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"Meanwhile, in reality…" HFS!!!: Jeff Lint's THE CATERER NO. 3 (excerpted in Arthur No. 17) reprinted in new edition!
Baffled? Perhaps the promo text for “The Caterer” No. 3 reprint, from Floating World Comics, the comic book’s publisher, will help:
Described by Alan Moore as “the holy barnacle of failure”, The Caterer dragged [former publisher] Pearl Comics into a legal hell when its hero spent the whole of Issue 9 on a killing spree in Disneyland. The smirking Jack Marsden became a cult figure and role model for enigmatic idiots in the mid-70s. His style and catchphrases were such an insider code that hundreds of people got beaten up by baffled or enraged onlookers.
Floating World Comics has teamed with Lint biographer Steve Aylett to present a reprint of Issue 3: this stand-out issue includes the beginning of Marsden’s goat obsession, a fierce appearance by the ghostly Hoston Pete, a great example of the Marsden ‘stillness’ and no less than four classic Marsden hallucinations. The leaning Chief Bayard’s preoccupation with our hero results in the violent deaths of six people, and Jack delivers his infamous ‘lipstick for dogs’ diatribe.
Grant Morrison's SEAGUY returns April 1
Promo copy from the publisher:
SEAGUY: THE SLAVES OF MICKEY EYE #1
Written by Grant Morrison
Art and cover by Cameron StewartIn Seaguy’s cartoon future world, everyone is a Super Hero and no one dies. It’s absolutely perfect…Or is it?
In this follow-up to the cult 2004 miniseries, Seaguy resurfaces with a sinister new partner, a hatred of the sea and a rebel restlessness he can’t explain. Why are Doc Hero and his ex-archenemy Silvan Niltoid, the Alien from Planet Earth, whispering strange equations? Why is Death so useless? And can that really be the ghost of Chubby Da Choona mumbling uncanny warnings and dire prophecies of ultimate catastrophe?
When the grotesque powers lurking behind the corporation known as Mickey Eye and the Happy Group attempt to erase Seaguy’s entire existence, can he possibly get it together in time to save a world so far gone it can’t even imagine the horror lying in wait? Find out here in Morrison’s own personal reframing of the Super Hero concept for the 21st century.
On sale April 1 • 1 of 3 • 40 pg, FC, $3.99 US
Grant Morrison discussed SEAGUY (and the proverbial ‘whole lot more’) in an epic, cover feature interview with Jay Babcock in Arthur No. 12…which featured a cover by SEAGUY illustrator/co-creator Cameron Stewart, that is now the frontpage for Grant’s own website.
Copies of Arthur No. 12 are available via mail order from the Arthur store.
Daily Magpie – Tonight at The Smell
It’s a cavalcade of long-form guitar wailing tonight — Tuesday January 20, 2009 — at The Smell in downtown Los Angeles as Fuck Yeah Fest presents the epic heaviness of dopesmoking intergalactic Viking war historians ANCESTORS alongside the equally sprawling winter beach party jams of the LBC’s MAGIC LANTERN*. You can read all about the Magic Lantern guys over at the LA Record, who of course have been down with their “uninterrupted jammage” for some time.
Headliners Crystal Antlers manage to convey their squealy-squally guitar messages in a shorter format, but they make up for brevity with a second drummer who stands up and pretty much only plays a snare. We’re not quite sure what Slang Chickens are up to, but according to their M’Space page they really like ZZ Top, which is maybe a good sign.
As is the custom at The Smell, anybody of any age is welcome, as long as they got $5. Things get going at 9pm.
*While we’re on the subject, we just wanna say that the side project from ML’s Cameron Stallones, Sun Araw, is truly on some other shit with its queasy New Age tropical dub meltdowns and y’all should not be sleeping on that 2008 Beach Head album.
DAILY MAGPIE – January 22nd – 29th – ROULETTE
SHINKOYO CIRCUS/CIRCUS JERKUS is a week-long musical circus curated in parts by Doron Sadja of SHINKOYO and Matt Mehlan of SKELETONS: “Circus Jerkus runs the gamut from improvised solo/ensemble performances and simultaneous overlapping projects to live film projections, light shows, ventriloquism and surveillance monitoring.” The show runs roughly 2 hours each evening and includes a cornucopia of musicians, including band members of Zs, Extra Life, Talibam and many more.
For more info go here
Date & Time: January 22nd – 29th 8:30PM
Venue: ROULETTE (N.Y.)
Location: 20 Greene St. between Canal and Grand in SoHo
Price: $15 regular entrance / $10 for people under 30 and students
Visit http://www.roulette.org to purchase tickets in advance
DAILY MAGPIE – January 22 – THE ECHO (all ages!)
Come one come all to this ALL AGES show (hello teenagers!) and bask in the sunshine-y pre-summer feelings of HIGH PLACES with friends INFINITE BODY and HECUBA.
Date & Time: January 22nd, 2009 – 8PM
Venue: THE ECHO (L.A.)
Address: 1822 Sunset Blvd. / Los Angeles, CA 90026
Price: $8 in advance / $10 at the door
Go to http://www.attheecho.com for more info
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