tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post1131669486425046673..comments2024-02-26T02:13:54.009-08:00Comments on Caustic Cover Critic: Allen Jones's 1960s PenguinsJRSMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04430775461763521797noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-55084538331394210112010-05-18T14:45:47.040-07:002010-05-18T14:45:47.040-07:00Beatles artist Alan Aldridge did a stunning magazi...Beatles artist Alan Aldridge did a stunning magazine cover Deepak Chopra's MYMAG check it on the home page MYMAG.comdreamchildhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12551663752934797266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-88977069422540400672010-02-03T20:50:42.701-08:002010-02-03T20:50:42.701-08:00That doesn't change the fact that 'Distrus...That doesn't change the fact that 'Distrust of Authority, Tits and Hamburgers' would be a great title for an autobiography.JRSMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430775461763521797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-59900188066918270042010-02-03T20:27:07.446-08:002010-02-03T20:27:07.446-08:00Well, well. Credit where credit is due, then. Kudo...Well, well. Credit where credit is due, then. Kudos to Mr. Jones.Bob Fingermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01985924051708608925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-86935570256759907802010-02-03T11:07:10.465-08:002010-02-03T11:07:10.465-08:00My aunt was great. She supported anything to do wi...My aunt was great. She supported anything to do with my interest in art (as did her sister, AKA my mom). I used to admire all the crazy goings on in that poster. It had everything a growing boy could want: distrust of authority, tits and hamburgers.Bob Fingermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01985924051708608925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-55539413744647306072010-02-02T23:52:14.824-08:002010-02-02T23:52:14.824-08:00I don't have that book, but I must hunt it dow...I don't have that book, but I must hunt it down. Your aunt sounds great! Disturbing as it might be, that poster would be great at that age--all that detail to be obsessed over and decoded. <br /><br />Viva Molesworth! (resists temptation to write in his voice)JRSMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430775461763521797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-59406478209266280052010-02-02T19:50:29.405-08:002010-02-02T19:50:29.405-08:00These covers are great. I'll assume you have A...These covers are great. I'll assume you have Aldridge's art book, <i>The Man with Kaleidoscope Eyes</i> that came out last year. Great stuff. I actually had the posted he did for The Great American Disaster Restaurant when I was a kid. I was probably too young to have such a racy and aggressive poster (I think I was 9), but I saw it at a great semi-counterculture bookstore in Forest Hills, Queens (the late, lamented Marboro Books on Continental Avenue) and my aunt bought it for me. <br /><br />Sigh. That store was the best. Introduced me to my first Molesworth book, the works of H.P. Lovecraft (the covers scared the crap out of me, but were so seductively twisted).<br /><br />Oh, sorry. Went off on a tangent. Anyway, for years I wondered who did the poster and didn't have the answer until <i>The Man with Kaleidoscope Eyes</i> came out. Even before I cracked the cover I had a frisson of premonition. I knew this was the guy who did that art, even though I hadn't seen the poster in decades. Wonderful artist.Bob Fingermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01985924051708608925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-31950350628224696602010-02-02T05:30:45.234-08:002010-02-02T05:30:45.234-08:00I like a lot of Aldridge's work, but I can'...I like a lot of Aldridge's work, but I can't say that I appreciate the style these are done in, and I certainly don't see how the cover of A Clockwork Orange (the only one of these books I've read) relates to the book's contents in any interesting and/or enlightening way. (I could be missing something, of course.) A real pity, as I was looking forward to these.Steerpikenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-26734880641359251592010-02-02T05:15:37.911-08:002010-02-02T05:15:37.911-08:00I'm sorry to say I really don't like these...I'm sorry to say I really don't like these at all. They would repel me if I saw them in a bookshop. They remind me of when kids are asked to design postage stamps!jemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08181038873568527264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-19496265140883745602010-02-01T23:48:20.738-08:002010-02-01T23:48:20.738-08:00Yeah, these are fantastic, and I really like the A...Yeah, these are fantastic, and I really like the A clockwork orange cover just for being different.<br /><br />Hmmm, anyone feel like starting up an electronica covers band called clokwerx?Matthew Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06954050440829792514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-92100010624509498272010-02-01T15:45:23.147-08:002010-02-01T15:45:23.147-08:00like.like.straight from the denhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07442275311973170338noreply@blogger.com