An Unholy Communion: Stephen King, Clive Barker and Rue Morgue
Stephen King was in town this weekend to accept a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Canadian Booksellers Association. Clive Barker flew in to give a speeh, and invited us to spend some time with them before the event.
Monica and I with two titans of horror:
David Armstrong (Clive’s husband), Monica, Clive and misself:
The next day Clive visited the Rue Morgue House of Horror. Here we are with some staff members and friends:
My dog Godzilla said hello to Clive by shitting in front of his feet while we were talking. She made it into the photo anyway:
Rod Gudino, Dave Alexander, Clive Barker, me, Monica and Gary Pullin:
What a fantastic weekend. Keep your eyes peeled for Clive’s next book, Mr. Be Gone, from Harper Collins. It’s a return to horror. It’s fucking amazing.
In other news, I’m still plugging away at my tattoo work. In fact I’m tattooing a tattoo artist (with 30 years slinging ink under his belt) tomorrow! No pressure, especially being that Kurt Wiscombe and Bob Tyrrell will also be watching. Look for the blog entry on that in a few days.
See you this weekend at the 9th Annual Northern Ink Xposure.
Comment by The Retropolitan — June 11, 2007 @ 3:39 pm
That’s a lot of awesome. Especially those Barker pants.
Comment by Chris — June 11, 2007 @ 4:51 pm
Amazing.
I wanted to attend the event but couldn’t. I really missed out.
Comment by Gary — June 11, 2007 @ 5:49 pm
Definitely the high-light of my week! Hearing Barker say “Keep making the best fucking horror magazine on the planet!” before jumping into his car made my month!
Comment by french panic — June 11, 2007 @ 10:29 pm
I am drooling with envy. The men who made junior high bearable for me - and they touched you! A suit and scandalous funnee pants: perfect.