WHY THE NAME “DOGPOISON INDUSTRIES”?

the point of a fearsome mask is to ward off evil spirits. like the Celtic and Pagan practices that were lumped into Catholic practices to make the American holiday that we today know as Halloween. for these purposes, masks would protect the living wearer from any deceased who may have turned malevolent.

masks to ward off demonic spirits look like our conceptualization on demons, monsters… the mask mirrors the thing it aims to scare away, and is oftentimes a poor reproduction of it. this can come off humorous, which i think makes it more powerful, instead of less. de-clawing of the fearsome thing; it’s no longer scary, it’s funny.

this is just my mask.

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WHO IS CLYDE K.?

Clyde is an artist based in northeast Ohio making artwork and sharing it online to achieve ultimate catharsis.

her works are informed by queer identity, magick, displaced nostalgia, and grief.

Clyde is currently mostly making artwork in the form of his comic A Town Called Collegeville and making illustrations on the side. he is also versed in painting, embroidery, photography, animation, video art, music, a radio show, and whatever she does with the CRTs in his basement, that could probably be considered art too.