HauntedMTL Original – Teeth – David Davis
Jim here–I love David Davis. Not only does his feature writing and comic design kick ass, but the guy can do fiction to boot. For the first time we are able to feature a staff writer (had to go through the same blind screening process as anyone else) on HauntedMTL. I bring you something to chew on…
Teeth
The teeth are not like normal teeth.
In the moment they are seen they are shocking.
In this jagged mouth the spacing was all wrong. The top row of teeth had a gap large enough between the teeth for a tooth from the bottom row to meet the top gum, and the bottom row had a gap large enough between each tooth to touch the bottom gum.
The mouth was like a zipper and the rows interlocked in a uncanny narrow wall of yellow. Rather than two rows of teeth, the grin was an unnatural singular row. Each tooth, with each closing of the jaw was growing progressively filed down and sharper. More jagged and snaggled in the mouth. Chunks of enamel were beginning to flake off and small divots began to appear between the teeth. The teeth that had been forced into the gums to make the uncanny pattern would wiggle and tear at the gums, but never quite uproot themselves.
In the moment the gaps closed there were sounds.
The scraping of tooth against tooth for one. The noise was repulsive at a primal level, like a bone being dragged and splintered across another. As each tooth sheared those around it, it was then followed by a wet squelch of each tooth sinking into the raw and bloody gums in the mouth.
In the moment the mouth closed there was pain.
As the teeth sank into the bloodied gums, fire would roar from each puncture and spread throughout the entire mouth. Tears would come streaming down wide and terrified eyes. The pain would cause shortened breathing, and panic, and even clenching of the jaw. It would only last for so long, though, as the mouth would need to open.
In the moment the mouth opened there was taste.
The hot scent of blood and the taste of infection and pus would gush from the gums as the snaggle would untangle itself. Hot streams of sickness and vital fluid would run down the gums, onto the bloated and bruised tongue, and down the throat.
In the moment there is a reprieve; I drown in my own sickness and it will all be over.
David Davis is a writer and illustrator in Southern California who makes comics and creepy things. See more of his work at hpkomics.com.
So I happened upon this very cheesecake-heavy premiere issue of Extremes of Violet, complete with pinups by some of the comic book greats of the time, and decided to make some Peeping Toms collage art by incorporating the voluptuous vixen into various crystal pieces to create a sort of fishbowl effect centered largely on her bosom (which is unavoidable).
Each of the Peeping Toms is shown from three angles because of how much the pieces shift as the light plays off the crystal. I started with these star forms.
The second bowl was even a bit iridescent, and violet at that!
Next I did a series of really perky busty bowls, which really get the feeling across that you are looking through the tiny peephole in a door as well as exemplifying the content even more. Note: these are shown in two rows with side details as well, so there are a lot of pics here…
I experimented a little and tried a couple of other scenes, like the portrait, as well. She’s staring back at the Peeping Toms…
I also tried this more square bowl form.
And finally, I found this little heart, which is my personal favorite of the group.
These works are a continuation of my Creepy Comics collage series, shown on Haunted MTL here.
Creepy Comics 5
Feel free to check out more of Jennifer Weigel’s work here on Haunted MTL or on her writing, fine art, and conceptual projects websites.
So I probably should have taken a before picture, but I found a faux wood stained plaster Jesus statue and turned it into Zombie Christ. Because it’s the second second coming. Or something. It’s kind of an offshoot of my nail polish paintings reappropriating thrift store art…
Anyway without further ado, I present…
I was a little concerned that I made him too green at first, but I’m happy with the finished result. This statue just looked so anguished. It’s eyes had been closed but I like them better open and even painted them with blacklight reactive nail polish so they will stand out even more and be interactive in other ways to add creepy factor.
Sadly I don’t have a blacklight anymore or I’d share a picture that way too. Oh well. I’ll leave you with a fun detail shot instead.
Next time I may make him more gray than green though. We shall see…
Feel free to check out more of Jennifer Weigel’s work here on Haunted MTL or on her writing, fine art, and conceptual projects websites.
So it’s been awhile since we’ve looked at some of the things I have gathered, so I thought I’d bring back my art collection for another round… Here are the first and second highlights in case you missed earlier explorations.
From left to right: M Pena Windstone Editions bat-winged flap cat, bone mask by Terry and Susan Wright, wood cat in skull by labcreature, real hair art by myself, pencil drawing of Barbarois Elder for Vampire Hunter D anime cel
From left to right: Barbarois Elder for Vampire Hunter D anime cel, Turn Me Royal portrait of my father and stepmother as Frankenstein’s monster and his bride, painted horse skull
Left to right: Overgrowth by Ellie Bradley, heart by TenderFlesh, praying devil girl by Torman’s Treasures
And a vintage plastic 2-foot Jack O Lantern I got at a yard sale and have kept on display on his very own stool in the living room since. So happy.
Anyway, there are some more highlights from my art collection, as it is always growing and evolving. I have lucked into several of these pieces at antique and thrift stores or acquired them from the artists or more. And yes, I still have Da Ting the taxidermy shih-tzu from the first of these posts.
