![]() ![]() In May 2012, Grimly held the Baby Tattoo Books reading of the Spectrum Fantastic Art in Kansas City. This video, although produced on a shoestring budget, was filmed partially at the legendary Magic Castle in Hollywood, and it starred Cassandra Peterson as her cult persona, Elvira. ![]() In the summer of 2008, Grimly produced and directed a music video for the Texas-based band Ghoultown. This talent to direct with such a clear and original vision has blossomed into the likelihood of future short films for Gris Grimly's Mad Creator Productions, as well as ventures in making music videos. The film was released and received high praise at film festivals and conventions worldwide. Also, Sandorff created a band, Hola Ghost, in order to score the film and write its title track. Originally intended to be a comic which would have a score to accompany it, the story turned into a 35-minute short film consisting mostly of live action with segments of stop motion animation. In 2005, his inventiveness made its way into movies as he wrote, directed, and produced his first short film, Cannibal Flesh Riot! This film started as a joint endeavor by Grimly and his good friend Peter Sandorff, guitarist for Nekromantix, Schwartzwald Library, and Mad Sin. ![]() His ability has been used to recreate classics such as Edgar Allan Poe, Pinocchio, and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, as well as to invent characters in his Wicked Nursery Rhymes trilogy and Little Jordan Ray's Muddy Spud. The success of these books garnered Grimly respect within the industry and led to his illustrations being seen in over a dozen books in only eight years. Monster Museum and the ones that followed, defined a different style of children's books illustration which is entertaining enough for children to desire to read, yet adult enough for parents to enjoy as well. Although his intent was to work in the comic industry, this series of books landed him his first job illustrating children's books. A couple of major studios had hired him to do concept work, and during his spare time he created a series of original miniature books which had the look and appeal of children's books, but the dark and twisted style only he could create. My work looks nothing like it, but that is why I went in that direction." After graduating from Concordia University Nebraska, where he studied art under Reinhold Marxhausen, Grimly moved to Los Angeles to broaden his experiences and opportunities. "When I was young, I saw a copy of Moonshadow and wanted to do art like that. Grimly credits Jon J Muth as the sole reason he took up watercolor. He was heavily inspired by classic horror films, comics, fine art, and writers such as Edgar Allan Poe, Edward Gorey, and H. Originally from Nebraska, he spent many years living and working in the Los Angeles area.īorn in Nebraska, Grimly was drawn to the exciting and scary world of monsters and goblins. Steven Soenksen (born 1975), better known under his pen name Gris Grimly, is an American illustrator and author who mostly writes darkly whimsical children's books. ![]()
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