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MOONPAUL’S DRAG CULT!

THANK YOU PUNKY PEBBLES! THAT WAS VERY… INFORMATIVE! {TEE hEE}

GALS! THE WITCHING HOUR IS UPON US! LET’S WELCOME TO THE STAGE, ALL THE WAY FROM DALY CITY, CALIFORNIA: TACKIE ONASSIS!

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Corpus Christi

WORRRK!

RIGHT!

Chelsea

YESSS MuHMaw!

Correct!

ServE!

FUUUUUUUUUCK!

THAT’S A LOT OF FUCKING BLOOD, BITCH.

SOMEONE CALL AN AMBULANCE!

ThEn sOMEONE CALL A LYFT TO DROP THIS QUEEN OFF AT GENERAL!

AMBULANCE?! THOSE ArE $666 A POP!

WHAT THE HELL?

CLOSE, TACKIE -- YOU’RE IN DRAG HELL.

& I’M YOUR HOSTESS,

TRANGELA LANSBURY.

SOrrY, I DIDN’T HAVE TIME TO CONTOUR!

BiTcH, what?

SO MUCH

TIME & SO LITTLE TO DO!

!TI ESREVER DNA TI PILF, NWOD GNIHT YM TUP

AHEM! YOUR BOOKING AGREEMENTS

STATE THAT IN tHe CASE oF YOUR UNTIMELY DEATH’S (AT THE STRIKE OF MIDNIGHT ON ALL HoLLOw’S EVE, TrANSITIONING INTO DIA DE LOS MUERTOS) is

BY DEATH-DROP , YOUR SOUL BELONGS TO ME!!!

QUEEN OF DRAG HELL!

FURtHERMORE, YOUR LIFELESS

CORPSES WILL NEVER MOVE AGAIN & YOU’LL REMAIN HERE IN THE 9TH RING OF HELL, EtC, EtC, UNLESS MY JUDGES & I DEEM YOU WIN OUR COMPETITION!

DeAr, DeAr TackiE--

LET’S MEET YOUR SISTERS, SHALL WE?

Celebrity Impersonators, from around the world...

AY-O! LET ‘EM SMOKE SHAKE! MURRAY ANTOINETTE , REPORtING FOR DOOTY!

FROM EACH ACCORDING TO THEIR SLAYBILITY, TO EACH ACCORDING TO THEIR NEEDS, HEEEEENNY! KARLA MARX.

GET YOU SOME OF THESE NEFERTITTIES!

ANYTHING FOR PSYLENASSS!

ANIME WRONG , AND I DON’T WANNA BE WHITE!

YOU'RE BORN NAKED,

and beyond the grave! If there's one thing I've learned,

A Very scaRy Un-birtHdAy, Mx. PrEsideNt! YoU must rEmEmbEr mE, I’m SCARILYN MONROE! MUAh!

AMY ROUNDHOUSE! OY, OY, OY!

I’M FRIDA SHALLOW , I HOPE LEAVING THIS HELL & I HOPE NEVER TO RETURN.

KA KATA KA KATA KAKA KLA! GIRTHA KITT , RARRRRR!

JUDY! JUDY! JuDY GNARLAND ,

AT YOUR SERVICE!

& THE REST IS COSPLAY!

SistErs, hmm?

AND IF I REFUSE?

WE STRAP YOU DOWN & LOCK YOU IN A SWELLLTERING ROOM...

ThAt SMELLS LIKE 7/11

CHILI, WITH NO TOILET, PLAYING THE BEATLES CHRISTMAS ALBUM, WHILE YOU’RE CONTINUOUSLY HAVING YOUR LIDS SLATHERED IN LAYERS OF EYE LASH GLUE,

{cAtChEs bReAtH} SIMULTANEOUSLY SHAVING YOU WITH AN EPILADY & FORCE FEEDING YOU DURIAN FRUIT MILKSHAKES, WHILE YOU ANSWER EMAILS!

ThAs WASSSUP!

LET’S HEAr ABOUT THIS TOURNAMENT!

RIGHT-O! YOUR CHALLENGE FOLLOwS

IN THE GrAND TrADITION OF PARIS IS YEArNING! CATEGORY IS: HIGH FASHION PARISIAN!

OH SPIT CREWWW? MY PUSSY’S ON FIRE!

A DUMPsTER FIRE!

YES, SIR!

MX!

MA’AM!

WITH FABrICs SPONSORED BY HOANN FABrICs & GARMENTs STOLEN FROM THE KOMFORt ZONE WASTE BIN,

YOUR CHALLENGE IS

TO CrEATE CAMP COUtURE OUT OF THESE DREARY DISCArDS!

HONE HAUtE FROM THE HOMELY, AND TURN THE DULL INTO…

DELICIOUS?

& A SICKENING SUPPLY OF ANUS

COrrEcT! THE WINNER OF TrANGELA LANSBURY’S HeLL BABES

RECEIVES A ONE WAY TrIP OUT OF THE 9TH RING OF HADES,

STAsIA BrAND ADRENALINE®️ TO REANIMATE THEIR DROP DEAD GORGEOUS BODY yOdY-oddy! BrEAST OF LUCK WOMXN, &...

FUCK IT UP!

THE LURK ROOM

GIRtHA, THAT FABrIC CHOICE, VERY TEXtURAL!

OH, FRIDA, THIS LOOK IS FIRE!

I’M A DIRt

BuT... DOES IT

PERSON. I TrUST THE DIRt.

ALWAYs HAVE TO BE ABOUT YOU?

JUDiTh, I bELiEvE yOu’vE sEEn tHe LiGhT!

I’VE NEVER LOOKED THROUGH A

KEYHOLE WITHOUT FINDING SOMEONE WAS LOOKING BACK.

WeLL I SEE WHERE YOU’RE GOING WITH THIS & I’M OVER THE RAINbOw!

LAST WORDS ArE FOR FOOLS

THIS SQUISHY IS REALLY GIVING ME A BrAIN FREEZE...

WHO HAVEN’T SAID ENOUGH, BITCH.

OH KARLA! THAT COLOR!? THE BOMB!

HA! KEEP IT UP & YOU’RE GOING TO THE GHOULAG!

THE TRANSFORMATION STATION

NO MATTER!

SUPA STAh!

POWDER PUFFS DOWN PANSIES, THE CONTEST IS ABOUT TO BEGIN!

As YOU MAY HAVE

NOTICED, MY BASEMENT’S FLOODED!

WHAT’S UP EVERYBODY! WELCOME BACK TO MY CHUNNEL!

TIME’S UP!

I THOUGHT I SMELLEd SOMETHING...

FAIT CHIER!

WELCOME TO THE MAIN STAGE OF TrANGELA LANSBURY’S HELL BABES!

VICHELLE MIRAGE! IS IT TrUE YOUR BAND, ‘REDUCTION’ KICKED YOU OUT FOR NOT BEING A MINIMALIST?

CLOSE! THEY WERE GOING FOR

‘WHITE BOX’, I WAS CrUISING FOR MORE COCKS!

MErrY CONDOM, INDEED! HA! WELCOME, HOLLY-WEIRD’S

FILTH IS MY AFTERLIFE!

FILTHIEST AcTrESS, DIVINE COMEDY!

SImmER DOWN STU, YOU GOT YOUR CHA CHA EELS!

DANCING, PrANCING & NECrOMANCING: DANTE INFLAGRANTÉ!

I KNEw YOU’D SAY THAT, AND

TO ANSwER YOUR NEXt QUESTION... 42!

HA! DEEP THOUGHTs, MARY! FINALLY,

THE MAIN DAUGHTER OF MY briCkHOUSE, THE INTERPLANETARY STREETWALKER: SAILOR VENuS X-TRAVEGANZA!

ArE YOU GOING

THRU IT MAMA?!

THIS WEEK, WE COERCED OUR QUEENS TO COMPETE IN A

QUEERS! LIGHT THOSE

GOddESS OF Lust, HAVING THAT MUCH BEAUTY SHOULd BE A CrIME!

DESIGN CHALLENGE RECrEATING FAMOUS FRENCH FASHIONS! As AN AddEd BONUS, OUR RUNWAY IS NOW ALSO A DRAMATICALLY DANGEROUS OBSTAcLE COURSE!

FURNAcES & MAY THE BEST DEMON, WIN!

HA, TrUE THAT, HOMES!

NO LADY IS SURE AT NIGHT!

THE YOU IN DANGER, GIRL ROOM

POIRET GIRL , OKURT!

TO ME, MY HeLL Babes!

JUDY GNARLAND

I SAID MEN’S GARMENTs!

BELLE EPOQUE!

MURRAY ANTOINETTE

THIS ISN’T

IT CORSEtS ON THE RIGHT SIDE!

DIAMONDS ArE A GIRL’S BEST FRIEND RACE!

IS THAT RIGGA MOrrIS OR ArE YOU JUST HAPPY TO SEE ME?

SCARILYN MONROE

& FOR FUCK’S SAKE, YOU

FRIDA SHALLOW

THE FRENCH ArE GLAD TO DIE FOR BALMAIN!

IT’S A PEG LEG & MY BEST CHANEL!

BETTA LURk!

HOLY HERMÉS, hAtmaN!

DOES THE 5TH ELEMENT COME WITH FRIES?

EVERYTHING DIOR IS NEW AGAIN!

AMY ROUNDHOUSE

GIRTHA KITT

TACKIE ONASSIS

THESE FUCK ME PUMPs COST MORE THAN YOUR UNHOLY WAR!

SE SI BON, KITTEN HEELS!

ONE GOLdEN MEAL, COMING RIGHT-- UlP!

SHANGHAI EXPrESS YOURSELF, mAwmUh!

ANIME WRONG

SERVING SINO-FRENCH WAR 1885 , GET INTO IT!

I WONDER WHY PHELPs DIDN’T SwIM IN MUGLER?

PSYLENA

ONLY THE QUEEN

OF D’NILE WOULD CLAIM I WASN’T QUiNg OF THE NIGHT!

WE HAVE NOTHING TO LOOSE BUT OUR CHAINS, bb!

THE SHAPE OF

CHIMAERA! I’M FEELING MUY... EXCITED!

I’M APE-SHIT OVER THIS JOSEPHINE BAKER LOOK!

KARLA MARX

SLEAZE THE MEANS OF PrODUcTION, GILETS JAUNES!

NEFERTIT TIES

THE BAPHO-MET GALA

TABOO!

CHICKEN HEAD OF

I’M HUNGRY!

THE SEA IS ALRIGHT BY ME!

THAT HAPPY MEAL CHICK COULD PrOBABLY HOOK IT UP, RIGHT?

SILENCE!! BrING BACK MY GHOULZ!

AFTER HEAVY INEBrIATION, I HAVE DECIDED,

{HICCUP!} MY TOP TOOTs OF THE MEEK GO TO... TACKIE & PsYLENASSS! {HICCUP!}

THE TIME HAS CuM! FOR YOU TO CrYPT KEEP FOR YOUR LEGACY!

BiTCH QUEEN!

TeLL tHe mAn WiTh tHe mOnKeY tO cOmE hErE & pAy mE.

FIRST TIME IN DRAGS--IN HELL,

AT.

A.

BALL!

GUILTY ON ALL 10 COUNTs OF 1ST DEGrEE STUPIDITY!

EN GAURDE, BuTCH!

CHANTÉ!

CHANTÉ!

NoW FrAnce!

I’M ABOUT TO FILET THIS FISH!

FrAnce, Girl!

CHANTÉ!

NoW FrAnce!

CHANTÉ!

5! 4! 3! 2! 1!

FrAnce, I sAid!

CHANTÉ!

MALADIES, I’VE MADE MY DECISION!

TWO qUEEnS I cAn’t

sTaNd, sTaNd bEfOrE mE & wELL, fUck iT--

YOU’RE GETTING OUT

OF THIS RINGLIN’ CIRCUS & YOUR BODY’S BEING REVIVED!

TACKIE... JAUNTAY YOU STAY!

I... WON?!

& REMEMBER SHADIES,

LOLZ NO YOU’RE STAYING IN HELL FOREVER!

IF YOU CAN’T REANIMATE YOURSELF, HOW THE FUCK...

PsYLENA. TrAsHAY AWAY!

CORPUS CHRISTI

ELSEWHERE

PsYLENA?!

PsYLENA, WE HAVE ArrIVED.

PsYLENA’S UP!

Ew- UHHH...

WHERE’S THE CAT?

HUH?

INTO THE ETERNAL DARKNESS

INTO FIRE AND INTO ICE

THE ONE THAT SHIT IN MY MOUtH.

CHER’ON? WHERE... THE FUCK aRe We?

{ Dail tone } Beep boop beep boop beng geng

TCKA TCKA ShhhhhhhhRr

EEEERRRR RTCK-TCK

SRCH-SERCH KATCK-RR

PsYLENA, ArE YOU OK?

THROUGH ME YOU PASS INTO THE CITY OF WOE

YOU GOT MAIL!

ToTaLLy.

BuT dOn’t CALL ME PsYLENA ANYMORE..

REPLY ALL

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WhA- Ha-

hAPPeNeD is... a tAlE fOr aNoThEr

bbbuT-! ThEsE eMAiLs dOn’t pErTAiN tO meee!!!

REPLY ALL

TiMe. fOr nOw, yOu cAn cALL mE...

REPLY ALL

REPLY ALL

THROUGH ME YOU PASS INTO ETERNAL PAIN

Thank you for reading this book! HELL BABES is written, drawn, colored, lettered, designed, & published by Diego Gómez with editing assistance by Justin Hall, William O. Tyler, & Rita Sapunor.

HELL BABES #1 (sans cover, pinups & mural) was originally published in August 2019 in the anthology THEATER OF TERROR: REVENGE OF THE QUEERS by Northwest Press & Peaches Christ.

In the Summer of 2020, Emma @CBS found Hell Babes in THEATER OF TERROR & optioned the rights to make a Hell Babes TV show! The pitch didn’t get picked up but throughout following year I hired my favorite artists to draw Hell Babes pin-ups. In 2022, I took a Character Design for Animation class taught by X-Men `97 director @SaintChase & thought.. What if: HELL BABES: THE ANIMATED SERIES! Many businesses have closed since the beginning of the pandemic & in part because of this, I was offered the opportunity to paint murals on shuttered buildings. My 13th & biggest mural so far is about 10-feet tall, 180-feet wide & HELL BABES -THEMED! This mural wraps around the building where they filmed the INTERVIEW WITH A VAMPIRE scene with Brad Pitt & Christian Slater & is located at 1000 Market Street, San Francisco. Around 100 community volunteers helped me paint it in about 7 days!

ABOUT THE COVER: Queen of Hell (Babes) Trangela is holding a photo of my decapitated crying head that wound up being an INSTAGRAM ANIMATED GIF , usable in the stories/sticker section of !

You can use the TRANGELA gif by searching BEARD, BEARDED DRAG, DRAG, or DRAG QUEEN.

HeLL Babes, vOl. 1.5, SecoNd priNTiNg. CoPyriGhT © 2019 DiEgO GómEz. ALL riGhTs rEsErveD. PuBLishEd bY DesiGnNurd. No pArT oF tHis pUbLiCaTiOn mAy bE rEpRoDuceD or tRaNsMiTTeD, iN aNy fOrm or bY aNy mEaNs (excEpt fOr sHort excErpts fOr jOurnALisTiC or rEViEw pUrposes), WiThOuT tHe expReSS wriTTeN pErMiSSiOn oF DiEgO GómEz. ALL nAmEs, cHaRactErs, eVeNts, aNd lOcAlEs iN tHis pUbLiCaTiOn aRe eNTireLy fiCTiOnAl. AnY rEsEmblAnces tO actUaL pErsoNs: LiViNg, dEad or uNdEad, eVeNts, or plAcEs, WiThOuT sATiriC iNtEnt, aRe cOiNcideNtAl. For LiCeNsiNg iNfOrmaTiOn, cOntact DesiGnNurd@gmAiL.cOm or @DesiGnNurd eVeryWhErE eLsE.

HELL BABES: The city block!

COMING SOON!

SWEET 16! I asked 16 of my favorite artists to reinterpret HELL BABES! You can find them on Instagram thru their handles.

TRANGELA LANSBURY by @ARTOFMICAHSOUZA

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SCARILYN MONROE by @RITALATELY VICHELLE MIRAGE by @OHNOSAM ANIME WRONG by @SAULDL GIRTHA KITT by @SKETCHYFABI

TACKIE ONASSIS by @JAMES_EDWARD_CLARK DIVINE COMEDY by @MICHAELECONOMY.CO SAILOR VENUS X-TRAVEGANZA by @ROASIF DANTE INFLAGRANTÉ by @DISPATER_NYC

10 JUDY GNARLAND by @DAVEYK81 11 AMY ROUNDHOUSE by @GODHATESRSB 12 KARLA MARX by @JUSTINHALLCOMICS 13 FRIDA SHALLOW by @KL1FFORD 14 MURRAY ANTOINETTE by @BEEFCAKEBOSS 15 NEFERTITTIES by @JESSEJAE 16 PSYLENA by @PRETTY.COOL.HUH

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