NICO CLAUX (THE VAMPIRE OF PARIS)

Nicolas Claux was born the 22nd March 1972. He started to paint in 1996, while he was serving time in France for murder. His first commissions came from collectors of murderabilia, who were more interested in the signature than the art itself. But Nico discovered that he could indeed channel his fantasies into his paintings, finding a new way to express his inner torments. His technique developed with the help of older inmates who taught him the use of oil painting. Nico was released early in March 2002, and he has become a full time painter, exploring the darkest sides of his mind through the world of art. He has been able to use his time in prison constructively as he worked hard to change and turn his life around, achieving a new status as an artist, and progressing and becoming involved in artistic communities.

NICO CLAUX (IN HIS OWN WORDS)

"My name is Nico, I work as a morgue technician, and I live with my fiancee Houne (A.K.A. Killing Zoe on Myspace) somewhere in the city of Paris.I am better known for my artworks which have been featured in several exhibits around the world (including San Diego's Museum of Death), and published in Sondra London's book "True Vampires". Bizarre magazine has labelled me "France's most extreme artist". I also participate to television shows (Channel 4, Sky TV, RTP) as an expert on murderabilia and deviant art. "

MIKE HENDERSON (SPUD)

The talented Mike Henderson (better known to the art community as Spud) has recently agreed to license several of his serial killer drawings to SerialKillerCalendar.com. Spud's artwork will be used in our next unique product, The Serial Killer Coloring Book. We hope to have this item on the shelves by the end of the year so check back often for more updates. But before we send this morbid masterpiece to the printers, we want to know what you, our faithful customers, think should be included. Drop by our message board and let us know who should make the cut. We are also still considering additional artists for this product so if you would like to claim a bit of fame in a product that will be seen around the world, send us your art. To submit your work, contact James Gilks at madhatterdesign@hotmail.com.

SPUD BIOGRAPHY

Raised on the sunny streets of San Diego SpuD has been chasing an evil dream. His art has been seen in magazines, and comics. SpuD got his start with Verotik Publishing (Glenn Danzig) in Venus Domina Illustrations, and has been raising hell ever since. Currently he is working with Stanton LaVey on a project to be released in the near future, surely not to be missed. His work can be seen both on his myspace profile, and at www.theartofspud.com. If the devil had a personal artist, SpuD would be it.

MATT VERGES

Matt Verges, has recently joined our dark arts team. Matt's amazing drawings of serial killers are now available in our line of tee shirts. Click HERE to purchase one of these limited edition tee shirts. Matt's work will also be featured in our new version of the Serial Killer Trading Cards (which we hope to release in 2008) and our Macabre Coloring Book. . We are still considering hiring new artists for all these products and more so if you would like to claim a bit of fame in a product that will be seen around the world, send us your art. To submit your work, contact James Gilks at madhatterdesign@hotmail.com.

MATT VERGES (IN HIS OWN WORDS)

"Matt Verges has been drawing comics all of his life. He currently resides in Columbia, Missouri, where he lives with a community of friends, proforms vocals in two hardcore bands, does tattoos, rides his bike everywhere and somehow manages time to draw daily. His current projects include "Dirty Socks", issue #2 of "Table 9 from Outer Space", and various personal comics. You contact him at Scumbugg@yahoo.com or check out screen name "Scumbugg" at www.deviantart.com."

GERARD TORBIT

The amazing horror artist, Gerard Torbit, has recently joined our dark arts team. We hope to include his art (and many others) in our masterpiece of morbid art (The Macabre Trading Card Collection). We hope to have this monster of a product on the market by early next year. The series will include artwork from over 12 of the worlds leading dark artists and will feature everything from killers and dictators to horror movie icons and death metal musicians. We are also still considering additional artists for this product so if you would like to claim a bit of fame in a product that will be seen around the world, send us your art. To submit your work, contact James Gilks at madhatterdesign@hotmail.com.

GERARD TORBIT (IN HIS OWN WORDS)

"I'm from Belfast, Northern Ireland. Influences for me come from a load of places, yet mainly horror films, serial killer books and gore sites, and I really admire artists such as Basil Gogos and Glenn Fabry. I have one basic art qualification, yet two very different former jobs, one in the local comic store and another in the coroners office. The second had more of a lasting impression on me than art college (i'm not interested in drawing bowls of fruit, thats for sure!!!). As such, my work is more often darker than the usual. I feel that dark or morbid images, like dark lyrics to music, though often harder to stomach, are a necessary evil which we can use to further our ideas on life."