Don’t worry — I’m not going to include all the album covers done by these artists in this blog series, but I’m gonna do a couple.
This one is interesting because it was released by Ralph Records in 1979 — Ralph had included Gary Panter’s Rozz Tox manifesto in the catalogue they published the year after.
The album is cool, too: It’s got four versions of I Left My Heart In San Francisco.
Here’s Tuxedomoon.
MX-80.
Chrome.
And of course The Residents themselves.
I also find this British import tax thing amusing (or whatever it is).
Ralph Records no. 5 by Ralph Records (41x91mm) What? Wasn't this supposed to be a blog series about comics? What's this then? A record catalogue? Indeed, because it has this: The Rozz-Tox Manifesto. This may or may not be the first place Gary Panter's manifesto was published. This page, for…
Oopsie! I'm awake in the middle of the night, and that's not optimal, but since I got a bunch of comics the other day, perhaps I can read until morning, take a nap, and then read until night again? Let's find out. And because it's the middle of the night,…
Kaktus Valley #1 by edited by Gary Panter and John Carlin (213x273mm) There was a period where alternative comics types were trying to do kids for comics, but... kinda half-hearted? Like... it'd seem really odd to imagine any kids actually reading these comics? This is one of those. The main…
