Hi there! My name is Matt Durstonm and I’m a designer & Illustrator from Melbourne, Australia.

I’m love everything related to toys, cartoons, Topps trading cards and candy, comics, horror movies, and of course, MAD magazine.

If you need something funny, gross, or scary, I’m your guy.

Wear your heart on your sleeve and your brain on your shirt! or is it guts?

What can I say? it’s slime!

This little fella was available in limited quantities inside the CreepyCo 2020 Halloween Treat Bag.
(It smells like chocolate)

Show all your friends you’re not to be trusted to hand out the candy.

Fool your friends with these novelty stickers. Designed to shock and delight!

This pin set was designed to be included in a Valentine Day themed barf bag.

If you can’t tell, I had a ton of fun painting these.
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If you can’t tell, I had a ton of fun painting these.
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If you can’t tell, I had a ton of fun painting these.
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If you can’t tell, I had a ton of fun painting these.
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Designed for the Back to School collection aptly named “Endless Bummer”

My concept was, to take the CreepyCo Chompers logo and do what MTV did. I hope I can explore this concept further one day.

Here’s an alternative colorway.

An ode to the 80s design phenomena with a spooky twist.

Everyones favorite msonter, DCURALA!

Included in CreepyCo’s famous Halloween Treat Bag. This USB cassette did indeed do what it said and contained an MP3 with 30mins of screaming. The blister card however was never produced.

Unlike the vintage comic book ads this shirt is based on, you get exactly what you pay for.

I wanted to make it garlic scented, but that wasn’t possible.

I did a quick color version to see what he’d look like on a tee.

There’s not enough MAD merch in the world, so I wanted to change that. I may still get my chance one day…

My ode to the iconic designs of the 1950s brand Stars of Hollywood.

I was told at the time it was going in Fangoria, but since then no one can tell me if it was printed or not. It’s a mystery!

A concept for a 4/20 release.

Pattern by me, based on the artwork of Bernie Wrightson from the Creepshow comic book.

Artwork by me.

Color-blocked sweatshirt with a horror design mimicking the licensed kidswear of the 70s/80s/90s.

This was a concept for a new line of horror-themed, retro digital watches.

Design by me, based on the artwork of Bernie Wrightson from the Creepshow comic book. There are roaches in the pocket.

This exact shirt never made it to print, but the design did make it onto a hoodie.

Here’s a cool concept I came up with. The pocket is sewn on the inside of the shirt and a hole is torn in the shirt for access to the pocket. I think there’s a ton of potential here for fun designs. Who needs functional pockets anyway?

Here’s a cool concept I came up with. The pocket is sewn on the inside of the shirt and a hole is torn in the shirt for access to the pocket. I think there’s a ton of potential here for fun designs. Who needs functional pockets anyway?

A pillow that looks like a stack of comics!

A pillow that looks like a stack of comics!

This was printed on polyester with dye-sub. The original intention was to have it all-over screen printed and have the logo printed in neon puff ink.

This design pays homage to New Jersey’s lovable monster hero and his glorious tutu.

Here’s my twist on a classic tee. If it ain’t broke, add toxic waste!

From CreepyCo’s line of hand-screened and distressed limited edition tees. This design was intended to pay homage to 80s/90s neon surfwear.

This was a fun one! We needed a gimmick and Brian Deputy (my creative director at the time) had the genius idea of adding the mop texture to the back.

This was a fun one! We needed a gimmick and Brian Deputy (my creative director at the time) had the genius idea of adding the mop texture to the back.

Inspired by a classic Willie Nelson tee but with a horror spin.

Shock your friends when you pull your lunch from a replica barf bag from one of your favorite splatter flicks.

70s iron-on inspired Leatherface design.

Screen-printed poster.

This design was inspired by the german movie poster crossed with 70s design sensibilities.

Based on 70s country music gig posters.

Double-sided Leatherface pillow with hair you can run your fingers through.

Double-sided Leatherface pillow with hair you can run your fingers through.

This illustration was inspired by a deleted scene from the original film, rendered in a 90s gig poster style.

This illustration was inspired by a deleted scene from the original film, rendered in a 90s gig poster style.

More like NAPronomicon, am I right? (Original concept by Kellie Taylor)

More like NAPronomicon, am I right? (Original concept by Kellie Taylor)

Here’s an alternate version of the screen-printed poster released by CreepyCo. Cheryl is bursting from the cellar like a stripper from a cake. The Necronomikini was created because the Necronomicon is a separate license from The Evil Dead and I wanted to include it. So, I found a creative way around it. In retrospect, I think I should have just had her nude and placed some guts in front of her privates.

Just a concept of what a tee might look like.

Seeya later, Manigator.

Well, it’s better than nothing I guess?

The worlds most reliable news source, now in shirt form!

The concept/vibe behind the whole WWN collection was “thrift store conspiracy nut”. I think it made it through in a few items.

The concept/vibe behind the whole WWN collection was “thrift store conspiracy nut”. I think it made it through in a few items.

I designed a ton of these headline shirts. I think only a few others made it to print. This one is my favorite.

After Ed Roth.

Watch out! We’re in Bat Boy country.

A real no-brainer here.

This shirt will likely never see the light of day. But I figured it was too funny not to share.

I had this brilliant idea to take terrible, often unrelated toys and slap horror movie branding all over them just like they used to in the 70s! Cheap to produce, brimming with nostalgia, and disappointing to young and old!

If you look inside the pocket, there is indeed a monster.

I made this fan art for LPOTL before I worked on Weekly World News. It’s based on a joke they made on the podcast about WWN. I knew I just had to bring it to life. and lucky I did because it was chosen to be printed as the fan t-shirt for that month.

Based on original art by Layron Dejarnette.

This is a mockup for a GPK lunchbox based on the 80s plastic Thermos lunch boxes we all had, emblazoned with cartoon characters.

Here’s another one of my cute GPK ideas.

(1 of 4) My contribution to an Australian-only subset that was to be released as a part of a GPK relaunch down under.

(2 of 4) My contribution to an Australian-only subset that was to be released as a part of a GPK relaunch down under.

(3 of 4) My contribution to an Australian-only subset that was to be released as a part of a GPK relaunch down under.

(4 of 4) My contribution to an Australian-only subset that was to be released as a part of a GPK relaunch down under.

For Xmas in 2021, I did this GPK portrait for my Aunty who is a huge GPK fan. The illustration is a parody of the punk look she sported in the 80s. She was the one who got me into GPK and everything else cool I like. So, this was the least I could do to show my appreciation.

Every time you look in this mirror you’re reminded, that we’re all Garbage Pail Kids. (Nameplate letter stickers to add your own custom name)

Nerdmania pop culture expo poster. Inspired by the wildly experimental cartoon art from the 1990s.
(Pencil roughs, digital paints)

Star Wars themed poster and promotional trading cards

This poster was inspired by Garbage Pail Kids. Interestingly, these promotional cards have made their way across the globe, being sought out by collectors. One is in the possession of Adam F. Goldberg of The Goldbergs fame and another resides in the same collection as the original Adam Bomb painting! What an honor!

I made this image for fun, using assets from my buddy Jason (truehorror.net) I was pleased with the way it turned out so I decided to tweak it in a way that I could use it to mail out to potential employers and gain their attention. I didn’t get that far though because shortly after I was hired by CreepyCo full-time.

I made this promotional image with photographs from my buddy Jason (truehorror.net)

Here’s a pitch I made to CreepyCo way back. Based on a parody shirt they’d made early on. Ultimately she was far too expensive to produce. Never say never though!

I had the pleasure of designing the box for this glass. The glass itself was designed and produced by www.sexandmonsters.com