MadInkBeard | Derik A Badman

When I met Allan Haverholm at this year’s MoCCA festival, I knew he had some new comics for the show from following him on Twitter, but I hadn’t seen much of his work. It’s always a bonus to meet someone in comics and to actually like their work. I bought the full suite of Allan’s comics and I was not disappointed. The works I got from Allan all share conceptual connection to music, providing an intriguing way to think about comics.

Awhile back I made a list of ways to depict music in comics. This strip from Gordo by Gus Arriola makes a good addendum. Love those abstractions.

I’m working on a mini-comic of short experiments right now and one of them deals with representations of music in comics. I’ve come up with a few, and I queried the Oubapo list for more (those who responded are listed after their suggestion). I thought I’d share what’s come up so far: 1. Musical notes [...]

Alcoholalia: a remix of Tony Millionaire’s “Maakies” no. 35 by Andrei Molotiu. 2004. 24 pages with cardstock cover. $4. (Available from the Poopsheet Shop.) Andrei Molotiu is best known for his abstract comics. This particular comic is, as the subtitle states, a remix of a Tony Millionaire Maakies strip. Molotiu reprints the original strip on [...]

Went to the Secret Cinema‘s Velvet Underground Film Festival last night, which included 2 long and a bunch of short VU/Warhol related films. Two sets of screen tests featuring Nico, Lou Reed, Sterling Morrison, John Cale, Susan Sontag, Helmut Newton, Salvador Dali, and a few Factory regulars, wherein the subjects sit in front of a [...]

[This was originally published in the soon to be defunct Philadelphia Independent's post-election issue (vol 1 issue 20 early winter 2004). It is slightly edited from that version (which isn't online anyway).] Lou Reed. Metal Machine Music. RCA: 1975. 25th Anniversary CD edition from Buddha Records (2000). The story goes (and for the sake of [...]

Racing in the Streets: The Bruce Springsteen Reader. Ed. June Skinner Sawyers. New York: Penguin, 2004. ISBN: 0142003549 (pbk), $16.00. When I was a kid, Bruce Springsteen was the guy on Mtv with the baseball video (it took me more than a decade to realize that “Glory Days” wasn’t all about baseball). He was the [...]