Two, interlocking and thoroughly gorgeous Noriyoshi Ohra covers for a Manga adaption of Star Wars: A New Hope. Everytime I stumble across this scan in my files, I simply have to throw it out there into the galaxy again. Coz it’s fab.
East Side, Williamsburg Bridge, 1928, by Martin Lewis.
Today I discovered that mid-70s Italy saw comics adaptations of Space 1999 episodes. Better yet, the art I’ve seen is rather splendid. While I head off to find out who the creative team were, here’s some pages from their take on the splendid “Earthbound”.
Sir William of Idol, by Richard Croft, from July 1985’s Blitz magazine.
Less than a day after I began a break from the news and I already feel better. What a darn world etc etc.
And the first 5 Doctors with The Master, by Andrew Skilleter, on the cover of 19th Nov 1983’s Radio Times with its feature on Doctor Who’s 20th anniversary special.
The first 5 Doctors, by Andrew Skilleter, from 19th Nov 1983’s Radio Times & its feature on Doctor Who’s 20th anniversary special.
Just some of the wonderful things that I’m really rather fond of from 2020 …
Tonight’s movie: Akira. Hurrah!
Joseph 'Country Joe' McDonald RIP.
I grew up with, at best, no interest in 60s. It wasn’t until Jon Savage’s list of 100 top psych tracks that my curiosity was piqued. First stop by chance was Section 43. Decades late, my mind was genuinely blown. What a remarkable - and brave! - man McDonald was.
(And yes, I well know, titles like GI Joe & Transformers from slightly later in the decade have a similar status.)
More of Jean Frisano’s covers featuring the mighty ROM from France’s Strange magazine in 1983. (It’s rather touching that several of the most fondly recalled comics from the late 70s & early 80s - eg Micronauts, Atari Force etc - were toy tie-ins that some fans were a touch sniffy about.)
A rather young & distinctly cute David Bowie talking about “astrology, hypnotism & the possibility of reincarnation” to Jan 3rd 1970’s Jackie magazine.
That’s new to me and I love it!
“The day will come when the Joybells will ring again”: London Transport poster, 1944, by Anna Katrina Zinkeisen.
1931’s “Dracula” - “The Strangest Passion The World Has Ever Known” - at Jersey City’s 3800-seater Stanley Theatre.
I’m listening to the radio adaptation of Iain M. Banks’ “The State Of The Art” and it’s as gloriously fine as I remembered. I can’t recommend it highly enough - it’s what opened up Banks’ Culture tales for me - so if you can get BBC Sounds, it’s easy to search for. And it really would be worthwhile.
I believe so. This is of a distinctly superior strain.
To my considerable surprise, for there’s sadly neither spaceships or super-people in it, this adaptation of Emma is really quite fabulous.
Jack Kirby, with Chic Stone, tells a tale about Jack Ruby’s murder of Lee Harvey Oswald, from May 1967’s Esquire magazine.
I had no idea at all “46 Hours & 36 Minutes In The Life Of Jack Ruby” existed. It’s amazing what you can turn up while trawling through old archives.
Bernie Wrightson’s wonderful cover for 1973’s Swamp Thing #6.
A version of this beguiling photo can be found in the splendid new Talking Heads collection of 1975-77 demos & live performances, Tentative Decisions.
The original three-piece Talking Heads on a rooftop in Manhattan, 1976, by Linda D. Robbins.
It makes me smile, but that doesn’t mean I don’t honestly adore it. I would love to see film from the period of someone with the poise and the cool to pull it off.
I genuinely love its audacity.
I like to think of it as a Star Trek homage of sorts.
From August 1971’s “Hit Parade”, this fabulous knit jump suit that’s surely ripe for today’s fashion pages. Mind you, I put $39.99 in 1971 into an inflation calculator & it’s the equivalent in purchasing power today of $321.24! That was one expensive knit jump suit!
“Old and new New York”, by Alfred Stieglitz, 1910.
Truth.
It really is!
