Linus saw the omen, but no one believed him! THE GREAT PUMPKIN LIVES!

Fright-Rags commissioned me with this hypothetical spoof, which is of course inspired by the classic Peanuts Halloween staple, “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown”. I had a lot of fun revisited these characters from my youth and even more fun killing them off.

You can snag one NOW at Fright-Rags.com

Also, if you’ve got 20 minutes or so to burn you can stream the original Peanuts cartoon from YouTube 

The good people at Death, Shred! Clothing (formerly known as Dead, Serious!) has a brand new batch of skater gear for you kids to get ragers over! I did the Tea Time design and Joey did a killer job rocking out their website and store. There’s a ton of great pieces in this release so head over and support these dudes and their hot Belgian models!





Our friends over at Enfants Fleurs/Flower Children just posted a beautifully done teaser video for the launch of their new clothing line. They just did a soft launch in their home turf of Quebec, but the whole line will be available for viewing and purchase some day soon. We were privileged to be able to play a role in the realization of their highly conceptual line and are eager to show off our hard work when it drops!

Design Process Time Lapse - by Derek Deal from The Black Axe on Vimeo.

I get asked a lot how i go about making my designs so i figured I’d give a general overview of how I work. The video above is a time lapse of the entire process of a design i did for The Amity Affliction. If you’re one of them readin’ types, I’ve broken it all down into steps below. 

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Tour poster I did for Fearless Record’s first ever label tour in 17 years.

I just posted 5 designs I did at The Axe over the last few months on my blog. Here’s a couple

Posted a shirt up for some lovings on emptees.com