I first discovered Welcome to Night Vale during one of my many endless scroll sessions on Tumblr. I kept seeing Night Vale fan art, so I downloaded the podcast and well, my life hasn’t been the same since.
If you don’t know…
“WELCOME TO NIGHT VALE is a twice-monthly podcast in the style of community updates for the small desert town of Night Vale, featuring local weather, news, announcements from the Sheriff’s Secret Police, mysterious lights in the night sky, dark hooded figures with unknowable powers, and cultural events.”
The writing is quite brilliant and very very strange. There’s a heavy H.P. Lovecraft influence except it’s light on the serious and heavy on the funny (despite the odd and terrifying events that happen in Night Vale).
The Night Vale fan community is filed with some of the most creative people I’ve encountered in any fandom. I originally just wanted to share a few pieces of fan art but somehow ended up with 50… whoops!
By cocokat
“And now the weather” By CoraOrvat
“Best Furry Pants” By isthatwhatyoumint
Cecil & Carlos By Little Ulver
Cecil and the hovering cat By Fancy Maple Syrup 
By Viria
By n-a-s-h-i
Old Woman Josie and Her Angels by Injured Dreams 
The Man in the Tan Jacket by Steammmpunk
Old Woman Josie By I Draw Nerdy Things
“The Traveler woos Cactus Judy, Night Vale’s third most beautiful woman.” By gingerhaole 
By Meadow Rue
By nekosd43
“Old Woman Josie and her friendly, helpful angel. Even though we all know angels don’t exist, as the Sheriff’s Secret Police all quietly, yet forcefully, remind us.” By xiggeh
“A Story About You” By devileatscake
By Meadow Rue
“Dana” By Meadow Rue 
The Glow Cloud By the-everlasting-ash
“There is a cat hovering in the men’s bathroom at the radio station here. He seems perfectly happy and healthy, but he’s floating about four feet off the ground, next to the sink. ” By Sekra
Perfect Carlos By jinxess
By theviewykingoffools.tumblr.com
By DeanGrayson
By Puffsan
What Dog Park? By At The Bearicades of Freedom 
“It seems that all over Night Vale, books have simply ceased functioning. The scientists are studying one of the broken books to see if they can understand just what is going on here. The exact problem is currently unclear, but some of the words being used include ‘sparks,’ ‘meat smell,’ ‘biting,’ and ‘lethal gas.’ For your own safety, please do not attempt to open a book until we have more information on the nature and cause of these problems.”
– Welcome to Night Vale Episode Three “Station Management” By purinrinrin
I want all of these as prints..MAN! I cant wait to listen to more today on my way to work!
Also, I want my own pet hovering cat so bad…
ME TOO! I posted it today since I knew a new episode came out. I love the hovering cat, but then I heard what it sounds like. >_<
I listened to about 3 episodes before bed last night and now am on 11 I think…I still have a long way to go but Tumblr tells me Carlos and Cecil are now actually dating which makes my shippers heart scream with joy!
I’m so invested in their relationship! lol
WTNV is definitely at the top of my current obsession list. Anything that can manage to be creepy, funny, romantic, and actually make me cry (One Year Later, I’m looking at you) is a winner in my book. And considering it’s a PODCAST, the fanart is even more impressive and amazing.
Carlos/Cecil 4Ever!
I completely agree! It’s all of those things wrapped in one amazing podcast. Don’t find that often.
I. Love. ALL of these!
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SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I’ve never heard of Night Vale in my entire life until I checked your blog! Thank you so much for sharing this! I made a small blog post in honor of discovering such a wonderful thing on your blog – http://cephalopodsyndrome.blogspot.com/2013/12/welcome-to-night-vale.html.
OMG YAY so glad you love it. It’s just wonderful. :)
I’m just getting into this, but not sure why Cecil has three eyes…
I was confused for a while, too! There’s nothing that I’ve heard in the podcast that says he has 3 eyes. I think it’s just head cannon that people really liked and it became popular.
Copy. Paste. Copy. Paste. Print. Print. Print. Print.
(Seriously, though. I want all of these as prints. These are kind of amazing.)
As a huge fan of night vale, this post has made me cry tears of joy and happiness. It’s really amazing that so many people like night vale.
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