Notes: I
remember being fascinated in one art class by an assignment that asked
us to use purely visual cues to show the passage of time. What do I mean
by that? Well, panel #1 above is a perfect example. The previous page began
with the band just starting its first set. Now we see a bar with full ashtrays,
empty drinks, and spills everywhere. Theoretically this conveys the notion
that we've reached the end of the night (or at least progressed several
heavy-drinking hours into it) ... the reader immediately knows that time
has passed without an intrusive "A few hours later ..." narrative box.
The next little
montage is an experiment that I'm STILL not sure was successful. I wanted
to combine a lot of different effects, and a lot of information, into one
area. This is, you see, the first time all the band members have been named
(pretty late in the story, really). I also wanted to evoke the feeling
of both modern quick-cut concert videos AND the old multi-panel wall posters
that were popular for the glam-rock groups of the 70s (ahhhh ... my wayward
youth). Finally, I wanted to continue to give the feeling of an actual
concert ... Droxine standing center stage while the spotlight visits each
of the other band members in turn.
As I said, that
was A LOT to ask from a single set of images ... and I'm not sure if I
really succeeded. But it's close enough that looking at it again makes
me smile.
Oh, and each
of the band members' names have a meaning:
Enich Marshall
is a tip of the hat to one of my favorite Saturday morning shows of all
time: The Land of the Lost. In that program the Marshall family (Rick,
Will, and Holly) were plunged into a bizarre world of dinosaurs, proto-humans
(called Pakoonie, if memory serves), and barbaric lizard-men (called sleestaks)
Enich was the name of the intelligent sleestak time traveler who occasionally
befriended them.
Blue Note Phred
is named after the famous Blue Note jazz club, and the odd propensity one
of my college dorm-mates had for naming every possession he had "Phred."
The "ph" was apparently VERY important.
Uncle Dog is
actually a friend of mine, Steve Lorenz (as mentioned earlier). I actually
made packaging for an Uncle Dog solo album for Steve on his 28th birthday.
The album was called 28 Years (Young?) and featured songs like Better
Off Than Some (Older Than Others) and (Thirty's Comin') Like A Freight
Train ... man, I was a smart-mouthed S.O.B.
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