Born in 84' & grew up in the burbs of Nor Cal
Instantly fascinated with horror, sci-fi & fantasy, I consumed comic books, magazines, animation, VHS, TV & music. Especially the VHS era of these genres, due to the use of practical effects.
Sure, as a child my obsession with drawing this kind of stuff in class may have caused some concern with various teachers.
And maybe these doodles were a constant topic for parent/teacher night that started as early as kindergarten.
But, by senior year of high school, I treated my advanced placement art class and teacher to a VHS of John Carpenter’s “The Thing”. Everyone was appalled and I couldn’t have been more pleased with myself.
-Tony Allred