Showing posts with label 2007. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2007. Show all posts

Monday, June 4, 2018

Blue Monday Bonus - Un-Comics From The Sewer

Say you're a fan of 'trashy' movies. You love discovering what weird creations have sprung from the minds of those artists who dwell off on the sidestreets, far from the main Boulevard of Dreams.
Where do you go to find them?

Okay. You go to the internet these days - though it can be a daunting expedition that may leave one suffering from things that can never be unseen. It's often safer to find a trusty guide. For the past 20+ years, one man has put his sanity on the line for us, bringing back his (and his team's) reports from the Cinema Sewer - a guide named Robin Bougie. We'll be talking more about the magazine, but today's focus is on their frequent use of Un-Comics for both stories and reviews.

Given the focus of the magazine, it should come as no surprise that the creators seem completely unfettered, in the finest underground comix tradition. They are designed to express personal voices - quite bluntly and proudly. (In the dark corners of my mind, the Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny is fought between Robin Bougie and Chris Gore, both summoning their troops from the best/worst of cinema)

So, here's a sampling of Cinema Sewer Un-Comics, ranging from film reviews to slice-of-life experiences to a History Of Bukkake and celebrity features and condemnations...
















They even did a profile on The Fake Detective, Ed Lake -


Ed's done some great work over the years. I encountered him back in the late '90s while crafting some fakes (all clearly labelled, per his suggestion). The few months i spent playing with those taught me more about Photoshop than a decade of professional work using the tool. (In case you were wondering why.)

Sorry - couldn't find any on the active systems. I'd have to go digging in the archives to find examples.


page art by Robin Bougie, Kim Dietch, D.J. Bryant, David Paleo, Phil Barrett, Josh Simmons, Priscilla Equis, Joseph Bergin III, and Hugo for  Cinema Sewer #s 16, 18, 19, 20 & 22 (2005-2009)

Monday, May 7, 2018

Prehistoric Blue Monday

Recently i've been teasing an upcoming focus on cavemen for the The Voice Of ODD!
Let's get a jump on that for today's edition of


While it's not difficult to find cave girl art (cave-good-girl art? good-cave-girl art?) from many classic fantasy artists, today let's go to the guy who's made a career of it - Budd Root and his Cavewoman -


Okay - that ape might dispute Budd's claim.

And he might not be the only one...





 Of course, she does tend to encourage that sort of behaviour...



...though sometimes the attention might get a bit out of hand...


...but, a girl's gotta eat...


 Anyway...  Let's just take a gander at the Cavewoman artwork of Budd Root, shall we?







Yes, he does work in colour, too -





And let's not forget that the man likes his dinosaurs, too. Like the herd in this sequence of Cavewoman trying to get to a quiet place to bathe...


...don't worry, she did eventually reach her goal...


...though it was perhaps less peacefully quiet than she had believed...


Such is the odd life of a cavewoman, eh?


artwork by Budd Root from Cavewoman-The Mature Version and Cavewoman Prehistoric Pinups #s 2, 4, 5, 6 & 7 (1998-2010)