June is Richard Ramirez Month

Shopping for that "difficult to buy for" person who has an interest in the macabre? Consider getting them the Serial Killer Calendar for 2007. Limited to an initial run of 3,000 on the first pressing, the calendar features the artwork of Nico Claux, “a renowned French artist most noted for his unique portrayals of the world's most notorious serial killers” (according to the press release.) While Claux’s art is vivid and rich, don’t expect the frightening intensity of someone like Joe Coleman. Some of the subjects hardly qualify as serial killers (Charles Manson is highly arguable and Ed Gein was more a notorious grave-robber than killer plus the omission of Andrei Chikatilo is almost unforgivable), still it’s a fairly fascinating selection (note that chronic confessor Henry Lee Lucas is absent in lieu of his partner Ottis Toole). Prices vary according to quantities, check their website for details.