Face Your Fears

Really kinda slept on this way this Halloween, didn't I? Missed the train, I did. Ah well. Here we are now, so put your skinless hands together for good ol' Mr. Gerald Bojangles & His Boneyard Jamboree! This is a Ben Cooper style mask (I don't think it's made by Cooper himself, but don't quote me on that), and, honestly, it makes me so happy. Gerald Bojangles just looks so goddamned happy doesn't he? So utterly thrilled to be here with you, in pure skeletal format, so he can play you the organ without his organs. He just looks so very jovial, doesn't he? I mean, he's got a big grin on his face, and an absolutely adorable tiny bowler cap, which just screams "I'm fun!" He looks like the leader of a big swing band in a jazz club, and I'm all for it. I also like the thick black outline that encompasses his entirety, almost like he's ripped straight out of the pages of a comic book. And I would be remiss if I didn't mention the c...

    Every now and then I'll come across a truly cursed mask, and I feel like these things certainly fall into that category. These are absolutely horrifying. Are they still artistic? Yes, as hell, actually. But that doesn't make them any less terrifying, bewildering and quite frankly evil, for lack of a better word. I was going to say, originally, that these look like something ripped from the screen of a Blumhouse horror movie, but then I realized they're far more artistic than that, and that's not fair to the masks, as they're actually incredibly creative. These things are nightmare fuel for sure, though. The slight chubbiness that exists in the molding, the professionally kid like facial features added on, and the total lack of color to the face itself are all just factors that make this thing the sort of creature that would easily hunt you down in the dead of night and suck your soul out through your butthole. I mean, just look at that mouth, that mouth was made...