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We Would Live Deliciously If This Black Phillip Toy Was Real
Like it or not, The Witch is having a huge cultural moment and is on the cusp on breaking through into pop culture.
The first weekend Robert Eggers’ satanic horror, which carries a strong The Shining vibe, took in $8.8 million. That’s insanely impressive for an independent film that made festival rounds for over a year.
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But how far will A24’s release go? Will it pick up steam this coming weekend or fade out?
Right now it’s growing in popularity on socials as artists everywhere have been sharing their interpretation of The Witch, mostly focusing on the symbolic goat, Black Phillip.
But the best of them all was Kinder Trauma‘s faux Black Phillip toy that would have children everywhere living deliciously.
In the grim darkness of the far future there is only war, but it was a cheerful illustrator from England who helped to define the terrifying war-torn imagery that inspired what we now know as Grimdark (a hybrid genre combining horror with sci-fi/fantasy).
Unfortunately for fans of Warhammer 40,000, Trench Crusade and countless other sources of Grimdark thrills, veteran artist John Blanche passed away this week after struggling with health issues for the past few years.
While the artist retired back in 2023, he leaves us with an enormous legacy of iconic artwork that continues to inspire gamers and storytellers around the world to this very day.
The news is especially gloomy as it was only last year that Daniel Lowman and Napoleon Dynamite himself Jon Heder released The Grim & the Dark: The Search for John Blanche, a documentary following Heder’s exploration of the Grimdark genre culminating in a heartwarming encounter with Blanche in his own home.
Below is one of my favorite pieces by Blanche, his highly influential depiction of Warhammer 40k’s God-Emperor of Mankind on his Golden Throne.
We send our deepest condolences to John Blanche’s family, friends, and fans.
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