Me with fully thick hair, and a Bright Eyes shirt I got when he played at my house, manning the station at CD Alley, the greatest cd store Greenville, NC ever knew. Circa 1999-2000. Photo by Brendan O’donnell.

This Photo History is a little different. Kate Wilson of Australia holds a copy of my Unspoken zine in her hands, and in my picture I hold a copy of her Unspoken chapbook. Pretty cool stuff.

Kate Wilson is a poet and performer living in Australia. She has won the Burnbury Poetry Slam, and has been published in Pelican Magazine.

Extending the family tree all the way to Australia, Kate Wilson’s adventures and more can be found on her website.

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This is my friend Tracie Pouliot and her wall of creatures in her office at work. Known Tracie and her traveling partner Jonathon for less than a year, but they have quickly become good friends of ours here in Asheville.
Tracie is a wonderful printmaker and artist. She is also a creator of her own brand of creatures some of which can be seen in her Monsters series here.

Extending the family tree one more spot alot of Tracie’s work can be browsed and purchased through her website here.

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This is my friend Will Keith in Tokyo, Japan with his Ookla the Mook Creature. Will and me were roomates for about a year and we even played a few musical shows together under the name Fox Force Five. He is a terrific musician, photographer, and person. Someone who always had your back. Will now shines as a DJ in the Japanese dance scene, under the name sc14 for the Beat Respect group of artists. Go check him out when your in Tokyo.

Extending the family tree all the way to Japan, Will’s website will be up in August and can be found HERE

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This is my friend Jeanne Soriano and her Lil Zombie Creature. I’ve only known Jeanne for less than a year, but she’s been a good friend during this time, and a huge supporter of all things Lucky Creature. And shes a terrific cook as well which always scores points with my belly.

Extending the family tree one more spot follow Jeanne’s twitter here

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This is Chris Ligerman of Salt Lake City, UT and his spiky borg creature painting. Thanks Chris!

These are my friends Justin Howe and his wife Jin in South Korea with their creature poster. We met Justin & Jin in Easthampton, MA. I owned a tiny little used bookstore called the Papercut there for two years, and Justin was one of my biggest supporters during that time. We got to know them, and Jin eventually introduced us to the wonders of Korean eating. All the moves later there are days when I miss Easthampton something terrible. Life moved at a different pace there and it had a strange effect on all the natives and on me.

Extending the family tree, Justin is a writer and has contributed to many projects including reviewing books for Strange Horizons. He has a story in the recent Homeless Moon collection. His livejournal, which currently is detailing his time in Korea is here.

Jin is a wonderful artist of comic/manga style work which can be seen on her website here. It’s in Korean, but I used Google Translator to make some sense of the words. The art though, being amazing, needs no translation to see her talent.

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This is my Brother Stacey’s and Lenna Jones collection of creatures, a pirate, punk cat, cobra commander and army rabbit residing in Greenville, NC.
Stacey doesn’t use it much but his twitter is here. Pester him to put some art on the web. He makes awesome big paintings and Lenna’s is here Say hi to both of them.

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This is Adam Beeby with my take on the Martian Manhunter from JLA. Adam introduced me to all sorts of comic book goodness, including League of Extraordinay Gentlemen, and Transmet, which quickly became one of my favorites. We also worked together at CD Alley for a few years, and ran in many of the same circles in Greenville, NC. He is a damn fine artist, and can be found most days running his comic book store, Heroes Are Here in Goldsboro, NC.

Extending the family tree to Goldsboro, NC check out Adam Beeby’s artwork on this Facebook Page and check out Heroes R Here for your comic needs.

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This is one of my dearest friends Jackie Witkowski and a Balloon Head Creature I made for her on an old Barnes & Noble Wall sign. The creature and Jackie reside in Coralville, IA and I miss her daily. Send me your photo history at luckycreaturelabel@hotmail.com

Extending the family tree one more spot. Follow Jackie’s twitter HERE