Francis Bacon – abstracting and deformating the human form
Francis Bacon (Dublin 1909 - Madrid 1992) is one of the most famous painters from the 20th century. His works, ruthless and tormented, violently express…
Vania Zouravliov – Darkest Fine Art from Russia
Vania Zouravliov - Darkest Fine Art from Russia Russia is definitely the most prolific country of Fucked Up Artists after Japan. And if Uno Moralez’s…
I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream
I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream is an original sci-fi short story written by Harlan Ellison in 1966. It won the prestigious Hugo…
Best Horror Manga of 2020
There's something about Japanese horror that you simply won't find elsewhere. It's not just creepy atmospheres, and jump scares, no mere ghost stories nor serial…
Junji Ito – The Enigma of Amigara Fault
Junji Ito's finest example of psychological horror is also one of his most popular short stories, The Enigma of Amigara Fault. The plot revolves around…
The obscure 8-bit pixel art of Uno Moralez
There is not much information circulating about Uno Moralez, a mysterious fucked up artist from Russia. He has a facebook page, a tumblr blog, and…
Yoshitaka Amano’s whimsical character portraits are a door to a dream world
Yoshitaka Amano is a very popular illustrator who is famous for designing many of the character portraits and cover arts of the Final Fantasy video…
Suehiro Maruo – bizarre Japanese sensual horror
Suehiro Maruo was born in 1956 in Nagasaki. He is one of the pioneers of fucked up art, introducing a blend of pornography and horror…
Junji Ito’s Uzumaki: Spiral into Horror
Uzumaki (Japanese for "spiral") is undoubtedly Junji Ito's most famous horror story, first published between 1998 and 1999 as a serial in the weekly manga…
Junji Ito’s disturbing visual narratives
Junji Ito is a Japanese manga illustrator specialised in horror and guro (gore). He was born in 1963 in an old country town in the…
