23 October 2011 12:36 PM EDT
Hey there, everybody! My name is Adam Everett Beck (aka King AdBeck), and I’m a returning challenger from last year. Last year I shared characters from my
Monsters Royale project, which is a book that both pays homage to and lovingly parodies horror pop culture, featuring skewed reinterpretations of classic horror icons and wholly original creations with a comedic twist. The characters are inspired by all fields of monsterology, including Japanese kaiju films and yokai folklore, ancient myths and legends, EC and Warren comics, Universal and Hammer horror movies, etc. This year, you’ll be getting more of the same.
For those interested, my entries from last year’s challenge can be seen here: 2010 Challenge
For those of you already familiar and who’ve enjoyed my work in the past, I’d like to encourage you to check out my Kickstarter project, where I’m trying to raise money to publish the
Monsters Royale book. Even if you don’t wanna pledge money, you should check it out to view the short animated cartoon I made, which features some of last year’s monsters. Just click on the pic below:
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Happy to see so many people are taking up the challenge this year.
Good luck to all involved,
AdBeck
6 December 2010 11:50 PM EDT
Whew! That was tougher than it looked. Congratulations to everyone who completed the challenge. Thanks to Tyler for the opportunity to participate in this fun undertaking, and thanks to everybody for their kind comments. I really enjoyed seeing the wonderful creations you’ve all produced. Here’s my thirty, folks.
Come stop by my website, Rebeldog Comics, for milk and cookies. New monsters and monstrously bad poetry will be posting regularly in the new year under the category Monsters Royale. Maybe even in … gasp … color! Hope to see you there.
See you in the funny (web) pages,
AdBeck
30 November 2010 8:19 PM EDT
DUGG SKULLERY
Dugg Skullery, who moans and jostles
Amongst the dino bones and fossils,
Has been unearthed from mouldy ground -
A missing thing best left unfound.
The students who dug up the site
Became his food that very night.
Notes: That’s my thirty, folks! Hope one or two of ‘em evoked a head nod, smirk or bemused chuckle. Congrats to everybody who completed the challenge! As if you didn’t already have enough going on in November …

I’ve enjoyed watching the progress of the many talented individuals who chose to participate. Your good work has spurred me on to the finish line. And big thanks to everybody who commented on my li’l drawings (on this site and elsewhere) for your kind words. Your support has been very much appreciated!
See ya in the funny (web) pages,
AdBeck
30 November 2010 7:59 PM EDT
GOAHEDD
Acephalous wretch, not quite dead,
Ironically named Goahedd.
At bowling lanes, he is a hit.
His head and neck: a four-ten split!
Though he is an unmoved savage,
His is the most improved av’rage.
When the scores at last are read off
He will surely laugh his head off.
30 November 2010 7:58 PM EDT
CURRUPTUS
We don’t dare go near Curruptus
For we fear he might abduct us,
Fly us to some remote center,
And turn us into polenta.
30 November 2010 6:59 PM EDT
SNURKLE
Snurkle lurks in a tree hollow,
Where no humans dare to follow.
Known to pick a rover’s pockets,
Stealing timepieces and lockets,
He has quite a hoard of treasure,
Which provides him immense pleasure.
Does the Hobs and Bogeys good,
Hence they call him Goblin Hood.
30 November 2010 6:57 PM EDT
MORASSO
A spirit dragon in the sky,
Morasso seldom meets the eye.
High above the earth’s rotation,
Dismissed as a cloud formation,
It’s said he’s only seen by men
Whose hearts are pure and minds o-pen.
And if your eyes upon him gaze,
Good luck shall be yours all your days.
30 November 2010 7:15 AM EDT
THE JYNX
Well-hidden in the trees so high,
What does the agile Jynx espy?
She doesn’t move; won’t even try.
By simply winking her right eye
Bad luck befalls the passerby.
A tree may drop! (Don’t ask me why.)
A comet could crash from the sky!
A high volt wire might go awry
And cause your underpants to fry!
I tell you true, this is no lie,
You cross the Jynx and you will die!
30 November 2010 7:14 AM EDT
SKWEEDJ
Of Skweedj, there isn’t much to tell …
He’s jest a goblin raisin’ hell.
The chief question of inter-est
Is why mittens and yet no vest?
But goblins tend to suffer these
Fashion impracticalities.
All reason their styles do defy:
Skweedj wears a patch on his good eye.
Of Skweedj, there is naught to explain …
He’s jest a goblin raisin’ cain.
30 November 2010 6:41 AM EDT
ZAYRAY THE ELECTROSMOG
A Geiger counter’s constant click
Gives warning Zayray’s coming quick!
Out there in the darkness glowing,
Moving, grooving, ebbing, flowing,
Seeping deathly radiation
That defies imagination,
He’ll sap your body of its strength.
He’s on a different wavelength.
Leaves you searching for an answer,
Also with a case of cancer.
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