Dan Brereton: Some Thoughts About Monsters

October 31st, 2009 COMICS, Horror Comics Ryan Brlecic

They were the first things to ever scare me and the only things I drew as a kid with any confidence. As I get older, rather than outgrow them, I relate to them even more

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By Dan Brereton

With each year, as I get further away from the child too terrified to watch ABC’s Trilogy of Terror in 1975. Monsters continue to fascinate me in new ways. Frankenstein’s Monster, in particular, is of great interest to me, his plight, his inner Hell; to want to be loved, and yet be exactly the murderous horror you’re accused of. Along with Dracula, the idea of the sympathetic and the hideous sharing one frightful form captivates me endlessly.

Over the years, I have read blurbs and pieces of marketing copy describe me as “Horror Master” or “Master of Macabre Art.” I always feel weird when I read those. They’re designed to get people’s attention, rather than be wholly accurate. While a fan and even a practitioner in the subject of Horror, I certainly don’t feel like a master of horror. I’m still kind of afraid of the dark, so how masterful is that?

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Ryan Brlecic

Ryan Brlecic is a freelance illustrator/ graphic designer based in Cleveland, OH. He is responsible for visuals / content on The Red Circle. His formative years included ironman stretches of comic book reading and movie watching. His current years include attempting to engage in ironman stretches of movies, comics, and illustrations. This is normally thwarted by the raising of his arch-nemesis-in-training daughter. Along with his freelance work and The Red Circle, he is also creating DISENFRANCHISED, his first comic series.

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