Midnight treat: 100 disturbing clown images

Artist Mitch O'Connell created this online gallery of 100 disturbing clown images.

Mark Frauenfelder is the founder of Boing Boing and the editor-in-chief of MAKE and Cool Tools. Twitter: @frauenfelder. Come and hear Mark speak at the ALA conference in Chicago on July 1.

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Jake0748

Um…. no thanks. :D
Jake0748

And yeah, why do we even have clowns again? Isn’t there enough scary shit in the world already?
- niktemadur
  
  After rigorous testing by top scientists in top-secret government labs, it has been proven that, with the exception of Krusty, clowns have been mathematically proven to be the unfunniest biological entities on the face of our wacky yet (as you point out) scary planet.
  - niktemadur
    
    And by top-secret government “labs” I mean “labradors”, not “laboratories”.
  - 10xor01
    
    “with the exception of Krusty”
    I dunno…Sideshow Luke Perry was pretty funny too.
http://www.facebook.com/KBENBENEK Kurt Benbenek

Actress Diane Keaton compiled a slew of clown paintings in a book called (strangely enough) “Clown Paintings” – it’s still in print and it’s a short read – but its strong point is the vast number of paintings of creepy clowns inside. Although, calling any clown “creepy” is a bit tautological.
Grey Devil

Possibly the most hilarious, demented, and wtf thing i’ve seen in a while. Got a few good laughs out of the images.
voiceinthedistance

That, my friends, was a link that was not over sold. Pure klown gold, in that mine. Many thanks, Mark, for the enrichment.
http://www.jjsaul.com Jim Saul

Oh… Mitch O’Connell not McConnell.

I thought it was going to be a repost.

http://boingboing.net/2011/11/19/prominent-republican-leaders-i.html

And don’t forget Bingo… Bingo the Clowno….

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cd9VrzBtg1M
Glen Able

“To me, clowns aren’t funny. In fact, they’re kinda scary. I’ve wondered where this started, and I think it goes back to the time I went to the circus and a clown killed my dad.”

-Jack Handey.
Bob Webb

I was going to ask for a unicorn chaser, but there was a unicorn in the first picture. Thanks for ruining that for me, Mitch :P
Rich Keller

The picture with the chimp is the most, uh, compelling, I guess you could say. Just change the faces and you could have a publicity still from a romantic scene in a noir movie.
eselqueso

Are there any images of clowns that AREN’T disturbing?
http://repeaterband.com skeletoncityrepeater

Just the right amount of disturbing clowns to ruin my day. I woke up to this. Thanks a lot.
maxxrocket

Gee, thanks….I may never sleep again.