Brazen Head of Criswell (owner/operator)

@brazenhead

He/Him, illustrator of tabletop roleplaying games and related ephemera. Western North Carolina. Mountain Jew (Code Red). Anti-Fascist, Anti-Capitalist, Anti-A.I. Sludge. Pro-Humanity when I've had enough sleep. Into weird old shit.

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Brazen Head of Criswell (owner/operator)@brazenhead· 14h

...and here comes Simon Magus (here portrayed by Jack Palance) about to perform before the Emperor and his court! You Will Believe A Man Can Fly!

jack palance as simon magus, dressed in a red leotard and yellow cape, holding aloft The Silver Chalice in the film of the same name (1954)

Brazen Head of Criswell (owner/operator)@brazenhead· 2d

He really likes that phrase. From his 1994 novel The Hippopotamus:

David stood. He shivered as the shameful head of the monster rubbed with frictive drag against his pyjamas, for a wincing second prising open the slit at its head as it stabbed blindly at the fabric before finding the freedom of the flap and quivering upwards with a stupid prong of victory.
“Stop it, stop it!” David breathed. “Oh, please … please …” But nothing would stop it; not cold water, not prayer, not threats, not promises.
David stood by the bed and clutched the beast in fury, choking it.
“You … will … behave … !” he snarled, shaking it back and forth in anger.
The bastard thing. It won. Great ropes of semen flew from its tip and dropped to the carpet with a flat triumphant patter.

Brazen Head of Criswell (owner/operator)@brazenhead· 2d

kinda want this sticker I'm not gonna lie

white bumper sticker with "KEEP HONKING! I'M LISTENING TO GUNFIGHTER BALLADS AND TRAIL SONGS BY MARTY ROBBINS" in black and red lettering with a picture of Robbins from the album cover in a black Hollywood cowboy outfit and six shooter.

Brazen Head of Criswell (owner/operator)@brazenhead· 6d

I can't be the only person who watched Amadeus at an extremely impressionable age and developed a huge crush on Elizabeth Berridge as Constanze.

Elizabeth Berridge as Constanze Mozart in Amadeus wearing a wig, massive hat and 18th century dress. She is holding one of the "nipples of Venus" candies offered to her by Salieri.

Brazen Head of Criswell (owner/operator)@brazenhead· 8d

Brazen Head of Criswell (owner/operator)@brazenhead· 10d

Happy anniversary to us! 21 years with my best friend @alexathehuman.bsky.social . On our way to the Rhiannon Giddens show at The Hellbender.

Brazen Head of Criswell (owner/operator)@brazenhead· 10d

Quote with a ridiculous movie you think people should watch.

Poster for SHE (1984) Sandahl Bergman with red hair on top, holding a very impressive sword. Beneath her are superimposed full-body depictions of Berman (again) flanked by 4 other figures in ludicrous postapocalyptic armor and weapons.

Brazen Head of Criswell (owner/operator)@brazenhead· 19d

Theres a great translation by the grandfather of a guy I used to play WFRP with.

Brazen Head of Criswell (owner/operator)@brazenhead· 26d

Just got my copy of @parthenoid.bsky.social 's new book!

a copy of Atlantis Through Time on one of the more "Fortean" shelves in the house.

Brazen Head of Criswell (owner/operator)@brazenhead· Jul 11

all my stupid cards

Brazen Head of Criswell (owner/operator)@brazenhead· Jul 3

Confronting the Lie

bottle with one of those pull off lids that never works

Brazen Head of Criswell (owner/operator)@brazenhead· Jun 25

still from roger corman's Masque of the Red Death. a pale yellow room. from left to right a figure in a red cloak and fringed mask, vincent price in a black "arab sheik" costume, jane asher in lavender silks and veil. shot by nicholas roeg.

Brazen Head of Criswell (owner/operator)@brazenhead· Jun 22

saw this beauty on my way to work today

a large and beautiful moth with sort of tan wings and pink, yellow and black lines and "eye" patterns on its wings.

Brazen Head of Criswell (owner/operator)@brazenhead· Jun 16

A joyous Bloomsday to all who celebrate.

Marilyn Monroe sitting on what looks like a merry go round reading a copy of James Joyce's Ulysses. She is wearing a colorful horizontal striped one piece bathing suit and her hair is partially pinned up.

Brazen Head of Criswell (owner/operator)@brazenhead· Jun 15

Matilda on her chicken.

A black short haired cat looking up at the viewer while lying on a crocheted chicken.

Brazen Head of Criswell (owner/operator)@brazenhead· Jun 14

I keep meaning to write up this guy's cult and clergy for my rpg setting(s).

A Dinosaurs Attack! card depicting a multi eyed horned winged humanoid Dinosaur demon thong holding a struggling man in his grip.

Brazen Head of Criswell (owner/operator)@brazenhead· Jun 13

I remember when this was a wacky game for weird nerds who liked Schwa tshirts and Robert Anton Wilson books

Brazen Head of Criswell (owner/operator)@brazenhead· Jun 12

"How many Tor?" (Art & Writing by Drew Friedman)

Brazen Head of Criswell (owner/operator)@brazenhead· Jun 7

Brazen Head of Criswell (owner/operator)@brazenhead· Jun 5

An alphabet-themed children's book that came across the desk today. It is about a mother gharial and her brood of 26 snapping babies. The illustrations are adorable beyond belief.

An anthropomorphic crocodilian with a very long snout, a housedress and a hat pushes a baby carriage filled with tiny long-snouted crocodilians in tiny bonnets. The title reads "Doris' Dear Delinquents"

Brazen Head of Criswell (owner/operator)@brazenhead· Jun 3

RIP to a Legend.

The Mona Lisa, armed and armored, points down with her right hand while holding aloft a banner. Next to her is perhaps a page in green livery with a crescent moon for a face. Below them is a vast apocalyptic landscape with huge Venus flytrap like plants sprouting from the otherwise barren earth. Behond them, a flash of lightning.

Brazen Head of Criswell (owner/operator)@brazenhead· May 30

BREAKING: The Riverbottom Nightmare Band has backed out of Freedom 250.

Mammal amphibian and reptile Muppets wearing stage costumes. The... bear? looks like he's performing with Funkadelic.

Brazen Head of Criswell (owner/operator)@brazenhead· May 19

A rubber fish on a wooden plaque labeled "Big Mouth Billy Bass"

Brazen Head of Criswell (owner/operator)@brazenhead· May 13

Back......on my bullshit!

Brazen Head of Criswell (owner/operator)@brazenhead· May 11

My go-to favorite movie for years was a VHS of The Sign of Zorro (1958) that my dad recorded off the TV.

Brazen Head of Criswell (owner/operator)@brazenhead· May 10

I lost it when I saw the ShadowDark thief. Hoods *and* studs? In this economy? Sign me up!

Brazen Head of Criswell (owner/operator)@brazenhead· May 10

More Dolmenwood tokens. I've been going through old paperbacks and art books of my yout, as well as kids' picture books and the Time-Life Enchanted World series.

Brazen Head of Criswell (owner/operator)@brazenhead· May 6