Evil Cribs!

The return...

In 2021 I had an idea to do a series of comics called Evil Cribs, based on MTV’s… Cribs! For anyone not familiar with this nonstop entertaining object lesson in money-doesn’t-buy-taste, it ran from 2000-2010 on MTV, and was a pop culture version of Through the Keyhole - a whistle-stop gander into celebrity houses. These included Richard Branson and his island, Mariah Carey (iconic episode), Snoop Dogg, the boys from Blue and many more.

Recurring themes were:

• Basement cinema

• Dogs

• Massive fridge filled with cans of soda and bottled water

• Public-aquarium-level fishtank

• Mum did the decorating

• Some kind of spiritual room covering many religious bases. Insane levels of wealth and success not getting you through the eye of the needle, it’s probably a safe idea to have a quiet room with some holy icons in it.

I started with Maleficent and immediately muddled her with the evil queen from Snow White.

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Next up, Sauron from Lord of the Rings. I don’t like LOTR, and it probably shows through my lack of commitment to Sauron’s crib :-(

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I’ve been watching Welcome to Derry on TV, a prequel to Stephen King’s IT. It’s pretty bonkers and gross, and they’ve just killed off one of my favourite characters, so it feels tonally accurate so far. I’ve started this comic, but have ideas for more of PW’s sweet sewer set-up for sure!

The end!! RIP Cribs and all the other ace MTV shows - Laguna Beach, Pimp my Ride, Newlyweds, The Hills. And I guess there’s no need to have a show about a celebrity’s house when they can show it to you themselves on Instagram. Sigh.

Thanks for reading this trail of nonsense! Until soon!