mirror image of our main character. On the top half he is in a sun lit forest with ethereal dog soldiers eating through his flayed flesh. On the bottom he is rotting away in a swamp-like pool of water as rats devour his flesh. + Enlarge
Scump Mag Volume 3 Page 4 (detail 1) 2020 Oil paint 30" x 40"
A mirror image of our main character. On the top half he is in a sun lit forest with ethereal dog soldiers eating through his flayed flesh. On the bottom he is rotting away in a swamp-like pool of water as rats devour his flesh. + Enlarge
Scump Mag Volume 3 Page 4 (detail 2) 2020 Oil paint 30" x 40"
A montage of images, as the figure in red continues to lecture the main character; the noose is placed around his neck. dripping from the noose are strange ethereal sets of fingers and teeth as ghostly hands level a sinister sewing needle. As this climact + Enlarge
Scump Mag Volume 3 Page 6 2020 Oil paint, ink 30" x 40"
A montage of images, as the figure in red continues to lecture the main character; the noose is placed around his neck. dripping from the noose are strange ethereal sets of fingers and teeth as ghostly hands level a sinister sewing needle. As this climact + Enlarge
Scump Mag Volume 3 Page 6 (detail 1) 2020 Oil paint, ink 30" x 40"
A montage of images, as the figure in red continues to lecture the main character; the noose is placed around his neck. dripping from the noose are strange ethereal sets of fingers and teeth as ghostly hands level a sinister sewing needle. As this climact + Enlarge
Scump Mag Volume 3 Page 6 (detail 2) 2020 Oil paint, ink 30" x 40"
Sweeping motion as the mysterious figure levels a sword at the main characters neck. Our main character falls, rolls, and dodges, as the figure sinks their sword into the table over and over, attempting to find the squirming escapee. + Enlarge
Scump Mag Volume 3 Page 10 2020 Ink on paper 11" x 13"
Surrounded by depictions of bones being broken in the fight ensuing around them, the mysterious figure raises a sword to strike down at the main character. As this happens, someone levels a firearm and shoots, releasing a deafening, terrifying noise, and + Enlarge
Scump Mag Volume 3 Page 13 2020 Ink on paper 11" x 14"
Silence takes the room, as blood from an unspecified person hits the ground. The gutters of this page are made of this dripping blood and human bone. We see the horrified reactions of onlookers as they see what has happened to the undepicted individual. T + Enlarge
Scump Mag Volume 3 Page 14 2020 Ink on paper 11" x 14"
Statement

In the dawn of a new, ecologically and biologically radical future, the wheels of industry have stopped - and humans must learn to survive once again -in a world where they are just as fallible as the next mammal in the food chain---blah, blah, blah, blah-blah ecological-horror mutant-earth fever-dream comic book featuring hyper-evolving-rampantly-mutating flora and fauna.

Scump Mag is the evolution of all work I’ve done before it, drawing inspiration from my passion for research, writing, horror movies, metal, and maximalism. Visually, Scump Mag paint and graphite to compliment the properties ink, and to enrich the linear progression of my comic with visual texture. The selective removal of gutters, and atypical compositions are meant to transgress and alter the line between “comics” and “fine art”. In its simplest form though, it’s a comic about gnarly creatures, big armor, and gore, with a healthy helping of ecological optimism.

Painting (BFA) Students