WHAT IS SKULL MASKERADE?
"LABYRINTH MEETS SAILOR MOON IN A DOWN-THE-RABBIT-HOLE DARK FANTASY."
SKULL MASKERADE CREATED BY CARLA WYZGALA AND Justin TAUCH is THE GOTHIC TALE OF DAHLIA NYX, THE LADY OF THE BLACK CAT SKULL, and her MACABRE ADVENTURE through the Deadlands. Skull maskerade is a visually lush HAND-PAINTED WATERCOLOR comic book that is unlike anything else on your sHelf.

THE COMICS

THE PATREON
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THE team

meet the talent behind the comic  
Justin Tauch & Carla Wyzgala are the husband and wife creators of the skull maskerade world based on Carla's original characters.
​Justin debuted his writing talents in 2019 with skull maskerade, while his other professional ventures include TATTOOing and Opening Breakwater tattoo in Long beach, fronting his punk rock band heartwells and launching the punk label hey!fever in 2025.
Carla illustrates the pages of Skull Maskerade in a sacred and ancient traditional medium called watercolor.  CARLA IS ALSO THE CO-CREATOR AND ARTIST FOR HIDDEN DOOR COMICS, THE ROMANCE FAIRYTALE GRAPHIC NOVEL ENDEAVOR with R.C. young. OTHER PUBLISHED COMIC WORKS INCLUDE A BACK-UP FEATURED IN ROGUE SUN called GRAY GIRL, AND VARIANT COVERS FOR IMAGE COMICS.
Anthony Mauro is Skull maskerade's co-writer debuting with issue 6! 
Anthony is a graduate from San Francisco State University with a BFA in Creative Writing. He wrote the self-published graphic novel Salvation, contributed to–and co-edited–the small self-published comics anthology Hotdog Water: A Comix Anthology, and recently contributed to the Eisner-nominated anthology series EC Cruel Universe from Oni Press.

The PERFUMES
MANOR MACABREA PERFUME OILS 
EXPERIENCE THE LADIES OF MANOR MACABREA IN A MORE INTIMATE WAY THAN EVER BEFORE! THIS FRAGRANCE COLLECTION IS A COLLABORATION WITH BLACK PHOENIX ALCHEMY LAB. THE ALCHEMISTS HAVE CREATED A FRAGRANCE UNIQUE TO EACH OF THE LADIES IN THE SKULL MASKERADE COMIC!

THE PRINTS
MEET THE CAST: SKULL MASKERADE ART PRINTS
HERE'S HOW IT ALL STARTED- CARLA CREATED A SERIES OF WATERCOLOR PAINTINGS OF UNUSUAL MASQUERADE GUESTS WEARING THE SKULLS OF AN ASSORTMENT OF CREATURES BOTH MYTHICAL AND ANCIENT. THE LADIES IN THESE PAINTINGS DEMANDED FOR THEIR STORY TO BE TOLD.  FIND THEM ALL IN THE PRINT SHOP!

Cat Skull

$28.00 - $43.00

Gavial Crocodile Skull

$28.00 - $43.00

Gallimimus Skull

$28.00 - $43.00

Unicorn Skull

$28.00 - $43.00

Golden-fleeced Ram Skull

$28.00 - $43.00

Allosaur Skull

$28.00 - $43.00

Fennec Fox Skull

$28.00 - $43.00

Jackalope Skull

$28.00 - $43.00

Barn Owl Skull

$28.00 - $43.00

Parasaurolophus Skull

$28.00 - $43.00

Saber-toothed Tiger Skull

$28.00 - $43.00

Brachiosaurus Skull

$28.00 - $43.00

THE COSPLAYS
CHARACTERS COME TO LIFE!
BEAUTIFULLY TALENTED AND PROFESSIONAL COSPLAYERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD GATHER AT CONS TO RECREATE THE LADIES (AND HOLLOWMAN) FROM THE SKULL MASKERADE COMIC! RIGHT OUT OF THE PAINTED PAGES OF THE BOOKS AND ONTO THE SHOW FLOOR TO CAUSE MAYHEM AND FIGHT SOME MONSTERS.

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