My six color sketches

Out of the sketch cards I drew for the Topps 2010 Wacky packages Halloween Postcards, these are the 6 color ones I did.



these are the 9 ghost sketches

2010 Halloween Wacky Packages Postcards

Holy smokes. 500 sets sold out in 45 minutes. Here is what I worked on in the set.

Mike & Yikes - I did the concept & painting for this one:




I did the concept for Stake 5, Joe Simko did the finished painting



I also did the Line art for the back of the postcards:



I am really excited to be part of this set, what could be better than Halloween & Wacky Packages? A big thanks to everyone involved for putting together a great postcard set.

New Wacky Packages Series!

I have written two gags, painted one image, drawn 72 sketch cards and drawn the art for the back of the postcards on the new limited edition Halloween Wacky Packages postcard set. These are to go on sale at the Topps Online store at around 11am est on Wednesday the 20th. These tend to sell out in a matter of hours, so if you are interested, get in there right away. This looks like a wonderful set with a lot of strong images, I will add a photo when I can tomorrow.

Spookshow Funnies series 2 Coming soon!

Series two will start numbering where series one left off, and will contain at least 18 cards. I have some fun ideas about packaging I hope will work out. At this point, it looks like they will be ready in late November.

Since no self respecting 2nd card series uses the same border color, here is what this series will look like.





More info to come.

2 Upcoming Halloween Shows

Fall has finally arrived, even down here in New Orleans! Hooray! I thought I had burnt out on the Autumnal feeling with all the work leading up to Halloween & Vine, but I am being renewed by chilly nights and ever shrinking daylight.

I have pieces in a couple upcoming group shows. First up is the Madman's Masquerade in Kingston, NY. On October 16th. This link has more info. I will have a couple die cuts as well as these 2 new pieces.




Next Up is MF Galleries 8th Annual Halloween art show being held in Genova, Italy, more info here

I will have these 2 pieces at that show




I just noticed Joe Simko will also have work in this show, which is an odd coincidence because he just painted one of my gags for the upcoming Wacky Packages Postcard series, and He did a WONDERFUL job! Thanks Joe!

Halloween & Vine

Here are a few pics of my table from the 2010 Halloween & Vine Show. I had a great time catching up with everyone and meeting the people who came up to the booth. I did have some medical issues going on so I was a bit out of it and didn't hang around as long as I usually would have, but it was still a lot of fun. I have a few of my left over pieces on ebay

10/31 Volume 4 is ready to go!

10/31 Volume 4 by Matthew Kirscht | Make Your Own Book

The Frightening Fence!

This is my newest paper decoration design - the frightful fence. Because it's so complicated to do I will probably make 5 or less. This can form a fence or a square centerpiece by attaching all 4 sides. I will have 2 or 3 of these at Halloween & Vine a week from today.

Halloween & Vine Sneak Peek #1

Here are 2 new Mini Die cuts I will have at Halloween & vine - each one is a unique color. 4 Demon Kittens & 10 Scarecrow cats will be made in total.



I hope to have some new preview pieces ready to show next week!

A few larger oils

I just got some work back that had been in galleries over the last year and made them available on my website here.

This is The Candy Banhsee, a 16" x 20" oil, one of the recent additions. Swirling menacing candy appears to keen the death of someone's innocence. :-)