WORKHOUSE

​"In 1999 I started WORKHOUSE in a decrepit, rented kitchen of a Soho film outfit. Why did I kickstart a business? Desperation. Laid off in the middle of the economic depression of the late 1990's, jobs of any kind were scarce. I had $196 in the bank and frankly nowhere to go. My original vision was simple: I just wanted to eat everyday. I gathered a group of students, layabouts, waiters and interns to slowly build a PR agency from the ground up. The agency's namesake celebrated a history of builders who, once upon a time, went to produce honest labor. Over the years we have distinguished ourselves with successful representation of personalities like The Rolling Stone's Ronnie Wood, photographer David LaChapelle, Francis Ford Coppola and brands Virgin, CBGB, Interview Magazine, Soho House and Porsche. This year, Workhouse received the New York Small Business Excellence Award and Clutch recognized us as both a Global Leader and a member of their inaugural Clutch 1000  honoring the agency as one of New York's top marketing firms. As Workhouse celebrates its 20th anniversary, there is no greater heartbeat than recognition. We are forever grateful to our clients, staff and associates who believed small could make stardust." - Adam Nelson, Founder & CEO WORKHOUSE

The Essential Guide to the World’s Most Scrumptious Culinary Events in December​
From unique dining experiences to meals prepared by some of the nation’s best chefs, you’ll find plenty of holiday cheer in December. ​BY JOHN LYON ON NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Most of our holiday dining memories are formed around a table with loads of family. But let’s be honest: for all of the soft-glow, cheery memories, there’s always another one of a Christmas blowup. So take control of your December this year and forge some new winter culinary memories with meals from some of the best chefs in the United States.

Once Upon a Kitchen | December 5 
​Get your month of culinary adventure started off on the right foot with a multicourse meal prepared by four of the country’s top chefs. At Gotham Hall in New York, Massimo Bottura, Joan Roca, and Mauro Colagreco will create a memorable meal consisting of signature dishes from their restaurants—a pretty impressive lineup considering their restaurants are ranked No. 1, 2, and 3 on the 50 Best Restaurants List of 2018, respectively. Dessert will be prepared by chef Christina Tosi, the two-time James Beard award winner who runs Milk Bar, will create a unique sweet treat just for the event.
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Seating options come in three tiers ($1,500 to $5,000), silver, gold, and platinum—with higher ranking tiers netting you better seating positions and extras like a meet and greet with the chefs. Proceeds from the event benefit God’s Love We Deliver, which provides meals to those unable to shop or cook for themselves.

The field of public relations is expanding: domains like digital video content have now entered the sphere of PR. It makes sense. The world is an ever-changing place, and the media-drive PR field is certainly no exception. In order to stay on top of changes in attitude, culture, and messaging, you’ll need a PR firm that know what it’s doing. But how do you weed out the flops and only maintain the tops?
 
Clutch, the online ratings and review firm, specializes in exactly that area. Clutch is trusted as the best B2B reviews site because it collects client testimony, case studies, and objective quantitative information. Based in Washington, D.C., Clutch excels at what it does.
 
That’s why we were thrilled to learn that Clutch ranked Workhouse as one of the best PR firms in New York. We’d also like to thank our clients for their hard work and cooperation.
 
Steven Pranica, President of Creative Exchange Agency, raved about Workhouse. “WORKHOUSE capably navigated complex relationships between artists and brands. The team’s approach contributed to the project’s collaborative nature.”
 
Pam Sommers, Executive Director of Publicity at Rizzoli New York, loved working with Workhouse. “They’re a dream to work with. Adam always assembles a good team that’s nimble and quick-thinking. They always make the most of the assets they’re given. We derive considerable benefit from their work.”

The Manifest, Clutch’s sister site, went as far as to also rank Workhouse a toppublic relations firmin 2018. And, we’re extremely excited to announce that we’ve been included on the elite Clutch 1000 list that is the platforms’ first-ever public recognition of the top 1000 companies on their platform, regardless of industry or services offered!
 
Workhouse confidently delivers the best work to its clients, whose satisfaction tops all other priorities. Workhouse covers an enormous number of sectors across the world, and Clutch ratings and reviews expand our purview.

Established in 1999, WORKHOUSE is New York's award winning public relations agency. The firm is home to creative communicators specializing in consumer marketing, corporate and public affairs, digital engagement, luxury, celebrity, travel, hospitality, retail, real estate sports and entertainment marketing. For ten consecutive years, Workhouse has received the "Best of Manhattan Award" by the U.S. Commerce Association (USCA). In 2012, Workhouse swept three of the industry's highest honors when it was bestowed with the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) Silver Anvil Award, the PR News' Platinum PR "Wow Award" and the Bulldog Reporter Silver Medal Award. The agency was also named as a PR Daily/ Dow Jones Finalist for "Grand Prize: PR Campaign of the Year." In 2015, Workhouse Founder & CEO Adam Nelson was inducted into the New York City "Business Hall of Fame”. Celebrating 20 years of service, Workhouse is a full-service creative agency specializing in integrated marketing positioning emerging and established brands with celebrity craftsmanship. Workhouse provides full-service public relations, social media, brand promotion, creative consulting, not to mention, modern day marketing & branding.

Key clients have included Lou Reed, The Rolling Stone's Ronnie Wood, Debbie Harry, Francis Ford Coppola, David LaChapelle, CBGB, Interview Magazine, Details Magazine, Galleries Lafayette, Ford Motor Company, Virgin, Assouline Editions, Rizzoli International Publications, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, Genesis Publications, Karmaloop, Coty, Versace, and Cynthia Rowley, offering award-winning campaigns across a broad spectrum of luxury, fashion and lifestyle brands.

Clutch is a Washington, D.C- based ratings and reviews marketplace that conducts ongoing research of the best providers in advertising, branding, PR and other creative and traditional industries. Clutch reaches out to our past clients to obtain reviews regarding our performance. They primarily do this through interview-style phone calls.
 
As one of their clients stated, “They took an overwhelming scope of work and completed everything with efficiency and good humor.” Commitment to cultivating the best public relations, marketing, and branding shows through their client’s satisfaction. Visit workhousepr.com

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A B2B research, ratings, and reviews firm in the heart of Washington, DC, Clutch connects small and medium businesses with the best-fit agencies, software, or consultants they need to tackle business challenges with confidence. Clutch's methodology compares business service providers and software in a specific market based on verified client reviews, services offered, work quality, and market presence. #Clutchglobal
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 26, 2018 -- B2B research, ratings, and reviews company Clutch announced the leading agencies from around the world that demonstrate excellence in marketing and advertising spheres naming New York-based public relations agency WORKHOUSE a 2018 Global Leader and one of the world's Top Marketing & Advertising firms.

Clutch's annual report recognizes 220+ top B2B service providers across multiple sub-categories, including: SEO, PPC, social media, branding, public relations, digital marketing, advertising, inbound marketing, content marketing, app marketing, email marketing, direct marketing, media buying and planning, and market research. It's free to get listed on Clutch, but only the most highly recommended companies in each industry are recognized as leaders. The 2018 list of Clutch Global Leaders names 1000+ companies across five research categories; all companies featured proved their industry expertise and ability to deliver. 

"These companies not only demonstrate their ability to excel in their respective service areas but also exemplify thought leadership and outstanding customer service," Clutch Business Analyst Sara Philibotte said. "We are proud to have them as leaders on our platform and to celebrate their success."

Established in 1999, WORKHOUSE is New York's award winning public relations agency. The firm is home to creative communicators specializing in consumer marketing, corporate and public affairs, digital engagement, luxury, celebrity, travel, hospitality, retail, real estate sports and entertainment marketing. For ten consecutive years, Workhouse has received the "Best of Manhattan Award" by the U.S. Commerce Association (USCA). In 2012, Workhouse swept three of the industry's highest honors when it was bestowed with the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) Silver Anvil Award, the PR News' Platinum PR "Wow Award" and the Bulldog Reporter Silver Medal Award. The agency was also named as a PR Daily/ Dow Jones Finalist for "Grand Prize: PR Campaign of the Year." In 2015, Workhouse Founder & CEO Adam Nelson was inducted into the New York City "Business Hall of Fame”. Celebrating 20 years of service, Workhouse is a full-service creative agency specializing in integrated marketing positioning emerging and established brands with celebrity craftsmanship. Workhouse provides full-service public relations, social media, brand promotion, creative consulting, not to mention, modern day marketing & branding.

Key clients have included Lou Reed, The Rolling Stone's Ronnie Wood, Debbie Harry, Francis Ford Coppola, David LaChapelle, CBGB, Interview Magazine, Details Magazine, Galleries Lafayette, Ford Motor Company, Virgin, Assouline Editions, Rizzoli International Publications, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, Genesis Publications, Karmaloop, Coty, Versace, and Cynthia Rowley, offering award-winning campaigns across a broad spectrum of luxury, fashion and lifestyle brands.

Clutch is a Washington, D.C- based ratings and reviews marketplace that conducts ongoing research of the best providers in advertising, branding, PR and other creative and traditional industries. Clutch reaches out to our past clients to obtain reviews regarding our performance. They primarily do this through interview-style phone calls.
 
As one of their clients stated, “They took an overwhelming scope of work and completed everything with efficiency and good humor.” Commitment to cultivating the best public relations, marketing, and branding shows through their client’s satisfaction. Visit workhousepr.com

About Clutch
A B2B research, ratings, and reviews firm in the heart of Washington, DC, Clutch connects small and medium businesses with the best-fit agencies, software, or consultants they need to tackle business challenges with confidence. Clutch's methodology compares business service providers and software in a specific market based on verified client reviews, services offered, work quality, and market presence.
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Chase Contemporary, in association with Paddle8, is pleased to invite you to celebrate a live auction for Smile Design Gallery entitled "#Brushup2018" curated by Fernando "SKi" Romero which will take place on Thursday, 29 November 2018 from 6pm-9pm at Chase Contemporary located at 231 10th Avenue in New York City. RSVP RSVP@chasecontemporary.com
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100 8ft Toothbrush Sculptures Displayed Throughout NYC Streets. Produced by Smile Design Gallery, this year 30 fine artists and top graffiti artists including Al Diaz who painted with Basquiat, Dain and top fashion photographer Raphael Mazzuco, have created specialty works under the banner of #Brushup2018 which will be displayed upon giant toothbrush sculptures and placed throughout the streets of New York from 23 - 25 November 2018. The sculptures will then be auctioned off at Chase Contemporary in association with Paddle8 to provide free dental services for patients in need of quality dental care. By the end of 2019, Smile Design Gallery hopes to reach their goal of providing $1,000,000 in free dental services using the sales from the auction.

What: Street art activation of 100 8ft toothbrush sculptures that will be placed throughout the streets of New York City and art auction in conjunction with Chase Contemporary and Paddle8.

When: NYC Street Art Activation | 23-25 November 2018
Live Auction: Thursday, 29 November 2018
Who: Toothbrush Sculptures displayed throughout the streets of New York City. Auction is at Chase Contemporary in association with Paddle8. Smile Design Gallery, 30 top fine & street artists, and five dentists across the U.S.

Where: Smile Design Gallery's "#Brushup2018" live auction is free and open to the public on Thursday, 29 November from 6pm-9pm at Chase Contemporary located at 231 10th Avenue in the Chelsea District of New York City.

Why: Access to quality dental care is a national problem that needs a solution. Artists and dentists join forces to make a statement and raise funds to make positive changes in people's lives. For more information, visit smiledesigngallery.com 
Interested media who wish to interview the artists, obtain press packets or images please contact Workhouse, CEO Adam Nelson via email nelson@workhousepr.com or telephone +1 212. 645.8006. All images are subject to copyright. 

Chase Contemporary is an art gallery and artist project space with two prominent locations in Chelsea, New York’s fine art district. Chase’s core program is to exhibit both established blue chip artists and emerging artists, to create a dynamic program that is diverse and provocative in its vision. Follow us on Instagram and Facebook. Visit chasecontemporary.com

rKismet Cowork presents GreatPHL 2018 | 21st Century Ideals Festival for Real Philadelphians | will take place tomorrow, Thursday, 15 November 2018 at the Venice Island Performing Arts & Recreation Center located at 7 Lock Street in Philadelphia, PA. A day long event to celebrate all that is Philadelphia within this very moment in time. It is often said that Philadelphia is in the midst of a great renaissance. This is certainly true within the spheres of culture, new business, population growth and the highly coveted increase in both national and international tourism. Why is this? How did this happen? What does it mean? What should be celebrated and what should be revised? GreatPHL event speakers and performers — who are the dreamers of Philly Dreams — were well chosen because they have a very specific and unique Philadelphia story. GreatPHL presents an array of active and engaged citizens who are committed to solutions that allow the city to grow and flourish in a way that supports every demographic, every culture and every individual. We will always be a city of 'us and them' unless we move towards a more collaborative and cooperative community. These independent and thoughtful voices will open minds. They will celebrate the future while sharing lessons from our past to create a stronger, more unified present in a truly untraditional theatrical format. To purchase tickets visit GreatPHL. 
Interested media who wish to attend, interview, obtain press packets or images please contact Workhouse, CEO Adam Nelson via email nelson@workhousepr.com or telephone +1 212. 645.8006.

THE FORMAT
The vast majority of conferences, seminars and learning engagements are presented without much technical flair and theatricality. We aim to change that. Our event will be 4 x 90 minute sessions that are a melange of art, music, information, presentation and theater. We will begin with breakfast and networking at 8AM. This will be a highly coordinated, precise and punctual affair. For more information visit GreatPHL

Asked to describe his new ideas fest in a single sentence, GreatPHL founder Christopher Plant does not hesitate:  “Engaged Philadelphians talking about Philadelphia to other engaged Philadelphians.” Plant and his team have assembled a diverse group of interesting speakers, performers, artists, thinkers and leaders to take the stage. They’ve been split up into four sections bookended by breakfast and happy hour, with breaks for conversation in between. 
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BENEFITTING THE PHILADELPHIA BREAKFAST CLUB
In partnership with the Free Library of Philadelphia’s Culinary Literacy Center. The Philadelphia Breakfast Club (TPBC) is a new organization dedicated to helping teach and train Philadelphia children the basics of making a healthy breakfast. TPBC seeks to build confidence and purpose in our young students through a simple curriculum, focused on getting a nutritional start to the day and teaching self reliance. As part of the program, each student will receive their own skillet, mixing bowl, spatula, measuring cups and a 10 recipe cook book. TPBC will also actively promote larger breakfast and learning events throughout the city of Philadelphia.

W O R K H O U S E is one of the country's leading public relations and integrated creative agencies. Celebrating two decades of service, Workhouse is a full-service creative agency positioning emerging and established brands with celebrity craftsmanship. The agency provides forward thinking public relations, social media, brand promotion, creative consulting and modern day marketing. Clients have included Lou Reed, The Rolling Stones, Hugh Jackman, Francis Ford Coppola, David LaChapelle, CBGB, Max's Kansas City, Interview Magazine, Galleries Lafayette, Porsche, Ford Motor Company, Virgin, Jazz at Lincoln Center, International Emmy Awards, Assouline Editions, Rizzoli International Publications, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, Versace and Avroko. Workhouse offers untraditional service across a broad spectrum of entertainment, culture, fashion and lifestyle spheres. Visit workhousepr.com

Chase Contemporary is pleased to invite you to celebrate the exhibition Ole Aakjaer "Untold Stories" which will take place on Thursday, 29 November 2018 from 6pm-8pm at Chase Contemporary located at 521 West 23rd Street in New York City. RSVPRSVP@chasecontemporary.com

Ole Aakjær (born 1962) has gained recognition as the one of the leading artist from Denmark. His artwork - done in watercolor and ink in large scale formats shows his unique signature figurative style creating portraits of men and women with multilayered symbolism revealing inspiration from by music, literature, films and photographs. The natural imperfections the artistic process leaves behind in the highly structured compositions form a colorful highly imaginative narrative. Aakjær´s imagery shifts in time and space, and requiring close attention to the details. Ole Aakjær has had 40 acclaimed and sold exhibitions throughout Denmark as well as in New York City, Paris, Montreal, Switzerland where he has established a strong collector base and reputation. 

Watercolor which has a life of its own, leaves behind imperfections, like scars on the skin, and add to the uniqueness and humanity of each piece. This complexity deepens the dramatic effect put forward by the artist with his use of abundant colorful hues and hidden symbolism, creating daring female portraits that cannot be forgotten. These highly structured compositions unravel an entire world before us, one filled with hidden messages. Like a map, the artwork guides us through the multilayered symbolism-laden in each individual piece. Aakjaer portrays mysterious women that are sensual, alluring and untamed. Her piercing gaze is daring the viewer to uncover her secrets. Like constellations, Aakjaer’s artwork shift in time and space, and require close attention to be unveiled by our own imagination. This is his first solo exhibition in the United States.

Ole Aakjaer "Untold Stories" is open to the public starting Friday, 23 November - December at Chase Contemporary located at 521 West 23rd Street in New York City.
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Interested media who wish to interview the artist, obtain press packets or images please contact Workhouse, CEO Adam Nelson via email nelson@workhousepr.com or telephone +1 212. 645.8006. All images are subject to copyright. 

Chase Contemporary is an art gallery and artist project space with two prominent locations in Chelsea, New York’s fine art district. Chase’s core program is to exhibit both established blue chip artists and emerging artists, to create a dynamic program that is diverse and provocative in its vision. Follow us on Instagram and Facebook. Visit chasecontemporary.com

Chase Contemporary is pleased to invite you to celebrate the exhibition Tom Everhart "Sleeping Beauties: The Have Mercy Paintings" which will take place on Thursday, 15 November 2018 from 7pm-9pm at Chase Contemporary located at 231 West 10th Avenue in New York City. RSVP RSVP@chasecontemporary.com
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Tom Everhart’s works are both familiar and new. Using cartoon characters in his art, Everhart utilizes the instantly recognizable image of Snoopy to communicate a new sensibility – one that is at once accessible and exotic. Working alongside the likes of artists such Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat in the 80s of New York, he then became fascinated with the “brilliant architecture of Schulz’s black ink line,” and its potential for monumental shifts in tone and scale. From the early expressionist slashes of his works, to the prismatic dot, to the sculptural tendencies of his most recent art, Everhart has an unmatched eye for color and a willingness to experiment with textures and surfaces. Everhart’s work has been exhibited in Museums including the Louvre (Paris, France), Museu da Cidade (Lisbon, Portugal), Suntory Museum (Osaka, Japan), and the Charles M. Schulz Museum (Santa Rosa, CA). 

Interested media who wish to interview the artist, obtain press packets or images please contact Workhouse, CEO Adam Nelson via email nelson@workhousepr.com or telephone +1 212. 645.8006. All images are subject to copyright. 

Chase Contemporary is an art gallery and artist project space with two prominent locations in Chelsea, New York’s fine art district. Chase’s core program is to exhibit both established blue chip artists and emerging artists, to create a dynamic program that is diverse and provocative in its vision. Follow us on Instagram and Facebook. Visit chasecontemporary.com 

​Tom Everhart was born on May 21, 1952, in Washington, D.C. He went to college at the Yale University of Art and Architecture where he completed his graduate work in 1976, followed by post-graduate studies at the Musee de l'Orangerie, in Paris. In 1980, Tom Everhart was introduced to cartoonist Charles M. Schulz at Schulz's studios in Santa Rosa, California. Everhart found himself involved in a freelance project that required him to draw and present Peanuts renderings to Schulz's studios. Preparing as he would for his large-scale nature related paintings, Everhart blew up some of the cartoonist's strips on a twenty-five foot wall in his studio. Schulz's painterly pen stroke, now larger than life, translated into painterly brush strokes and he was able to reproduce the line art almost exactly, which in turn impressed Schulz at their meeting. A few years later, while still adding to his previous series of nature paintings, Everhart began drawing special projects for Schulz and United Media, both in New York and Tokyo. These authentic Schulz-style drawings included covers and interiors of magazines, art for the White House, and the majority of the Met Life campaign. When Everhart was not painting, he was now considered to be the only fine artist authorized and educated by Schulz to draw the actual Schulz line. In 1991, Charles Schulz and United Media drafted a legal agreement to allow Tom Everhart to use subject matter from Schulz's Peanuts strip in his art for "the term of his life”. CBS made a film of the process Everhart used in painting Pigpen's Dirtballs, a large 72" x 128" canvas. The result was the TV special "The Fabulous Funnies". The first series of four related lithographs was published in 1996 and over the next ten years S2 Art editions and Tom Everhart would create an astonishing body of seventy-four lithographs. In 2000, his first solo museum show was launched at the Suntory Museum of Art in Tokyo and Osaka, Japan. The Exhibition traveled to five other locations in Japan until the year 2002. After Charles Schulz passed away in February 2000 it left Everhart with a deep sense of loss as well as an even stronger desire to communicate the incredible gift bestowed on him by Schulz. The Charles M Schulz Museum opened in August 2002 and the following year Everhart had the honor of presenting his works in a solo exhibition titled Under The Influence. He was also included in the Museum's 2011, Pop'd From The Panel exhibition along with Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein. Tom Everhart continues to to produce new large bodies of works on paper, canvas, and wood and is the only fine artist legally authorized by Charles Schulz to use subject matter from Schulz's Peanuts strip to create fine art.

W O R K H O U S E is one of the country's leading public relations and integrated creative agencies. Celebrating two decades of service, the agency provides forward thinking public relations, social media, brand promotion, creative consulting and modern day marketing. Clients have included Lou Reed, The Rolling Stones, Hugh Jackman, Francis Ford Coppola, David LaChapelle, CBGB, Max's Kansas City, Interview Magazine, Galleries Lafayette, Porsche, Ford Motor Company, Virgin, Jazz at Lincoln Center, International Emmy Awards, Assouline Editions, Rizzoli International Publications, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, Chase Contemporary, Versace and Avroko. Workhouse offers untraditional service across a broad spectrum of entertainment, culture, fashion and lifestyle spheres. Visit workhousepr.com

Award winning writer/director Phil Mucci launches his adult animated series Professor Dario Bava, Paranormal Playboy, with a 100 page graphic novel prequel illustrated by Mike Dubisch with variant cover the legendary Italian horror maestro Emanuele Taglietti.

Interested media who wish to interview the artists, obtain press packets or images please contact Workhouse, CEO Adam Nelson via email nelson@workhousepr.com or telephone +1 212. 645.8006. 

ROME, 1967: a Vatican exorcist turns on, tunes in, and drops out to fight the monsters of the patriarchy with Future Chick, time traveling super-hippie from a heavy tomorrow, and Major Bitch, far out freedom fighting yeti-slayer. Murder Vibes From The Monster Dimension delivers 100 throbbing pages of psychedelic horror carved from the sexy imagination of Phil Mucci, conjured by the black arts of Mike Dubisch!

The first Professor Dario Bava graphic novel, Murder Vibes From The Monster Dimension contains three complete tales: "Blood Puppets of the Fiendish Manitou", in which Father Bava conducts his last and deadliest exorcism for the Vatican, "The Future Blows, Dude!" in which Future Chick discovers her powers in a world of ravenous horrors, and "The Bastard Birthright of Major Bitch" in which an American army brat runs away in post-war Europe to fight for justice against men and monsters. All three characters join forces in the thrilling climax to battle a vampire warlock coven in the Paris catacombs! Righteous!

EMANUELE TAGLIETTI
​Living Legend, Variant Cover Artist
The godfather of Italian comic books, since the early 70's Emanuele Taglietti's work has adorned the covers of erotic, crime, fantasy, and horror fumetti (Italian comic books). Inspired by the work of Frank Frazetta and Averado Ciriello, he created striking art for Zora the Vampire, Belzeba, Cimiteria, Sukia, Stregoneria (“Witchcraft”), Gli Spettri (“The Spectres”), Il Sanguinari (“The Blood”), Lo Schelectro (“The Skeleton”), Ulula (“Howls”), Vampirissimo and Wallestein. His worldwide reputation continues to grow to this day, culminating in 2015 with the gorgeous Sex and Horror: The Art of Emanuele Taglietti, a book by Mark Alfrey, celebrating Taglietti’s work.

PHIL MUCCI
​Creator, Writer, Lettering, Color
An award-winning photographer and filmmaker, Phil has self-published 3 other books covering the process behind the scenes of his first two short films and photography work. On the urging of Diabolik LLC, the production company created by Ian Mackay, Phil began developing the far out world of Professor Dario Bava (PDB) in 2015. With the support of producer Dan Simpson, PDB has expanded from a series of interrelated stories, into scripts for films, graphic novels, and more

​DAN SIMPSON
​Producer, Temporal Weirdener
The newest official member of Diabolik, PDB is Dan's baby! Dan suggested Phil start developing a project that spoke to their mutual love of B-movie monsters and sexy European horror and sci-fi films from the 60's and 70's. Dan embraced PDB wholeheartedly, reaching out to Italian funkmeisters Calibro 35 to compose the theme song, and pairing the Murder Vibes graphic novel script with the incredible art of Mike Dubisch and Emanuele Taglietti

​IAN MACKAY
​Professor Dario Bava
The founder of Diabolik, and the source of Professor Dario Bava! Ian has appeared in almost every project Phil has shot as a filmmaker, both in front of the camera and behind the scenes as a stop-motion animator and executive producer. He first played Professor Dario Bava in the short film / music video for Huntress "Sorrow", where he kept the entire crew laughing through brutal night shoots by improvising in character between takes. We knew then that the Professor's adventures had to continue!

​MIKE DUBISCH
​Illustrator, Main Cover Artist
The visual wellspring of Murder Vibes, internationally known fantasy illustrator and graphic novelist Mike Dubisch has his roots in golden age horror comics and pulp science fiction. A student of the legendary cartoonists Will Eisner and Walter Simonson, Mike has worked for DC, MARVEL, Image and Dark Horse comics. Considered “one of the grand old men of horror comics” by comic art historian Stephen R. Bissette, Mike's art and stories have been featured in horror comic anthologies since his teens, currently appearing in internationally distributed “The Creeps” magazine with the finest artists working in the genre

​SUSPIRIA (Susana Vilchez) 
​Guest Artist, "Camila"
Born in Barcelona, multimedia artist Suspiria is inspired by female anatomy, 70’s and 80's horror flicks, dark comics, and the holiest of holies, Halloween! A student of art, fashion, and graphic design in Barcelona and the Canary Islands, she's had many solo and group art shows in Europe, Canada, and the United States. Her spooky handmade Terror Tots, created for cuddling, are all uniquely hand-painted on a variety of supple fabrics. Suspiria currently has a studio in Toronto, where she's a custom tattoo artist while working on multimedia projects and shows.

​JILL JANUS
​Huntress, Heshette
One of Diabolik's longtime collaborators, Jill Janus of Huntress  is as rad as they come! To celebrate Professor Dario Bava's first appearance in "Sorrow", Jill Janus crafted a special witch box just for you! We're also adding 3 Huntress "Sorrow" posters to the package, including a limited edition of the painting of Jill and the Baroness Karnstein that appeared in the video! Check out the update for more details, and see more of Jill's witchy delights at Heshette!

​ROB ISRAEL
​Guest Artist, "Professor Dario Bava vs. The Thing"
Dallas based illustrator/designer Rob Israel spent 13 years in the licensed apparel business before branching out on his own. He's designed t-shirts and posters for established musical acts from the world of edm, punk, and metal. His style ranges from low-brow, psychedelic work to more traditional comic art. He's inspired by everything - from pop culture, to comics, horror art, and politics, and has built a strong social media following where he features new work every day.

​NICK "THE HAT" GUCKER
​Guest Artist, "Dario Bava vs. Legions"
We're proud to announce our third collaboration with Nick The Hat! Diabolik fans might remember Nick's work from Das Muerte "All Those Delicate Cuts", and Monster Magnet "The Duke", but he's most well known for his creepy, psychedelic posters, book covers, and HP Lovecraft illustrations. Winner of the Pickman’s Apprentice Iron Artist challenge, Nick had the honor of creating artwork for the 2013 HP Lovecraft Film Festival posters and merchandise. His work has appeared in group shows from Alaska to Rhode Island, and his first solo show, “A Compendium of Curious Creeps” ran for two months in 2014 at Spectrum House in Seattle. 

​CAROLINA RODRIGUEZ FUENMAYOR
​Guest Artist, "Miranda"
Based in Bogotá, Colombia, Carolina's unique visual style combines line drawing illustration with digital art and graphic design. "I would like my work to be able to show universes in which the human figure, galaxies, and nature become one... subverting everyday life and boredom, providing them with fantasy, surrealism, and science fiction." We first discovered her work on Brut Magazine's Instagram feed, and we were thrilled when she agreed to do her own interpretation of the graphic novel's villainess, Miranda Korday.

W O R K H O U S E is one of the country's leading public relations and integrated creative agencies. Celebrating two decades of service, Workhouse is a full-service creative agency positioning emerging and established brands with celebrity craftsmanship. The agency provides forward thinking public relations, social media, brand promotion, creative consulting and modern day marketing. Clients have included Lou Reed, The Rolling Stones, Hugh Jackman, Francis Ford Coppola, David LaChapelle, CBGB, Max's Kansas City, Interview Magazine, Galleries Lafayette, Porsche, Ford Motor Company, Virgin, Jazz at Lincoln Center, International Emmy Awards, Assouline Editions, Chase Contemporary Gallery, Rizzoli International Publications, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, Versace and Avroko. Workhouse offers untraditional service across a broad spectrum of entertainment, culture, fashion and lifestyle spheres. Visit workhousepr.com