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on December 3, 2018 at 5:53 pm

As a fan of Clive Barker, I\\u2019m overjoyed to see him slowly introducing himself back into fan circles. It\\u2019s been far too long. I think this year\\u2019s \\u201cTexas Frightmare Weekend\\u201dreally showed him that the fans do miss him. Not only that, but as a horror community in general, we love him too. I also think Jose\\u2019s smile represents all the fan\\u2019s happiness at the convention to have him back. When Ryan, Jose, and I got to meet him for our photo op he was very quiet, but seemed over joyed to meet us all at once. I can\\u2019t speak for either Ryan and Jose, but being in his presence created a calming effect through me. I thought I\\u2019d be nervous, but I wasn\\u2019t at all. I think it shows in the photo below.

Soon after that it was announced that he\\u2019d be attending \\u201cDays of the Dead: Chicago.\\u201d Fans that attended the show said he was in great spirits and the photos below seem to prove that.

I was also very impressed with the design work that he did for the shirts for these events. If you look closely on the Texas Frightmare Weekend\\u2019s design the monster\\u2019s face and head it seems Clive has cleverly added in subtle scarring that creates another face entirely on top of the main one.

And now he\\u2019ll be attending \\u201cDays of the Dead\\u201d again, but this time in Atlanta, Ga. I think the last time Clive was in Georgia was back in 1996 when he came to \\u201cDragon Con\\u201d which I went to but sadly only got see him from a distance when he and Doug Bradley screened Hellraiser.

To order your tickets for the event follow the link below:

https://daysofthedead.com/atlanta/tickets

It\\u2019s also been reported that Clive will be doing a brand new interview for a book called It\\u2019s Alive so that\\u2019s good to hear as well. Recently he did new on camera interview for Arrow Video\\u2019s new Candymanspecial edition that was both inspiring and emotional. I\\u2019ve shared a couple clips from it below:

Clive talks about how Tony Toddy embodies the character of The Candyman:\\xa0https://youtu.be/YXXjrg52gPQ

Clive discusses his relationship with his father and mother:\\xa0https://youtu.be/BHl4jsYxepw

He really let\\u2019s the viewer into some very intimate details from his life when he talks about his late father. I was brought to tears more than once. But through his pain he seems to have found peace. At least that\\u2019s the way he comes across in the interview. I also found myself relating to him too when he discusses about being an outsider. I think a lot of the horror community will find themselves relating to it as well.

I have a good feeling about the future for the Clive Barker universe. We have a new Candyman moviecoming out that\\u2019s being produced by Jordan Peele that\\u2019s being released in 2020. There\\u2019s more plays scripts to look forward to from The Clive Barker Archive. I\\u2019m sure they\\u2019ll be adding more material to the Archive over the next year as well. Don\\u2019t forget Phil and Sarah Stokes are still hard at work on finishing the Imaginer Series. I also hope he continues to do the convention circuit, especially for the overseas markets. I know a lot of fans would love to see him in the U.K. one more time. That one\\u2019s for you Danny Stewart. And I\\u2019m sure there\\u2019s going to be some new books that will be announced as well.

To end this article, I\\u2019d like to leave you with Clive\\u2019s final comment from the Arrow Video interview. It\\u2019s the perfect ending with Clive summarizing the world we live today and how we need to take a bigger path that will lead us to a much more magical life:

"The world around us is getting stale and predictable. That doesn\\u2019t mean we need to do harm to ourselves or others in order to violate that staleness. It simply means we have a duty to life to be alive. And to be alive is to be changing,\\xa0and developing, and evolving, and mutating, and becoming monstrous. And becoming beautiful in the moment of monstrousness." \\u2013 Clive Barker

Thanks to Texas Frightmare Weekend, Days of the Dead,\\xa0 Arrow Video and fan Raul for sharing his pictures of Clive from Days of the Dead: Chicago

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