Run to buy, borrow or steal the last comic art book by Blanquet at Cornélius... but at least read it ! Always so very graphic and dark. A universe from which they do not go out again safe. Good journey!
2.6.07
Blanquet - Poisoned reading
The catch of the week
I didn't have enough time yet to listen to that treasure...But the cover already says a lot ! It rules !
Charles Burns - New Facetasms
Crimes by Women - Sometimes pay
The title is brilliant ! These little jewels of the 50s, from Fox Features Syndicate, are a régal... on the condition of finding them !John Saxon - Beat'em all, John !
Don't you see something of Marlon Brando in that face ? John Saxon was born with it, so what was there to do ? A student of Stella Adler at the Actor's Studio, Saxon's first film was Running Wild (1955). Thanks to "hunk" assignments in films like The Restless Years (1957), The Reluctant Debutante (1958), and Summer Youth (1958), Saxon was briefly the object of many a teenage crush. He shed himself of his heartthrob image in the early '60s with a string of unsympathetic roles, making a leading man comeback of sorts as Bruce Lee's co-star in the immensely popular Enter the Dragon (1973). Fans could watch Saxon's expertise as an actor increase (and his hairline recede) during his three-year (1969-1972) stint as Dr. Ted Stuart on the NBC television series The Bold Ones. He later appeared as a semiregular on Dallas. I always loved these mouths of cinema. How many are they today ? It's like to believe that today's actors all go out from the same grind !
Pichação - São Paulo grafitti art
São Paulo, the economic capital of Brazil, is home to a unique writing movement known as ‘pichação’. This Brazilian word for tag, represents a phenomenon that surpasses all known occurrences of graffiti in terms of sheer coverage – you see pichações all over the city. Pichação first appeared in its current form in the streets during the mid-1980s, and since 1990 has gradually colonised the façades and tops of a variety of buildings in the capital reaching a climax in the second half of the 1990s. The São Paulo milieu is unique because, unlike most other American, European and even Asian graffiti scenes, which reproduce New York letterforms more or less faithfully, the pichações have developed a totally different imaginary calligraphy.Stylistically they were originally influenced by heavy metal and hardcore logos of record sleeves of the 1980s (AC/DC, Iron Maiden, Slayer or the Dead Kennedys), whose aesthetic has been adopted by local Brazilian bands such as Sepultura.Atomium - Belgian balls
That's for you geeks ! Witness of the 1958 World fair, Atomium dominates of its 102 m the plateau of Heysel - Brussels. Symbol of the atomic age, it represents a molecule of iron crystal enlarged 165 billion times. But it is not only that ! Atomium is the strangest momunent that I've ever seen ! Typically '50s in its conception and unique in the world. Has to visit absolutely a beer of the same name in the hand and rather one rainy afternoon of September1.6.07
Sid Haig - Man of taste
Born in California in 1939, Sid Haig has proven himself quite valuable to such filmmakers as producer Roger Corman. That's a sign of good taste, no ? He also became a staple in the pictures of Jack Hill, appearing in the amazing "Spider Baby", "Coffy", and "Foxy Brown". Haig's other memorable credits include George Lucas' "THX-1138",and the 1970 James Bond opus "Diamonds are Forever" (he's one of the Slumber Brothers, and got to toss a topless Lana Wood from the window of a high-rise Vegas hotel). And what about Captain Spaulding in Rob Zombi's "House of 1000 corpses" ? Among his most significant television credits are appearances on such programs as The A-Team, TJ Hooker, Dukes of Hazzard, Quincy ME, Hart to Hart, Fantasy Island, Charlie's Angels, Police Woman, The Rockford Files, Six Million Dollar Man, Mannix, Mission: Impossible, Gunsmoke, Get Smart, Here's Lucy, The Flying Nun, Daniel Boone, Star Trek, Batman and The Untouchables. Applause now !
The Banana Splits - Rock'n'roll idols
In the '60's the cool kids had the Beatles and the Stones; middle America watched the Monkees; the hippies had the Dead and Jefferson Airplane; And for the others, there were these weirdos: the Banana Splits. I'm not saying the Banana Splits were the next Beatles, but compared to the shit they make for kids today this stuff kicks ass. Rock on, Fleagle, Bingo (the gorilla, my favourite because he could be my bro), Drooper and Snork !
Dr Lakra - Mexican art from beyond
Hola guapos y guapas ! Jeronimo Lopez Ramirez aka DrLakra is a tattoo artist living and working near Mexico City. In his parallel activities Dr Lakra transfers his draughtsmanship onto the idealised figures in 50’s Mexican magazines. Pin-up girls, wrestlers, beauties and cuties are tattooed and 'enhanced' in ink with bats, demons, spiders and the faces of pouting vixens. Kills, no ?Barbe Rouge - Original Gangster of the Caribbean
Published by "Pilote" from his first number in 1959, this series by Charlier, one of the most prolix scriptwriters of comic strips countered then directly in the form of albums (26 by Charlier) and pass in the Great magazine "Super As" in 1979 and 1980. I don't know if it translated into english but it should be !
A parody of Barbe Rouge (Red Beard) and his crew appeared in the album of the series Astérix le Gaulois "Astérix gladiator": the boat of Barbe Rouge quickly was sunk by Astérix and Obélix. Born of René Goscinny's joke towards Jean-Michel Charlier, the appearance of the pirates crew eventually became a recurring joke in the albums of Astérix, their boat being regularly poured by the Gaulois. What was worth an almost unique case of becoming cartoon character, under a parodic shape, a character of another series, the pastiche becoming even more known than the original.
Melissa G - Mistress striper
Hey little rabbits, did you notice that here at Deadlicious we are much into striping ? Yes ? So, here's Melissa G from Doncaster, South Yorshire (somewhere in England). She rules... She loves cars (her current rides are a 1949 Chevy Fastback and a steel ’32 five window Model B with a blown big block !)... Is that enough for you ?! Dirty Donny - Where monsters dwell
You know, little darlings, that kind of art makes me start (kick start of course) my scoot and eat the wild side of the road. Yes, really. Some others as Kozic, Pooch or Coop are greats too, but Donny is my favourite. Inspiration, full colors, great details, I love it.
Sandro Simeoni - Italian spirit
Sandro Simeoni, born in Migliarino in 1928, is an italian artist who, for more than 50 years, has realized more than 3000 posters of film. Among them, Dario Argento's "Profondo Rosso", (actually most of giallo movie posters and US classics...and others ! Accatonne, L'Avventura...). Bosozukus - Gangs in the rising sun
These young dudes riding their customized motorcycles, dressed in overalls with large inscriptions, are treated in the media as young delinquents, nuisance. This phenomenon more or less underground, durably implanted in the Japanese society since the beginning of the 70s, made speak regularly about him in the columns, but in their majority it is about fascinated motorcyclists who parade by group of several tens of persons, raising big flags... People are afraid of these gangs because of their tough reputation, of their political ideology close to the straight right and to their more or less strong links with the organized crime. See, that's always the same story everywhere !
Mario David - Tribute
Big, sturdy, with body-builder's look, Mario David was one of the supporting roles among the most known for the french public. To the theater, where he had begun in the famous troop of "Branquignols", we had seen him in "Oscar" with de Funès, " Des souris et des hommes ", John Steinbeck's novel adaptation, " La cage aux folles " of Jean Poiret, but also "Danton and Robespierre", staged by Robert Hossein. He died from a pulmonary embolism in 1996. RIP Mario.
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