About Cowthulu

The name Cowthulu came from a costume I did in the early nineties. I am somewhat known in the costuming world for doing strange parody costumes. This one I first did at Mile Hi Con in Denver, then at a Costume Con 11 in Pittsburgh in 1993. It won the "coveted" Spazzy Award.

Cowthulu is based on H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulu - one of the nasty old gods of wrath and tentacles. Cowthulu is a little friendlier (as cows tend more towards the vegetarian). When I did the stage presentation it was, of course, to the sounds of Cowmina Burana (with apologies to Carl Orff). I will attempt to locate and post a recording at some point.

I designed and built the costume with much help from my friend Heather Harvey. Cowmina Burana was recorded with the help of a number of people including Heather, my girlfriend Anna, my mother and my sister.

This picture, (which is also on the main page), was done by my friend Denise Clark, inspired by the costume. The real picture is a little larger (and darker), and is very very cool (the original hangs on the wall of my office).

The Cowthulu logo (top left) was created by John Corrigan.

This is an "Oekaki" of Cowthulu that my friend Heather did. Apparently this is a style of computer-drawn art:

She also created a "Precious Monsters" image for Cowthulu that I will digitize and put up at some point. How does one explain Precious Monsters? That I will leave for another day. . .