R. Gagnon's Hallowe'en Hi-jinks

Hold onto your seats -- you're about to be terrified.

Rather than the usual sketching jag, which happens many Fridays when artist/translator Richard Gagnon and I get together for a pitcher of beer, yesterday we were caught up in the unexpected.

The management plunked down a pumpkin on our table, and asked us, since we were artist-types, to design and carve a jack-o-lantern for the bar.

So Rick got to work, and designed the following blood-curdling image:



Of course, having let him have the honour of designing the pumpkin, I let Rick do the cutting and cleaning. I went off and played pool. So, this is all Rick's work.

Brace yourself for a nightmare of terror:



Pretty spooky, huh?

Of course, it's even more sanity-threatening when lit up, as follows:



Hallowe'en's not 'til next week, but people are going out to parties and all this evening, even though it's raining in Montreal. Spook responsibly!