A perfect fit for a horror-themed pop-up like this. Skinner’s bizarre and psychedelic style reminds us of the classic cartoons and Heavy Metal album artwork from the 80’s. This pop-up book is named after the fictional Necronomicon book, mentioned by Lovecraft in The Hound, and it’s more real than ever. It almost literally grabs you by the throat, like one of our favorites, the monster on the Call of Cthulhu spread. The monsters look amazing and the animation makes it look like they’re growing, crawling or grabbing. The stages and pop-ups are big and contain a lot combined techniques to make everything work. It’s all build up in layers and structures. The paper engineering by Rosston Meyer is impressive and makes you wonder how he managed it to pack all that paper into a working pop-up. All spreads include three-dimensional structures that unfold into big and dramatic stages. A match made in heaven, or maybe hell? Paper Engineering Overall, Skinner’s artwork and the monsters he created for this horror book are even more haunting than Lovecraft’s stories and that’s exactly what a book with a theme like this needs. The details are mindblowing and force you to take a second, third and fourth look at what you’re seeing. Fluorescent colors create high contrasts with the black outlines and heavy shadows. For those who are familiar with Skinner’s art, it will be no surprise that this pop-up book is a blast of colors and details.
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