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I couldn't stop thinking about this album when I first played it because it just has the colors, the hand, even a clay-like tree thing! I included more Chameleons art with a similar style, but the Strange Times cover is as close as it gets.
I feel like it's a similar style, but a very different vibe: it's like a version of Hylics with evil characters that openly mock the viewer (every single one has someone directly looking at you, either laughing at your expense or judging).

I wanted to see if anyone else likes this band or the art. If you don't know them, you should listen to them if you like post-punk adjacent stuff, they're a classic.

A Parade of Horribles spoiler

I already knew Matt Dinniman was a Ghost fan, and I'm so happy he referenced them here (and there seems to be a little V Easter egg too in that vehicle name in image 2?). Shout out to the amazing bittermarch who told me to keep an eye on the book when it was released :)

I love that a) that karaoke song might be a cover Matt Dinniman would like to see (I would agree Ghost would make a killer cover of it), and b) he fucking put this Minister Papa in a Wienermobile lol.

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Edit: guys, it's not that deep. If I wanna read about a talking cat with a dinosaur pet and a perpetually pantless man's adventures I'm not gonna demand a Hemingway level of writing. I want some fucking greasy French fries with artery-blocking toppings and already know I'm not getting that in a Michelin star restaurant: I gotta go find the guy with a shady food truck who knows his thing. I don't have to only consume media I'd give a 10/10 to 100% of the time, in my case that's just like with... Ghost. 🤷

So yeah, chill a little and enjoy a fellow Ghost fan putting a character inspired by them in his latest book.