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Wolfmanning Skull 🎃 @manningkrull.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Mardi Gras 2027 is six months from today! It'll be my sixth time marching with @cryptiquekrewe.bsky.social, and I already have my whole costume figured out, if you can believe that! (I bet you can believe that.) I've got tons to do; I'm not kidding when I say I am already behind! Gonna be a doozy.

Collage of five of my costumes with the year under each. They are: pro wrestler skeleton, 2022. Basically a big angry cartoony skull mask and I'm wearing a black muscle suit painted with bones and holding a championship belt over my shoulder. Creature from the Black Bayou, 2023. The classic gill-man design, but glittery and wearing a crown. Cerberus, 2024. Three black dog heads merged together side by side, with red eyes and a red and gold spiky collar. Gargoyle, 2025. A light purple gargoyle with long horns and orange eyes and a long orange tongue. He has some ivy wrapped around his head like a crown. Fortunato Zombificato, 2026. A green zombie face with one eye dangling out of its socket; he's wearing an orange and magenta cone-shaped hat with bells on it. And there's a sixth box with a big question mark for 2027.

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Cryptique Krewe @cryptiquekrewe.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

A bunch of us Cryptique creeps will be watching Labyrinth(!!) at the Broadside on July 23rd. Tickets are FREE, but you gotta reserve 'em on their site. Join us as we admire Bowie's crotch on the big screen!

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Free Summer Movie Series - Labyrinth Tickets | Simple Tix

Join us at the Broadside for "Labyrinth": Teenage Sarah journeys through a maze to save her baby brother from the Goblin King. Starring David Bowie.

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Cryptique Krewe @cryptiquekrewe.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

A small bunch of us Cryptique weirdos will be watching the Pride parade today on Esplanade, in the neutral ground diagonal across from Buffa's (Buffa deez nuts!! 🤣); come join us or come say hi if you want! We're going early to hang out and bullshit; maybe 5:30-ish.

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rael gost pictuers @jackfeerick.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

We're halfway to the most haunted time of the year. This Haloweequinox, I've got a sneak preview of this year's Halloween mixtape! Follow along if you dare...

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Cryptique Krewe @cryptiquekrewe.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Happy Halloweequinox! Just 6 more months!

A flyer-style graphic in Halloweeny colors, with the text, "Happy Halloweequinox from Cryptique! Just 6 more months!" There's a purple hourglass with green bat wings with a small jack o'lantern face on the bottom part of the glass. The edges of the hourglass have the words, "It's later than you think."

A dark jagged shape which is a zoomed-in view of the smiling mouth of the jack o'lantern face from the previous picture. The jagged lines of the teeth form vague letter shapes that spell "Cryptique." The rest of the image is orange with a grainy pattern that's somewhat reminiscent of fire and burning embers.

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Cryptique Krewe @cryptiquekrewe.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

We just posted our gallery from our 2026 Mardi Gras shamble on our website! So many beautiful costumes! www.cryptiquekrewe.com/gallery/2026/

A group pic of tons of monsters posing at Jackson Square on Mardi Gras day; about 49 people in all. Lots of beautiful colorful costumes and masks.

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Cryptique Krewe @cryptiquekrewe.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

New Orleans RTA, we're available for sponsorship deals!

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Professor Carl Nivale @profcarlnivale.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Reveleers, we all need to remember the good things in life; like Carnival and Mardi Gras in the Gulf South! Let's flood Bluesky with images of our Carnival revelry, and the importance of #OurCarnivalHeritage! #Carnival2026 #MardiGras2026 Follow me on FB & YT @profcarlnivale

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Wolfmanning Skull 🎃 @manningkrull.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

I walked the Quarter yesterday to figure out a modified route that avoids all the gosh-darned (fucking) construction! We're taking some silly twists and turns. Sheesh, this town...

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Cryptique Krewe @cryptiquekrewe.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

The Cryptique Council is pleased to announce our parade route for Mardi Gras day, February 17th, 2026! That's just four weeks from today! See the map much larger on our website; link in bio. All scary monsters and super creeps are welcome to march with us! The more the scarier.

Text version of the route: We'll meet up at 9am on Esplanade on the neutral ground near Buffa's, but not directly in front of Buffa's; more like diagonal across, in front of 936 Esplanade. We'll start marching at 9:30am. We'll enter the French Quarter on Burgundy, walking two blocks on Burgundy and then turning left onto Governor Nicholls. Then we'll walk two blocks down Governor Nicholls and turn right onto Bourbon. Here we take a 15-minute break at Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop. Then we'll walk three blocks down Saint Philip, and then we'll take a 15-minute break at MRB Bar. Then we'll go back up Saint Philip and turn left onto Chartres. We'll walk two blocks on Chartres, and then we'll turn right onto Saint Ann. We'll walk one block up Saint Ann and then we'll turn left onto Royal. We'll walk one block on Royal and then we'll turn left down Pirate's Alley. We'll walk half a block on Pirate's Alley to Cabildo Alley, where we'll take a 15-minute break at Pirate's Alley Cafe. Then we'll backtrack up Pirate's Alley, cross over Royal, and do a slight right-then-left turn to take us up Orleans. We'll walk one block on Orleans and then turn left onto Bourbon. We'll walk on Bourbon for three blocks and then turn left onto Saint Louis. We'll walk one block down Saint Louis and then turn right onto Royal. We'll walk two blocks on Royal and then turn left onto Bienville. We'll walk three blocks down Bienville and take our last 15-minute break at Ryan's Irish Pub. Then we'll backtrack one block up Bienville and turn right onto Chartres. We'll walk four blocks on Chartres and then turn right down Wilkinson. We'll walk one block on Wilkinson and then turn left into the south-west corner of Jackson Square. We'll walk up the Square and turn right, crossing in front of the Cathedral, and then we'll turn right onto the Saint Ann side of the Square. Our final destination is halfway down the Square on the Saint Ann side. We stop at the stairs in front of the park entrance on that side.

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Cryptique Krewe @cryptiquekrewe.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

Registration is now open for the second of our two free mask-making workshops for beginners; this is for the one on January 13th! Register here: neworleans.libnet.info/event/15161461

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Basic Mardi Gras Mask Making

Learn how to make a basic Mardi Gras mask using cardboard, wire, and paper clay.. Event starts at January 13, 2026 5:00 PM CST

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Cryptique Krewe @cryptiquekrewe.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

Wow, the first mask-making workshop is all full up! Registration for the second workshop (which is on January 13th) will open on December 30th. Can't wait for both of 'em!

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Cryptique Krewe @cryptiquekrewe.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Registration is now open for the first of two free mask-making workshops for beginners; this is for the one on January 8th! Register here: neworleans.libnet.info/event/15161456

neworleans.libnet.info

Basic Mardi Gras Mask Making

Learn how to make a basic Mardi Gras mask using cardboard, wire, and paper clay.. Event starts at January 8, 2026 5:00 PM CST

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Cryptique Krewe @cryptiquekrewe.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Cryptique is co-hosting two mask-making workshops for beginners in January! Registration is not yet open, but I'll post the links below in case you want to bookmark them... (1/x)

A flyer style graphic with the text,
Mask-maing workshops! Co-hosted by Cryptique.
Tuesday, Jan. 13th, 5:00-6:30pm, East New Orleans Regional Library, Large Meeting Room.
Thursday, Jan. 8th, 5:00-6:30pm, Algiers Regional Library, Large Meeting Room.
Learn how to make a basic Mardi Gras mask using cardboard, wire, & paper clay.
It's free! Registration required.
In partnership with our friend Josh at New Orleans Public Library!

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Cryptique Krewe @cryptiquekrewe.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Some of us misfit toys are gonna meet up to watch the Krampus parade next Saturday in the Bywater; come out and join us! Note: If you have been naughty we cannot guarantee your safety.

Flyer graphic that says, "Cryptique meet-up: Let's watch Krewe of Krampus! Saturday, December 6th. We'll meet at 7pm at Royal and Alvar, river side. All are welcome! I mean, it's a public parade." At the top of the flyer there's a furry monster head that's upside down, with long horns that frame the text.

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Cryptique Krewe @cryptiquekrewe.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

Hey all you scary monsters and super creeps! This is Manning from the Cryptique Council; I wanted to share some spooky October events that at least a few of us are going to. Feel free to join us for anything; we'd love to see ya! Happy haunting!

Colorful flyer-style graphic with the following text:
Cryptique October meetups
Bride of Frankenstein, Prytania Uptown, Oct. 20th, 5pm.
City Park Brews & Boos, Oct. 24th, 8pm.
Krewe of Boo meetup, Oct. 25th, 7pm, St Philip & N Peters.
Nosferatu with live score, The Broadside, Oct. 29th, 8:30pm.
Quintron & Miss Pussycat, Music Box Village, Oct. 31st, 7pm.

A jack o' lantern's jagged grin on a pink background. The mouth is vaguely shaped like the word Cryptique.

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Cryptique Krewe @cryptiquekrewe.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Happy spooky season from Cryptique! (Well, spooki-EST season; for us creeps they're all pretty spooky!) Wishing you 31 nights of frights and fun!

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Cryptique Krewe @cryptiquekrewe.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

One of our members had his dang motorcycle stolen months ago, and, against all odds, it's back! We posted about it 'cause lots a' folks have been asking... www.instagram.com/cryptiquekre...

A flyer-style graphic with the text, "Found! Blake's bitchin' bike is back! Thank you to all who've been asking. Details in post." There's a cartoon drawing of a biker skeleton with a spiky mohawk riding a motorcycle with flames shooting out the back.

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Cryptique Krewe @cryptiquekrewe.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

New Cryptique Creeps drawing: Sheila's magnificent Lady of Fate costume! Fun detail: instead of tarot cards in the drawing, those are all of the Cryptique Creeps series 1 cards photoshopped on there!

Cryptique Creeps drawing of "Lady of Fate," a Garbage Pail Kids style drawing of a person wearing a dress made of black and gold tarot cards, with a headdress made of more cards, and they have gold fabric and two black skeletal hands covering their eyes. They're holding some more tarot cards fanned out.

Photo of Sheila wearing their Lady of Fate costume as described in the previous pic, walking in a Mardi Gras parade.

Another view of Sheila in their tarot card dress and costume, walking toward us.

Close-up of the illustration showing that the tarot cards are in fact a bunch of other monster illustrations of Cryptique members.

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Cryptique Krewe @cryptiquekrewe.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

If you were in Cryptique you'd be at a swell barbecue right now.* (*potentially! if you wanted to!)

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Cryptique Krewe @cryptiquekrewe.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Pssst, hey kid, you like Creeps, don'tcha?

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Cryptique Krewe @cryptiquekrewe.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

All the nightmares came today. And it looks as though they're here to stay.

A group photo of a lot of colorful people in various monster costumes, including two mummies, Anubis, a rougarou, a Furby, a gargoyle, Large Marge, Bunnicula, several different animal and human skull masks, a person in a dress made of tarot cards, a black cat, a crawfish, a penguin, a fly, a goth ringmaster type lady, three swamp monster people, and many more.

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Joey McAllister @joeymcallister.com · 30/04/2025

Whoaaaaaa we’re halfway there Whoa-oh, Jack-o-lanterns everywhere “Your costume’s great!” “This is fake blood, I swear.” “Whoa-oh, that’s a strange thing to swear.” Spookin’s halfway therrrrrre

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