About this Event
We're honored to welcome artist and costume designer Bill Crisafi to The Twisted Spine! Register to meet Bill and receive a signed copy of his new book, The Glam Reaper’s Guide to Slaying!
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About The Glam Reaper’s Guide to Slaying:
From popular Instagram artist Bill Crisafi (), an irreverent and uplifting illustrated guide to slaying your inner demons, with the fan-favorite and wickedly funny Glam Reaper and her fabulous friends.
When we’re plagued with self-doubt, we need someone to remind us that we put the “bitch” in “obituary.” Enter the Glam Reaper, our guide to killing negativity and becoming a certified diva.
As the Glam Reaper moves through the world beyond, she finds her friends are dealing with problems we’ve all faced:
- Miss Phillip, a demon with her own inner demon, grapples with negative self-talk.
- Orange Frog doesn’t feel confident after her friends mocked her outfit.
- Miss Rotten tears down the other pumpkins in the patch because she’s afraid of rejection.
- Sexy Ghost is being haunted by the embarrassing mistakes in her past.
- Babushka Toad struggles to tend to her garden and give each flower the care it needs.
The Glam Reaper, with her trademark wit and sass, helps each of them overcome their troubles with practical tips (“Tell those voices in your head to drop dead”) and uplifting mantras (Look in the mirror and say, “I’m a hot bitch,” three times).
Written and illustrated by Instagram artist and fashion designer Bill Crisafi, The Glam Reaper’s Guide to Slaying is a funny, cheeky, and insightful handbook to self-love and self-acceptance for any ghouls gone wild.
Bill Crisafi is an artist whose world is stitched together with magic, folklore, and a flair for the dramatic. Raised just outside Salem, Massachusetts, he grew up immersed in the legends of New England, where the history of magic and witchcraft continues to inspire his work.
After earning degrees in Fashion Design from the Fashion Institute of Technology and Fine Arts from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts & Tufts University, Bill began merging costume, illustration, sculpture, and photography into a universe that is equal parts occult, camp, and humor. What started as a fascination with fashion illustration and costume design evolved into a practice of bringing fantastical worlds and figures to life across multiple mediums.
His work has been commissioned by musicians, filmmakers, and institutions alike, including Chappell Roan, Chelsea Wolfe, the Peabody Essex Museum, Heretic Parfum, Boston Seaport and Blumhouse Productions among others.
Now based in Chicago, Bill shares his playful, lighthearted creations with an ever-growing audience. His art reaches hundreds of thousands of people across social media platforms, inviting them into a space where witches, drag queens, and folklore mingle with wit and imagination.
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