Saturday, December 10, 2016

Jean Caillon - le moment de tuer

Hello everyone,

just a short note to show show you an image an old (1972) "proto-abstract comic" (for lack of a better word) Maël Rannou made me discover some time ago. Each page contains a unique image similar to this one:


Maël has published 2 thirds (EDIT: the third part is also available) of this 22 (EDIT: 28) pages book on its tumblr, the first part is here:


Despite an unfortunate twist in its last page, which renders the story much more down to earth, I still find it a very interesting example of early (almost) abstract comics. 

But actually I feel a bit awkward talking about it myself, since Maël knows this work and this author much better than I do, and since he moreover regularly emails me with other such examples, I think it would be a better idea to simply invite him to contribute to this blog. (Maël is also a small press publisher and did produce some zines of its own.)  



Wednesday, September 21, 2016

AC on AC 7


1967 - Music at MIT - Verdi Requiem
Cover by Jacqueline S. Casey

(Similar cover here)


1968 - Grażyna Bacewicz - Concerto for Viola and Orchestra
Cover - Uncredited




1972 - Witold Lutosławski - Preludes and Fugue for 13 Solo Strings 
Sleeve illustration and design: Stanisław Żakowski


(Last two found here: http://50watts.com/Polskie-Nagrania)

1982 - Romeo Void - Benefactor
Photography by Peter Woods / Illustration and design by Frank Zincavage




2009 - Tortoise – Beacons of Ancestorship
Photo clusters by Andrew Painter




2013 - Buke and Gase - General Dome
Artwork by Buke and Gase

(Found by Gareth A Hopkins)


2016 - Doms & Deykers - Dedicated to Those Who Feel
Artwork by Jeroen Erosie



Other entries in the Abstract Comics on Album Covers series: