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Saturday, August 1, 2009

Comic Books / Music On the Road with Floating World: Atole, E*Rock

Posted by Alison Hallett on Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 3:46 PM

Back atcha with another installment of On the Road with Floating World, in which Floating World Comics proprietor Jason Leivian handpicks a few comics recommendations for musicians playing in town. Reminder: Swing by Floating World (20 NW 5th) during the week of the show, get 10% off recommended titles.

Now here's Jason with tonight's recommendations:

Atole
Jeffery Jerusalem
Pan de Sal
Kid Meets Cougar
DJ E*Rock
Backspace, 115 NW 5th, Sat Aug 1, 8 pm, $6 (Entry includes a free Atole EP)

Manny from Atole has totally been digging the comic recommendations I've been giving him lately, especially the Grant Morrison/Frank Quitely collaborations: Batman & Robin, All Star Superman, New X-Men, We3, etc. I was thinking he might be ready for some of Morrison's weird stuff. While Morrison has been doing increasingly more successful mainstream superhero projects, he always has some psychedelic experimental project going on at [DC's Vertigo imprint]. When he was doing JLA [Justice League of America] he was simultaneously doing The Invisibles, and it's cool to see how the heavy themes would sneak into the superhero books. When he was doing New X-Men he was also doing The Filth, and it seemed very subversive that those weird ideas might be picked up by some kid who thought they were just getting an X-Men comic. The Filth is about health, existence and identity; the alchemical process of turning shit into fertilizer. As above so below, it takes a zen look at the universe as a series of interconnected immune systems. It was very therapeutic for me living through the Bush years, when I felt like so much of the world was a cancer that needed to be cut out, even at the risk of killing the patient. If The Invisibles is a transcendent high of revelation and awakening, then The Filth is like a spiritual dose of B12 to help process the harsh comedown to reality. More info.

Eric (E*rock) is a part of the psychedelic art comics scene I'm a big fan of. He's worked with international artists Shobo Shobo, Ola Vasiljeva and others on zines and silkscreen art projects. Dude gets to travel the world and make art and music! I'm envious. Two new things I think he'll like:
Pee Dog—Picturebox reprinted this "vintage graphic novel" by Gary Panter and a couple dudes named Ed Nukey Nukes & Jocko Levent Brainiac. Printed on soft green newsprint (actually they claim it's printed on radioactive blotter paper), this is back in the 80's when comics were actually autobiographical and Wolverine and Snake Eyes wrote their own comics. More info.

Also we got Benjamin Marra's awesome books back in: Night Business #1
and #2 and his latest, Gangsta Rap Posse! Self published, offset printing, Ben has been on a tear with his new American Tradition Comics. From his bio: Benjamin Marra is an artist who lives in the
city. His obsessions include different colors, classical poetry, watching romantic sunsets and hot chicks. Meanwhile his photo has him on a rooftop smoking a cigarette, reading a book and holding a football. More info.

 

Comments (5) RSS

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1
First "more info" link needs a fix.

Whole article needs more Sea Guy.
Posted by A CAT, probably on August 1, 2009 at 9:25 PM · Report
2
I fixed the link, but you'll have to talk to Jason about Sea Guy.
Posted by Alison Hallett on August 2, 2009 at 1:33 PM · Report
3
talk to me. seaguy's the shit. I was gonna wait and recommend it to Marilyn Manson tho.
Posted by Floating World on August 2, 2009 at 7:15 PM · Report
4
Let's talk about Seaguy. Seaguy's the shit. I was gonna wait and recommend it to Marilyn Manson tho.
Posted by Floating World on August 2, 2009 at 7:16 PM · Report
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I ♥ FLOATING WORLD
Posted by A CAT, probably on August 2, 2009 at 7:32 PM · Report

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