[TypicalGirls] books!

Lisa Garrett lisajgarrett at gmail.com
Thu Dec 7 15:28:01 EST 2006


I have to say that the Love & Rockets comic is what got me into that genre
in the first place. I thought graphic novels and comics were all only for
nerdy boys until I checked out the Hernandez Bros's art, storylines -
and strong connection to music. This happened in 1998 (their comics had been
around a lot longer previously) and now I've found not only other artists,
but female artists as well that have turned me around!

Re: the Kleenex/Liliput book - Marlene had self-published a book of black
and white artwork, flyers, and articles associated with the band. Don't know
if it's available anymore, and I don't have her e-mail address since my last
computer crash, but it seems she may not be too hard to track down for
anyone interested in buying it from her.
LG


On 12/7/06, Daniel Selzer <danselzer at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Fucked Up and Photocopied is essential, but it's very
> much an American book. And even in that context, it
> focuses as much or more on the kind of raw hardcore
> flyers then the more artful punk/no-wave type flyers I
> tend to like. Not to say it isn't great, or those
> flyers aren't great, and there are definitely things
> up my alley, particularly the Gary Panter type stuff
> and Sonic Youth/Swans type things. But I'd probably
> rather see a book of Neville Brody/Peter
> Saville/Malcolm Garrett type posters/sleeves, but
> that's just what I dig. That book exists by the way,
> the Oberlin Art Library had it. But generally, I'd
> like a book with more of that Rough Trade/Fast/Pop
> Aural aesthetic. Bob Last's own design work for
> Fast/Pop Aural is probably the most influential and
> underrated stuff of the era.
>
> http://discog.lesdisquesducertain.com/fastpop/
>
> http://discog.lesdisquesducertain.com/fastpop/fastproduct/fast09c/earcom3front.jpg
>
> The coolest collection of LA punk flyers I ever saw
> was in volume 1 of the Love and Rockets Sketchbook
> (L+R the comic book, not the band, of course!) Both
> Jaime and Gilbert Hernandez did fun punk flyers in the
> early early 80s and it's awesome to see them drawing
> members of X or whatever.
>
> Anyway, regarding Rip It Up, I didn't find it
> stuck-up, if anything the punks and post-punks and
> no-wavers could probably complain that Simon's
> interest in "new pop" paid too much attention to the
> fact that ABC and Scritti Pollitti topping the charts
> was the ultimate goal of the Rough Trade/Industrial
> Records revolution. Not sure I get the point the
> blogger is making maybe.
>
> Anyway, in Acute Records news...still working on the
> website and our new direction, which involves killing
> the CD and focusing on online sales only. It may even
> happen! The web-site should be up within a week or 4,
> I swear, to be followed first by the Acute Blog, then
> by Acute Digital. Meanwhile we're working on at least
> 4 or so CDs...perhaps our last CDs, so check out the
> website, sign up for the mailing list, be our myspace
> friend and keep it touch...BFF!
>
> -dan
> http://www.acuterecords.com
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