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| Evergreen Review 59 - Oct 1968 |
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| Evergreen Review 59 - Oct 1968 |
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| Evergreen Review 59 - Oct 1968 |
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| Evergreen Review 59 - Oct 1968 |
Sunday 27 January 2013
Kliban - Evergreen Review 59 - Oct 1968
One more here.
Kliban - Evergreen Review 58 - Sep 1968
Two more in this issue.
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| Evergreen Review 58 - Sep 1968 |
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| Evergreen Review 58 - Sep 1968 |
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| Evergreen Review 58 - Sep 1968 |
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| Evergreen Review 58 - Sep 1968 |
Monday 21 January 2013
Bukowski - A Writers Desk - Saturday Review, Sept/Oct 1985
A rare piece about Bukowski.
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| Saturday Review, Sept/Oct 1985 |
Tuli Kupferberg - Outsider Cartoonist
The term "outsider artist" or "outsider musician" refers to someone who's active in art or music, but defies the established convention.
Well, I claim the term "outsider cartoonist" - and I nominate Tuli Kupferberg. He was active in lots of areas - Beat poet, musician (The Fugs), activist, movie actor (kind-of), publisher etc. etc.
Come to think of it, he lived his whole life as an outsider.
Here's one of his cartoons from a 1981 collection "After the Ball Are Ova".
Its interesting to note just how many different publications he submitted his work to - some of his other collections list over 25 publications.
Anyway....this one made me laugh.
Well, I claim the term "outsider cartoonist" - and I nominate Tuli Kupferberg. He was active in lots of areas - Beat poet, musician (The Fugs), activist, movie actor (kind-of), publisher etc. etc.
Come to think of it, he lived his whole life as an outsider.
Here's one of his cartoons from a 1981 collection "After the Ball Are Ova".
Its interesting to note just how many different publications he submitted his work to - some of his other collections list over 25 publications.
Anyway....this one made me laugh.
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| From "After the Ball Are Ova", 1981 |
Saturday 12 January 2013
Kliban - Evergreen Review 57 - Aug 1968
3 more in this issue -
There were none in the Evergreen Review 56 - July 1968
There were none in the Evergreen Review 56 - July 1968
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| Evergreen Review 57 - July 1968 |
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| Evergreen Review 57 - July 1968 |
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| Evergreen Review 57 - July 1968 |
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| Evergreen Review 57 - July 1968 |
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| Evergreen Review 56 - June 1968 |
Kliban - Evergreen Review 55 - June 1968
3 more in this months issue
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| Evergreen Review 55 - June 1968 |
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| Evergreen Review 55 - June 1968 |
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| Evergreen Review 55 - June 1968 |
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| Evergreen Review 55 - June 1968 |
Monday 7 January 2013
Hi-Fi Adverts
There's something about adverts for "high-end" audio products that makes me feel uneasy. Rather like an unpleasant farmyard smell.
This ad from 1972 kinda sums it up for me.
Music is important to me, but I'd never own a Bose.
This ad from 1972 kinda sums it up for me.
Music is important to me, but I'd never own a Bose.
Sunday 6 January 2013
Kliban - Evergreen Review 54 - May 1968
Only one Kliban cartoon in this issue.
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| Evergreen Review 54 - May 1968 |
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| Evergreen Review 54 - May 1968 |
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| Evergreen Review 54 - May 1968 |
Evergreen Review 54 - May 1968 / East Totem West / Le Petomane / Tiny Tim
Several fine adverts from Evergreen Review, Issue 54 covering a bizarre range of products. The target audience must have been a odd bunch!
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| Evergreen Review 54 - May 1968 |
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| Evergreen Review 54 - May 1968 |
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| Evergreen Review 54 - May 1968 / East Totem West |
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| Evergreen Review 54 - May 1968 / Le Petomane |
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| Evergreen Review 54 - May 1968 / Tiny Tim |
Kliban - Evergreen Review 53 - Apr 1968
Kliban's Zippy
Kliban wrote the foreword to a couple of books that I'm aware of. This is taken from Bill Griffith's Zippy Stories [pub: Last Gasp] from 1986, although the foreword is dated 1981.
The Zippy character seems to have been very popular in the US and also gained a following in Germany and Spain; the comics' were also translated into Japanese, Dutch and French. I'm surprised at the international appeal as most of the jokes reference US political and popular culture. Perhaps the international versions also translated the references to appeal to local markets?
The artwork is very good and the comic strips that reference or satirise wider-issues are fun to read but the frequent references to (the-then) contemporary American pop-culture make the strips appear dated and limit the appeal to a modern audience (me).
The Zippy character seems to have been very popular in the US and also gained a following in Germany and Spain; the comics' were also translated into Japanese, Dutch and French. I'm surprised at the international appeal as most of the jokes reference US political and popular culture. Perhaps the international versions also translated the references to appeal to local markets?
The artwork is very good and the comic strips that reference or satirise wider-issues are fun to read but the frequent references to (the-then) contemporary American pop-culture make the strips appear dated and limit the appeal to a modern audience (me).
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