Has anyone thought of creating artwork for a particular song of Novembers Doom that represents how it has moved you?
Wheres Neil When You Need Him? Comic Book Tattoo Out Tomorrow
By annie on Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Filed Under: random
Cover art by Jason Levesque
Fans of Tori Amos have long been aware that shes got a close friendship with the writer Neil Gaiman. Gaiman is likely best known for the graphic novel series The Sandman, and Tori inspired the character Delirium in those novels. So, you take Ms. Amos incredible talent for writing lyrics that dont so much make sense as provoke an image in the listeners head and add that to her friendship with Gaiman, and it doesnt seem at all a stretch that an anthology of graphic representations of her songs is being released tomorrow in coffee table book format from Image Comics.
Comic Book Tattoo is 480 pages of art and stories inspired by Amos songs. With the help of artist and editor Rantz Hoseley, Amos hand-picked the 50-some entries, each of which are devoted to a different song. The result is a huge book full of art from all genres and styles, from art school to manga, from over 80 contributors - among them The Sandman illustrator Mike Dringenberg and David Mack of Kabuki fame.
From what Ive seen, this book isnt meant to be music videos on paper - literal translations of Amos lyrics drawn and inked in. Instead, each contributor has come up with a story that somehow just reflects the song - they are telling stories that the song makes them think of, and sometimes the connections are obvious, sometimes not. And theyve chosen some interesting songs to work with. For example, there is an entry for Pirates, a song from Y Kant Tori Read, her 80s debut album, which is a far cry from what wed later hear from her with Little Earthquakes or Boys for Pele.
And if you are wondering where Neil is when we need him he wrote the introduction to the book.
Wheres Neil When You Need Him? Comic Book Tattoo Out Tomorrow
By annie on Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Filed Under: random
Cover art by Jason Levesque
Fans of Tori Amos have long been aware that shes got a close friendship with the writer Neil Gaiman. Gaiman is likely best known for the graphic novel series The Sandman, and Tori inspired the character Delirium in those novels. So, you take Ms. Amos incredible talent for writing lyrics that dont so much make sense as provoke an image in the listeners head and add that to her friendship with Gaiman, and it doesnt seem at all a stretch that an anthology of graphic representations of her songs is being released tomorrow in coffee table book format from Image Comics.
Comic Book Tattoo is 480 pages of art and stories inspired by Amos songs. With the help of artist and editor Rantz Hoseley, Amos hand-picked the 50-some entries, each of which are devoted to a different song. The result is a huge book full of art from all genres and styles, from art school to manga, from over 80 contributors - among them The Sandman illustrator Mike Dringenberg and David Mack of Kabuki fame.
From what Ive seen, this book isnt meant to be music videos on paper - literal translations of Amos lyrics drawn and inked in. Instead, each contributor has come up with a story that somehow just reflects the song - they are telling stories that the song makes them think of, and sometimes the connections are obvious, sometimes not. And theyve chosen some interesting songs to work with. For example, there is an entry for Pirates, a song from Y Kant Tori Read, her 80s debut album, which is a far cry from what wed later hear from her with Little Earthquakes or Boys for Pele.
And if you are wondering where Neil is when we need him he wrote the introduction to the book.
