Nightmarish

Nightmarish is a beautifully illustrated, playfully horrific, dark humor book containing nightmarish visions from the mind of Justin Moroyan. Bold, vibrant, and detailed surreal art, full of symbolism and hidden secrets to discover, fill this uniquely twisted and humorous book.

Nightmarish is a beautifully illustrated, playfully horrific, dark humor book containing nightmarish visions from the mind of Justin Moroyan. Bold, vibrant, and detailed surreal art, full of symbolism and hidden secrets to discover, fill this uniquely twisted and humorous book. A delightfully hellish scene of a voodoo doll, on casual Friday, having a relatable bad day. A hilariously horrific scene of a dog dressed in a jester's outfit, making a fool of itself at the shooting of a dog food commercial. A statuesque smiley face doing their weekly Monday brainwash at the local laundromat. These are just a few of the whimsically tragic visions contained in this unique, quirky, dark humor, illustrated horror book.

I'm an illustrator and writer, and I've always loved expressing myself on paper...the ability to work within a space where I can make anything happen has always been a form of therapy for me. It's one of the reasons I love the Fantasy and Sci-Fi genres so much. "That's the wonderful thing about crayons. They can take you to more places than a starship." (Guinan, Star Trek: The Next Generation) I share an affinity for dark humor with some of my atypical real-life superheroes, like Tim Burton, Charles Addams, Edward Gorey, and Wes Anderson. Of course, I can't leave out the wondrously enchanting worlds created by Dr. Seuss and Disney, which fertilized my drive to invent worlds of my very own growing up, and still, to this day. I tend to gravitate towards humorous stories about social ineptitude, mad science, the supernatural, and wonderfully addictive, perfectly imperfect, B-movie-like humor and exaggerated characters. I love diving down the rabbit hole of my mind and exploring strange new worlds. "All we can do, Scully, is pull the thread and see what it unravels." (Fox Mulder, The X-Files)