Art Pop, The Body Electric

and how is it that I came to the writer Ann Quin and her 1964 novel Berg?

who knows?

just singin the body electric I guess. or at least wifi. and a healthy amount of curiousity.

is the internet a place, a space, or . . ??

beats me. it somewhat mirrors a page.

uh. somewhat.

I'll check out Ann Quin some other time, as her story, I mean her story, seems pretty fascinating. and really, when ya get right down to it, everybodys is. millions n trillions n kajillians of people, all living their stories.

some are writing their stories, and in turn some are reading their stories, cuz those stories add enrich augment detour shortcircuit bedevil humour or affirm our own story. I say

others stories affirm our story.

and maybe in those moments, those storied moments, or in the afterglow of those moments . .

we feel that our story is loved.

someone or something loves our story.

our story is something to be loved.

and there are comics.

theyre here, theyre there, theyre everywhere

theyre somewhere else

theyre nowhere at all.

pgs 1 thru 17 and pgs 18 thru 23 and alls well . . and fun! to that I add

A poemitical pureé purrrr from a rarebit fiend of a furry wabbit or passing thots as I understand my salf n tings via transport of les comics n comix, our indieweb book club book Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud, and a lil ol' self reflection and well, my life, so . .

here goes sumthin

In The Night Kitchen . .

Duchamp in the night kitchen? no wait!

seems we're in the Origin Issue of comics in Understanding Comics and this may continue throughout. Giant-Size Flamin Origin Issue! which I dont mind at all, cuz really

its bringin out my own Origin Issue and yes maybe some o my issues but hey

c'est le vie

Art vs Comics vs Comics vs Art vs Comix n Art n Art n Comix n so on

INNER STANNING CRUMMY ICKS

Spotted in the wilds of Understanding Comics, litttle details, personal associations, peppered if u will with comics + relatedunrelated art imagery spontaneously shared if only jus cuz n cuz if jus only I like'm dot dot dot

quite possibly a drawing tipping its hat to photographer Irving Penn and his iconic n awesome Corner Portrait series

a Peter Bagge style drawing, Bagge of the edgy angry subpop grunge punk adrenalin-fueled rock n roll comix n album art set while post modern irreverent n funny flippin (off) the classic 50s 60s comics n cartoons script

Luvin! that the comic Love and Rockets was included on the World Comic Book Pantheon Globe (Maggie, I think) as this is one o my favorite comics of all time. Think: Archie Comics but squarely located in LA lowrider punk new wave on edge artists 80s 90s sometimes Future or Retro Future setting. A treasure of highly imaginative rich funny poignant edgy intimate tales of relationships n growingupness n underground youth culture. and yes, by gum, there is existential modern day angst and modern purrrdicerments and modern love. I was soo soulfully moved and entertained by Los Brothers Hernandez Vision, especially cuz the LA scene they celebrated was completely the one I grew up within and around as a West LA New Wave Mod Art Teen goin to clubs n shows n stuff n trying to figure stuff out circa late70-to-mid80s, mayne

Surrealist Max Ernst mention'd n delved into. the book The Hundred Headless Woman / La Femme 100 Tetes by Max Ernst was one of thee first art books I ever got into and got for my own as a kid learnin myself up with art history mostly at the original location of LA art book store Hennessey + Ingalls Bookstore at Westland Outdoor Mall (at Pico & Westwood), AND this was also thee original locale for Hi De Ho Comics. So yep, ground central for me, shuttling back n forth between those two stores, learnin n growing myself up on comics n art, so-called high n low art all mixed up in my hungry imagination across the Baudrillard Desert of the Real bein as Multiculti PoMo LA as I hooyeah I wanna

God's Man by Lynd Ward. o my. another book, like the Max Ernst one, that I picked up at Hennessey + Ingalls Bookstore at a very tender age (trust me, theyre all tender) and one that I was totally absorbed by and, in turn, this book totally influenced me as an artist along with all the German Expressionist art that I ate up like a fiend who share that immediate impact-heavy style and the primal power of art

Jules Feiffer & Shel Silverstein mentioned and yeah they had their own form of fluid n loose yet Expressionistic powerfully emotive line. Now I'm thinkin of Edvard Munch, a small but very tight retrospective of his work at USC blew me away (when I was a teen? early 20s?) and weirdly or not so weirdly, thinkin about 70s Marvel Comics artists Frank Robbins and Gene Colan, the push pull attraction repulsion thing I had in heavy response to their weirdass artwork lurching along in 70s era The Invaders and Tomb of Dracula comics. I now can appreciate their raw edgy expressionistic style. highly individualistic !!!

Wha? No Arnold Roth? Charles Adams? Gahan Wilson? National Lampoon stuff. Heavy Metal magazine stuff. a very special place for Lil Annie Fanny and relatedly . . especially MAD Magazine! Car-toons. Surf-toons. Cracked Magazine. Wonder if, Edward Lear . . ??? well. maybe later in the book. no matter. I luv'd ALL these artists, comics, comix plus a way lot more. MAD Magazine and Edward Lear being ground central for me artwise aaand yeah, otherwise. no doubt. jus like (SST punk era pre AND post Blue Chip) Raymond Pettibon, Pushead, Robert Williams, Gee Vaucher & CRASS, Winston Smith and Shawn Kerri. Don't make me go into Wacky Packs and Ed Big Daddy Roth!! I still have my childhood wooden cigar box full of those stickers n trading cards. but whoa! hold the show! now I'm thinkin about my early art vs comics vs comix vs art stuff. once again living, lurking ALIVE and deep in my very own Origin Issue, finding me, a lil LA kid sitting on the floor of Hennessey & Ingalls and yeah . . hoping not to be kicked out and wildly eating this stuff up

Jess. of San Francisco. of Tricky Cad. hey I saw Tricky Cad in some art history book at Hennessey + Ingalls as a lad and it haunted me (as in: o b s e s s e d !) for a totally unaturally long ass time into early adulthood, as I could not remember who or what it was, other than I thot it was totally zany and amazing. Big influence on me once I figured out what n who it was n experienced Jess' entire Visionary work

Lichtenstein. how culd a kid not dig this artster and art star's Vision AND not feel at home with it? hey he was speakin our language. Comics Art goo-age. luuuv Pop Art and I still learn about art, comics, comix, communication arts, graphic art & design sense from it. Lichtenstein and all Pop Art is always the jelly donut. all we need do is take a bite

Warhol. oh my. I mean uh yeah. what can I say? enchanted enchanting art and design work from beginning to end. what an eye. if you dig comics, art, high concept art, graphic art & design sense, beauty . . I mean, sigh. Warhol is the gift that keeps on giving right up and through his very own hand moving the Amiga 1000 mouse. Warhol being Warhol while being proto computer artist in 1985. Warhol's Vision is still a big soufflé of artistic richness and mystery on me, still so fun and energized, radically shortcircuiting practically everything we consider art. O Sweet Subversion

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aand like Picasso and Dalí, I adore all periods of Warhol's work and the evolution of his art. I luv the artist's story. comic book, high art and beyond! and hey if you like Warhol or simply curious about Warhol, check out the excellent netflix doc The Andy Warhol Diaries. or try the totally hilarious documentary Absolut Warhola. itsa gas!

speaking of Picasso n Comics, I enjoyed n learned some new things about Pablo + Satire in Spain

tcj dot com frwdslash picasso-and-comics

finally, found on the completely interesting wordswithoutborders dot org

check out the Graphic Literature (understood as comics) for World Comics

but hey, I clicked on Learn, was curious about Friendship: Egypt, then to my absolute delight I became enchanted by the gorgeously drawn comic The Last Of The Bunch by Migo Rolzz

wordswithoutborders dot org frwdslash learn frwdslash get-started

okey dokey big hi to our indieweb book club gruppette n passersby!

also noted in one of Scott McClouds drawings was the lil kid reading comics on his stomach on the floor. that definitely was me.

but more shag carpet