Tag Archive | "music"

Comics as album covers

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

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This was posted on Planet Oddity and elswhere online a good while back, so apologies for those who’ve seen it already, but I came across it when looking for something else and couldn’t resist posting up a quick link to it – iconic 1980s album covers re-imagined with a comics theme, so the soundtrack for [...]

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A very animated Max

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

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In 1992, Spanish cartoonist Max (creator of the fantastic Bardin The Superrealist) created a video clip for the song Tierra by Spanish pop group Radio Futura.  Thanks to La Cárcel de Papel‘s Álvaro Pons, and while we’re waiting for the new Max book, which has been announced for the end of the year, we can [...]

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DC’s New 52 – the trailer…. a musical suggestion or two

Thursday, August 18, 2011

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DC have a few new titles coming out in September…. 52 of them. This week we saw the debut of the 30-second DC The New 52 trailer that they’ll be running in cinemas and on TV. Here it is…. Okay… good points: It’s a smart move to focus on the big characters – Batman, Superman, Wonder [...]

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The Dark Side is so cool!

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

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The Dark Side may be the evil side of the Force, but we know they are also cooler – I mean instead of brown bathrobes the Dark Side guys wear cool black, they get to stay up later and they have the best music. And that cool Imperial March/Vader’s theme music by the mighty John [...]

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Alex’s audio roundup

Thursday, May 26, 2011

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After several very gusty days of windy weather here’s Alex Fitch fluttering down through the air Mary Poppins style to bring us news of some good comics and SF-type listening for our audio receptors; as ever for more details and podcasts of previous shows, check the Panel Borders site. Panel Borders: Small Press Soundtracks, tonight [...]

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I went down to the crossroads…

Sunday, May 8, 2011

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It is 100 years today since the birth of one of the greatest musical figures to come out of the 20th century, master of the blues Robert Johnson. A stunningly innovative singer and guitarist, legend had it that he went to a rural crossroads at midnight to sell his soul to the Devil in return [...]

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Defending your musical tastes

Thursday, April 21, 2011

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I hadn’t come across Scott Meyer’s webcomic Basic Instructions before, but when I followed a link from Latest Comics to his How To Defend Your Musical Tastes I chuckled. Right on the money on how some people can never convince each other their respective fave bands are actually really good and I quite like the [...]

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Director’s Commentary: Giving the Elbow

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

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Today we’ve got a not-quite-comics-but-related story for you, direct from the pens and brushes of one of our fave creators, the very fine Oli East. Now we know and love Oli for his wonderful and unusual Trains Are Mint comics (which have been collected by Blank Slate). Regular readers of the blog will also know [...]

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Kochalka – superstar!

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

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I love James Kochalka’s work, especially his comics diary American Elf, delighted to see this good, long video of James, including some of his music works (link via Tom at Comic Reporter): James Kochalka Superstar from Rune Mielonen Grassov on Vimeo.

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Josephine

Friday, April 8, 2011

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Okay, this isn’t strictly comics but it does involve the great Hunt Emerson who, as many a Brit comics convention goer can attest, is as dab a hand on the music scene as he is on the cartooning. Stately Homes of England has a new disc coming out, Josephine, featuring Hunt and available in various [...]

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From our continental correspondent: Translation, please – or – Music to my eyes

Friday, March 25, 2011

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Cleet Boris is the creative alias of Hubert Mounier, a French singer-songwriter and former singer of the alternative pop band, L’Affaire Louis’ Trio. Boris is also a very gifted cartoonist, with a style that is very much within the Clear Line – Atom Style tradition. But, as the song goes, music was his first love, [...]

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POP! – A Complete History

Sunday, March 20, 2011

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From the pages of the NME. Where I completely missed it to be honest. Probably because I stopped buying the NME years ago when I became old. (Kids – don’t become old, it’s horrible). Pop – A Complete History started in January. Artist Jonathan Edwards has been posting the earlier ones up at his blog. Oh [...]

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A musical Courtney Crumrin

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

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Now this is pretty unusual and very cool – comics creator Ted Naifeh performs a live musical version of his Courtney Crumrin and the Night Things with This Can’t End Well:

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Art For Art Brut…..

Sunday, March 6, 2011

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Great image by Jamie McKelvie on the cover of the new Art Brut album Brilliant! Tragic! (out May 23rd). According to McKelvie – “It ties in with two other pieces on the CD case, but I won’t spoil that surprise just yet“.

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More Stool Pigeon

Sunday, February 27, 2011

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The Stool Pigeon – #30 – March 2011 Phil Hebblethwaite, Editor. Mickey Gibbons, Designer. Featuring comics by Krent Able, Martin Kellerman, Richard Cowdry, Josh Lesnick, JC & APK, David Ziggy Greene, Steve Tillotson, Daniel Locke. Another issue of The Stool Pigeon – the six issues a year totally independent and free music paper found in music shops, student unions and [...]

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