give me your most fucked up little guys
August 30, 2023 3:23 PM Subscribe
Please recommend me more artists to follow who draw stuff that might best be described as scrungly. Some examples: Kyle Beaudette, RubyEtc, pantspants, and this children's book about slugs I just heard of for the first time this weekend.
MY first thought was Ted McKeever, though he may be darker than you're looking for.
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 3:46 PM on August 30, 2023
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 3:46 PM on August 30, 2023
Hannah Hillam
Simkaye
Ketnipz
Danial Ryan
Poorly Drawn Lines
Coconut Milk (animations)
Dr Fishman (animations)
Natural Habitat Shorts (animations)
posted by Crystalinne at 4:10 PM on August 30, 2023 [1 favorite]
Simkaye
Ketnipz
Danial Ryan
Poorly Drawn Lines
Coconut Milk (animations)
Dr Fishman (animations)
Natural Habitat Shorts (animations)
posted by Crystalinne at 4:10 PM on August 30, 2023 [1 favorite]
hey does anyone remember Pokey the Penguin?
some original internet gold there.
posted by Sauce Trough at 4:28 PM on August 30, 2023
some original internet gold there.
posted by Sauce Trough at 4:28 PM on August 30, 2023
Probably Graham "grickle" Annable
Mayyyyybe Okro (also)
posted by moonmilk at 5:14 PM on August 30, 2023 [1 favorite]
Mayyyyybe Okro (also)
posted by moonmilk at 5:14 PM on August 30, 2023 [1 favorite]
Rotten Island by William Stieg (1969) is perhaps the ur-text for fucked up little guys.
posted by caek at 6:32 PM on August 30, 2023 [3 favorites]
posted by caek at 6:32 PM on August 30, 2023 [3 favorites]
Response by poster: I had a LOT of William Steig and Lane Smith books as a kid, so I guess it's nice to know where my fondness for these raggedy ass critters comes from
posted by phunniemee at 6:39 PM on August 30, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by phunniemee at 6:39 PM on August 30, 2023 [1 favorite]
Scary Go Round and the overall Tackleford universe, created by John Allison, is simply teeming with weird little guys.
posted by meowmeowdream at 6:43 PM on August 30, 2023
posted by meowmeowdream at 6:43 PM on August 30, 2023
Greer Stothers. who owns the internet famous cat Pangur, sells prints on their website. I like the toad print, and would describe some aspects of their style as scrungly. Check out their tumblr too, pangur-and-grim.
posted by Lawn Beaver at 7:04 PM on August 30, 2023
posted by Lawn Beaver at 7:04 PM on August 30, 2023
Ooh ooh oooh! Andy Riley and his bunny suicides are exactly what you want.
posted by missjenny at 8:15 PM on August 30, 2023
posted by missjenny at 8:15 PM on August 30, 2023
Mercer Mayer?
posted by JohnnyGunn at 10:00 PM on August 30, 2023
posted by JohnnyGunn at 10:00 PM on August 30, 2023
Omg i had that slug book and it freaked me out! You might like Guznag.
posted by Iteki at 11:07 PM on August 30, 2023
posted by Iteki at 11:07 PM on August 30, 2023
You'd probably like Ali Brosch actually too (aka hyperbole and a half).
These are Swedish, but you might like looking at the pictures, google lens might work otherwise?
Kanincoacharna (rabbit life coaches)
Sara Granér
Nina Hemmingsson
posted by Iteki at 2:02 AM on August 31, 2023
These are Swedish, but you might like looking at the pictures, google lens might work otherwise?
Kanincoacharna (rabbit life coaches)
Sara Granér
Nina Hemmingsson
posted by Iteki at 2:02 AM on August 31, 2023
I knew that was going to be the slug book! In case anyone's wondering: Slugs, by David Greenberg, illustrated by Victoria Chess.
I always misremember it as being by Babette Cole, and I think Quentin Blake might also be in your wheelhouse. Maybe also Shirley Hughes, or Chris Riddell (Twitter; Instagram)?
Moving away from books, I think you would also like @itsnotaboutwork, who can be found on Twitter and on Instagram.
posted by ManyLeggedCreature at 3:47 AM on August 31, 2023
I always misremember it as being by Babette Cole, and I think Quentin Blake might also be in your wheelhouse. Maybe also Shirley Hughes, or Chris Riddell (Twitter; Instagram)?
Moving away from books, I think you would also like @itsnotaboutwork, who can be found on Twitter and on Instagram.
posted by ManyLeggedCreature at 3:47 AM on August 31, 2023
Isabel Greenberg
Can very much vouch for the excellence of her graphic novels "The Encyclopedia of Early Earth" and "The One Hundred Nights of Hero".
posted by protorp at 7:17 AM on August 31, 2023
Can very much vouch for the excellence of her graphic novels "The Encyclopedia of Early Earth" and "The One Hundred Nights of Hero".
posted by protorp at 7:17 AM on August 31, 2023
Haus of Decline and Lord Birthday both have a wonderful combo of scrungly art + absurdist humour.
posted by mekily at 8:59 AM on August 31, 2023
posted by mekily at 8:59 AM on August 31, 2023
Ooh David Shrigley!
Seconding Isabel Greenberg - her books are AMAZING.
posted by sedimentary_deer at 9:37 AM on August 31, 2023 [1 favorite]
Seconding Isabel Greenberg - her books are AMAZING.
posted by sedimentary_deer at 9:37 AM on August 31, 2023 [1 favorite]
Ah! one of my favorite genres!
Here are a few:
Dave Zackin pottery
Batsyhead
Really Good Artist
filthyratbag
And seconding Tara Booth and Liana finck.
posted by Grandysaur at 6:17 PM on August 31, 2023
Here are a few:
Dave Zackin pottery
Batsyhead
Really Good Artist
filthyratbag
And seconding Tara Booth and Liana finck.
posted by Grandysaur at 6:17 PM on August 31, 2023
Kamila Mlynarczyk/woodedwoods, with bonus skeletons and ghosts.
posted by Nibbly Fang at 7:37 PM on August 31, 2023
posted by Nibbly Fang at 7:37 PM on August 31, 2023
Brazilian children’s book author and illustrator Eva Furnari is fantastic.
posted by umbú at 4:01 AM on September 1, 2023
posted by umbú at 4:01 AM on September 1, 2023
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posted by chrisulonic at 3:41 PM on August 30, 2023 [5 favorites]