weekend read-in: the debut issue of dummy, dedicated to the art & oral history of pee wee's playhouse. absolutely inspiring to hear how paul reubens ran the show, making space for gary panter & other weirdo artists to essentially rewrite/redraw the folk iconography of children's television for a new generation. consider myself blessed for being the exact right age when it debuted. excited for dummy #2, too, about air pirates funnies. https://www.dummyzine.com@bookstodon#zines#comix#television
As we see Steamboat Willie enter the public domain, it’s important to remember Dan O’Neill and his original ragtag group of Air Pirates who literally brought The Mouse to his knees. Here’s a concise documentary on the subject:
I saw some of his art online and thought it looked like “Invisible Hands” from Liquid Television, which I LOVED. Same artist! This didn’t have quite the same level of twisted, creepiness as that animated series, but I was so happy to find his work in comic form. There’s more too.
“one cat bus away” by local artist #MyraLara (ti.ra.de.ro).
A sweet, wordless comic about public transportation, activism, and weed. I love Lara’s art, politics, taste in music … I’m lucky to know them. This was a limited edition I picked up at Short Run this year. The digital image doesn’t do the yummy riso textures justice.
i don't think i previously grasped how brilliant alan moore was (& presumably is) as a visual artist, way more technically interesting & creative than the art accompanying the mainstream comic books he was starting to write in the same era. a few full strips from "my stars my degradation." #comics#comix#scifi /2
whoa, today is alan moore's 70th, how about that?! his 1979 sounds strip dedicated to #LSD chemists richard kemp, david solomon, & "all less celebrated POWs" #psychedelics#comics#comix /3