Carpe Noctem

"Carpe Noctem" was a goth sub-culture magazine that was edited by Thom and Catia Carnell (with Thom credited as just 'Carnell') and published in the 1990s. It was best known for having printed Jhonen Vasquez's "Johnny the Homicidal Maniac" comic in short strips from August 1995 to January 1997, prior to JTHM's being picked up by Slave Labor Graphics. It contained interviews with notable authors, artists and musicians such as Clive Barker, David Schow, Neil Gaiman, Alex Ross, Brom, Cliff Nielsen, Frank Miller, Joe Jusko, Robert Rodriguez, Tom Savini, Viggo Mortensen, Criss Angel, Gino Vannelli, Gwar, Human Drama, Sam Rosenthal, Jhonen Vasquez, Bob Wilkins, and Ronnie James Dio.

It is no longer in publication, and its Web site has ceased to exist.

Thom Carnell is currently writing for "Fangoria" magazine and is reportedly working on a novel entitled, "No Flesh Shall Be Spared." His website is http://www.nofleshshallbespared.com.

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Other uses

Carpe Noctem is also
*a phrase used in an advertising campaign for the candy bar: Milky Way Midnight (a dark chocolate derivative of the popular candy bar)
*the title of DJ Noctem in Antioch CA.
*the title of Duke University's humor magazine.
*the name of a successful Dutch film club.
*the nickname of Akis Papabasileiou, a Greek Professional DJ/Producer.
*a phrase adopted by the Online Gamer community, as a parody of carpe diem.
*the title of a song in Jim Steinman's opera Tanz der Vampire.
*Christopher Snow's motto from Dean Koontz's novel "Fear Nothing"
*the title of a song on Tiësto's 2007 album "Elements of Life"
*a night club in Bonn, Germany
*Drum Corps Internationals Blue Devils Drum and Bugle Corps 1995 show title.
*A renowned high-level Horde guild in World of Warcraft on Lightbringer, Europe.

Name meaning

"Carpe Noctem"'s name is a pun on the Latin expression "carpe diem" ("seize the day"; literally "pluck the day") that intended to mean "seize the night."