Morticians become very popular ’round Halloween, for obvious reasons. As such, I decided to take the message into my own hands with an Ask a Mortician on how Halloween turned from Celtic…
October 29, 2012 | Blog
Monthly Archives: October 2012
Ghost Bombing
In the grand tradition of All Hallows’ games (looking at you, bobbing for apples) we introduce Ghost Bombing. Materials required: White Sheet Camera We did our ghost bombing at the ol’ cabin…
October 27, 2012 | Blog
Three Awesome Death-Tech Tools (Sort Of)
Mike Belsito shares a few free techy/app-y tools that can help you get things done quickly and easily when you’re simultaneously grieving and trying to pull a funeral together. Mike’s an all-around Internet…
October 25, 2012 | Blog
Wherein I Mercilessly Slaughter Your Dreams of a Viking Funeral
Whenever I get asked about a “Viking funeral,” it usually reads something like this: “I don’t want to be cremated or buried. Just put me out on a boat and light me…
October 22, 2012 | Blog
The Beauty in Decomp-Art of Jenn LeBlanc
Artist Jenn LeBlanc posted one of her pieces of secondary decomposition on the Order facebook page. I loved it so much I did some stalking (as ya’ do) and found out she…
October 19, 2012 | Blog
Vice Magazine
Myself and other Order members were featured in Vice this week, headline “Obsessing Over Death Isn’t Just For Old People Any More.” Yer dang right it’s not! Silly kids. Read the Story…
October 13, 2012 | Blog
Vice Magazine
Obsessing Over Death Isn’t Just For Old People Any More By Monica Heisey Caitlin Doughty is a 28-year-old mortician from Los Angeles who’s spent the last few years surrounding herself with death.…
October 13, 2012 | Press
American Funeral Home Revolution #3: Art & Death Business
The third installment from awesome Austin-based funeral director Sarah Wambold documenting the process of opening her own funeral home. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Hello Funeral Fam — It’s been all back to school around here for the past…
October 13, 2012 | Blog // Essays by Contributors
Portraits Before & After Death
I’ve shared these photos before. Not once. But five or six times (on facebook, the old tumblr, twitter, etc). I think they’re near perfect and the reason photography was invented– not to…
October 8, 2012 | Blog
The Macabre Mini-World of Jim Doran
Member of the Order of the Good Death Jim Doran is a small-scale death wizard, sneaking little mortality tableaux into Altoid tins, Carmex lip balm containers, and sardine cans. He hand-draws and…
October 3, 2012 | Blog
Did I Forget to Tell You Guys About This HUGE THING?
I don’t like keeping things from you, deathlings. But, for obvious reasons, I have been very mum’s-the-word on the following project. From Publishers Weekly: Prevailing in an eight-way auction, Tom Mayer at…
October 1, 2012 | Blog
It Gets Better, Morbid Kids!
Here is a short video I did in response to the messages and emails I get from younger people who want to be morticians (or some other delightfully deathy career) but are…
October 1, 2012 | Blog