Derelict Places: Belgian Photographer, Jim Van Loo.

ALICE IN WONDERLAND (1985).

Vintage publicity images for TWIN PEAKS.

Three things define the early 90s for me: The Simpsons, grunge music, and Twin Peaks.

I was 13: not a kid anymore, not really a teen yet; I mean not the kind of teen you are when you’re 16. I used to ride to school on my bike thinking about Twin Peaks: the music, characters, scenes, the warm visuals, the whispering trees, just the strange, otherworldly sense around it. The suspense was murder. Everything seemed charged with mystery, even traffic lights and ceiling fans. Twin Peaks is the shadow version of America’s can-do optimism.

That’s where my head was for about a year, I was constantly thinking about Twin Peaks. None of the other kids in my class watched the show, so it felt like my own dream world. Nobody knew but me. But then it has been like that for most of my life.

Shedim (benevolent demon) by Aaron B. Heimlich.

‪Design sketches (and a model sheet) for Hanna-Barbera’s Yogi Bear. The character debuted in 1958 in the Huckleberry Hound Show.

The mall from DAWN OF THE DEAD (1978).

British children’s TV 1970s-1980s.

Henry’s Cat, Chorlton and the Wheelies, Roland Rat, Button Moon, Postman Pat, The Flumps, Rentaghost, The Wombles, Fingermouse, Bagpuss.

Deserted Twin Peaks.

(from twinpeaksblog.com)

Ghost world: photographer, Christopher McKenney.

Concept art for WALLACE AND GROMIT by Nick Park.

Concept art for the beings from John Carpenter’s IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS (1994). Not sure about the specific artists, but the creature designs were done by the KNB EFX Group, founded by Robert Kurtzman, Greg Nicotero, and Howard Berger.