‘Monsters 100 Weird Creatures from Around the World’

 It’s Alive! And features Whitstable's own mighty CRABZILLA!

We are so happy to announce the publication today of ‘Monsters 100 Weird Creatures from Around the World’ by Sarah Banville and Quinton Winter.

Ferocious thanks to the wonderful team at Wren & Rook (Hachette Children’s Group) for their support and believing in monsters.

Thank you to our superb agent Katie Fulford of Bell Lomax Moreton who has always supported and championed us.

Monsters is available in bookshops and online… NOW!

https://geni.us/100MONSTERS

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Crabzilla Alert!

Crabzilla's 5 year anniversary featured in this week's Whitstable Gazette!

Sea Monster!

Sea monster caught on camera in Herne Bay! 

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/585555/sea-monster-uk-britain-kent-whitstable-herne-bay

(Please note that Weird Whitstable is not responsible for the rubbish surrounding the story on the Daily Star web page)

Photo by Michael Green

Octopus prints...

New Weird Whitstable prints are available over at the SHOP

Buy these beauties as Christmas gifts!

The old man of the sea....

The old man of the sea, pausing for breath over Bretts aggregate works... 

featured in this year's Post Nude exhibition in Gallery 3 at The Horsebridge in Whitstable until June...

#Crabzilla conquers the world!

I imagine that this time last week Crabzilla was bobbing gently in Whitstable Bay, quiet and calm, safe in the anonymous ocean, nibbling on a few trailers of oysters....

Then, the unthinkable happened... crab fame happened! Crabzilla was propelled around the world like a stone across a pond.

From page 26 of The Sunday Express, to the cover of the Daily Star.... to Loose Women on telly, Metro, Kent Messenger, Mail Online, Gawker, Independent, news websites in Australia, Germany, Serbia, Norway, New York, Huffington Post, India, Brazil, Sweden, allsorts of places all over the world too numerous to mention....then to Japan's Morning Bird show on AsahiTV, and last night to BBC's Have I got News For You!

Its even spawned a (fake) Crabzilla on Twitter!

A weird week indeed.... I hope for Crabzilla's sake its all gone quiet again. Keep your eyes peeled for signs of the beautiful Crabzilla. If you happen to see any evidence, or have a story to tell then please get in touch. I may post it on here, or it could be featured in an upcoming exhibition.

The Stick Man

Was this poor mythical creature disorientated during the recent storm? 

then, confused and soggy, hit by a car? 

and then, left flat as a leaf in the road?

I don't know. All I can do is provide photographic evidence. 

What do you think?

Please leave comments below.

A 10p coin shows the size of the Stick Man

Where the body of the Stick Man was discovered