The Art Of Flesh (and Friends)

We've been looking at a bit of Flash Gordon parody lately, which quite naturally leads to the most ambitious effort in that arena - Flesh Gordon. We're looking at the artwork, so we're only looking at the first movie. Flesh Meets The Cosmic Cheerleaders used no artwork for the title sequences, so they don't get to play today. But, no worries - we've got some others to join us in a bit.

But, first, from Cornelius Cole III, the title sequence artwork for -

It can be a bit difficult to look at the artwork with credits scrolling all over the place and rocket ship pokings going on, so here is the artwork from the title sequence without all them dang words hanging out blocking the view -

And thus began the film...

Of course, if one is looking at the art of Flesh Gordon, a peek at George Barr's poster is probably warranted, too -

I'm not certain that this one is by Barr as well. Certainly they followed close on the face of Flesh if it wasn't him, but i don't see his signature anywhere (look left of Dale's legs above)...

Meanwhile (okay - actually two years prior), over at the journal of used bicycle seat sniffing, Harvey Kurtzman brings us...

...but only a single "newspaper strip" to accompany the cover...

And, a few years later, from Bill Pearson, having taken over Wally Wood's pro/fanzine, Witzend...

We've already seen Wally Wood's Flasher Gordon 1 & 2 previously, but let's look at that sequel again, this time with the rough page layouts set side-by-side for comparison (and for a look at that rejected alien!) -

Wally Wood brings us the big finish, too -

artwork from Flesh Gordon (1974), Snarf #5 (1972), Witzend #11 (1978), and Naughty Knotty Woody (2007)

Read Your Vegetables

As you likely already noticed if you came in through the 'front door' of the main blog, while i have made mention of my favorite underground artist team - the Overland Vegetable Stagecoach - it recently hurt my brain to realize that we've only had a single feature on Dave Sheridan, and only a single page of Fred Schrier's work.

Let us fix that, shall we?

Note: While typically the back room post here on The Other Voice Of ODD! includes all of the material presented in the main room, that is not the case today. I decided i could use more material if we didn't duplicate unless needed this time out. This includes text as well as stories.

Let's kick off with Dave Sheridan's tale, The Fun House, which provided the teaser panels for the main post -

Ah, the '70s. Been there, dug that. There was no alchemist upstairs, but there was a chemist at U.C.R., the local university. I knew that last panel well.

Meanwhile...  Here's Fred's tale presented in the front room, without the ugly black censorship bars on page 4 -

Following up on the recent presentation of Sympathy For The Devil, here's another sonic/graphic intersection coming to us from Dave Sheridan. You'll probably want to substitute the word 'download' for 'borrow' to modernize the instructions, and while step 2 certainly helps with mood & experience, viability will be a individual decision of preference and circumstance. (Personally, i found some Chocolate Covered Strawberries (THC 27.5%) frosted with a bit of 3x Crazy SF Sugar (THC 78.4%) to be effective. Your mileage may vary.)
Also - consider headphones instead of full blast stereo unless you live in an isolated cave.Try not to throw more wood on the bonfire of civilization, eh?

And to wrap it up with a splash of colour, here's the cover to Mother's Oats #3 -

Next time we visit, more Dope.
Dealer McDope.
(And Father Guido Sarducci, and 20,000 Kilos Beneath The Sea)

pages from Mother's Oats #s 2 & 3 (1971, 1977) and Slow Death #2 (1970)