John Bergin

I’ve watched Upgrade so many times. It’s brilliant. Need a sequel!

YouTube video by Comic Book Movie Oblivion Episode 141: From Inside (2008), featuring John Bergin!

Comic Book Movie Oblivion takes on my graphic novel and film "From Inside." Plus, I chat with Kumar myself. How did the most depressing film ever made come to be? Give a listen: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcmW...

#comics #comicbook

Splashdown
#illustration

a cure for dune

A couple unused sketches and concepts for the 10th anniversary edition of the Drive score on vinyl. #soundtrack #vinyl

Here’s my artwork and design for the special 10th anniversary edition of the Drive soundtrack on vinyl. #Drive #soundtrack #vinyl

Question: Where are my keys??
#dictionary

Question: What does the future hold for us?
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Question: What is love?
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Question: What is the meaning of life?
#dictionary

MEAT HEAT
#illustration #bodyhorror

Bird body horror.

Ink, charcoal, digital, 2024. #illustration

Here is a concert poster I made for a band named “Tea For Two.” They are not a real band, but they should be. They sound like Primus meets The Denison/Kimball Trio and, hey look, The Ear Po-Po are opening for them! #gigposter

Smoke 'em if you got 'em

Superman Year 100

Adobe Illustrator 1.0 software packaging (1988) and Adobe Photoshop 3.0 (1994), under glass and on display in a MUSEUM as if they are ancient relics. I owned and used these same packages. #LACMA

An LP showing Patrick Stewart as Gurney on the cover. This LP was made in 1984... but never made it to record stores. Columbia Records produced the LP as an exclusive for their Columbia House subscription service members. Unfortunately, they went to press before Sting reviewed the final design. The record label erroneously credited Sting as "The Sting" on the cover. Not "Sting" but "THE Sting." In quotes, too, no less! The albums were sitting in warehouses, moments away from shipping to stores when Sting's lawyers caught the error. All copies of the LPs were collected and destroyed. Rather than repressing the album, Columbia called it a loss and let the project die. "We must fear Sting's lawyers," they said. "Sting is the record-killer." Only a few copies of the LP survived and have been seen in the wild, and I do not have one because none of this is true.

The back cover of a fictitious LP titles "The Ballads of Gurney Halleck, Sung by Patrick Stewart" featuring Dune-related song titles such as "Victory Song," "The Flaming Dames," and "Troops Long Past."

Here is one of my most prized possessions; the ultra-rare vinyl LP "The Ballads of Gurney Halleck" as sung by Sir Patrick Stewart, featuring Sting. More info in alt #dune

A page from my short comic “Pwdre Ser: Rot From The Stars.” Originally published in Sex & Death, Issue 1 (Millennium, 1995). Reprinted, colored, and rewritten with A. A. Attanasio for the anothology “Dust” (Stompbox13, 2014). Charcoal, pencil, and ink washes on 11x17 illustration board. #comics

A page from “The Queen Has A Blue Dot,” my short comic in which humanity is compared to bees. First published in the anthology series “Ashes” (Caliber, 1990) #horrorcomics

A page from “A Slight Warm Breeze.” Illustrated by me, written by Ted McKeever. Published in the fanzine “Brain Dead,” Issue 12 (1990). Reprinted in “Dust” (Stompbox13, 2014). The diner on the right was styled after Winstead’s Drive-In Steakburger diner in Kansas City. #comics

One of many little creatures populating the illustrations I made for Robert Rich’s 2011 album “Medicine Box.” #conceptart

Illustration for The Rise of the Synths score, 2020. The first (and only) time I used Cinema 4D for an illustration. #cassette

Here's a sketch of crystallized Ovis Solanum Tuberosum. Tasty when boiled. Make sure to remove the crystals first. #illustration

The Venenum Domini Morieris is so poisonous that I wore gloves while making this sketch. #art

Amazing film. A favorite since I first saw it in 85 or so. Incredible score by Mark Isham, too.

Cover illustration for my mid-90s graphic novel, From Inside. #comics

Here's a sketch I made of a Calamintha Nepeta Chelae seedpod. Great in a smoothie if you catch them before they wilt! #sketch

A hand holding a black plastic model of the J3 Hudson steam engine from the 1930s. It's close to O Scale in size

An isometric render showing a collection of steam engine parts in preparation for 3D printing

My son made this awesome 3D-printed model of the “From Inside Train” (aka a Dreyfuss J3 Hudson). He used the same model featured in the From Inside film. #3dprinting

A dry-brush drawing of a stained and burned teddy bear with slight monotone blue coloring. It feels grim and dark.

Title page illustration from “Shitbum,” a short comic written by Dean Tetreault and illustrated by me. Published by Caliber Press, 1990. #comics

A comic book page in which the background shows red and orange flames of a house burning. In the foreground there are four panels. 1) a teddy bear alone on the floor 2) a stove burner glowing deep orange with the dialog "Stop crying or I'll give you something to really cry about." 3) a broken plate on a kitchen floor 4) a stove-top burner knob set to "hi"

A double-page spread from “Shitbum,” a short comic written by Dean Tetreault and illustrated by me. Published in the anthology Ashes, Issue 2 (Caliber Press, 1990) #comics