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Painting Ghost Rider

Paolo Rivera

By Paolo Rivera   Ghost Rider Studies. 2006. Acryla Gouache  on bristol board, 8.5 × 12″. After painting Mythos: Hulk completely in grayscale, I felt the urge to return to color for my next project, Mythos: Ghost Rider. I had gotten fairly comfortable with Acryla Gouache on board, so when I saw the full-spectrum set of 12 colors at Pearl Paint in Chinatown, I couldn't resist. You've all had that feeling: if you just got this set…

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My Hidden Heart

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Gha-Gha-Gha-Ghosts!

Arnie Fenner

October 6, 2025 - October is the season of things that go bump in the night so it's fair to say that this is something of a companion to Greg Ruth's post last Friday on the subject of "Ghosts." Like many, I grew up loving ghost stories and monster movies. My dad used to tell us about his older brother, Price, who encountered the spirit of someone that had been killed by a train near their farmhouse; instead of running with the other boys, Price stood on the railroad tracks and threw rocks at the apparation until it disappeared. (He was braver than I would have been.) And, naturally, whenever I went on camping trips with the scouts we'd sit around the campfire at night and try to scare each other with yarns about phantom hitchikers or a spook…

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