what about comics and jazz?

[Tom Cat]

just asking how many of you people has any kind of interest about jazz centered comics or know or has reached some of they, i know about a couple of them, and actually don't know in which countries are published, but just want to know what's you opinion on this?

i know a couple like betty blues, bluesman, barney et la bleue note, harlem blues, etc.

[brownie]

French publisher Nocturne keeps adding titles to its Bdmusic series.

BDMUSIC catalogue

[Bright Moments]

French publisher Nocturne keeps adding titles to its Bdmusic series.

BDMUSIC catalogue

WOW those look great - I wish i could read/understand French!

[clifford_thornton]

Really interesting question. I hope more people chime in. And welcome to the board, Tom Cat.

[Stefan Wood]

While not a comic book, the anime Cowboy Bebop uses a lot of jazz elements in the series. I am not an anime fan, BTW, but this is a wonderful show.

Wayne Shorter is a Green Lantern fan.

[paul secor]

Not jazz comics, per se, but Harvey Pekar's American Splendor comics often touch on jazz and record collecting.

[Man with the Golden Arm]

Max Zillion & Alto Ego

dig!

[clifford_thornton]

Not jazz comics, per se, but Harvey Pekar's American Splendor comics often touch on jazz and record collecting.

This would have been my only reference point. Pekar is also a solid critic.

Max Zillion & Alto Ego

dig!

This is great but is there a large print edition? I can't see all the detail because of how they've uploaded the images.

[7/4]

Dizzy Ratstein.

[clifford_thornton]

[vegheadjones]

Hi,

I dug a Batman comic that came out in the 90s called Jazz. It involved Batman and Robin protecting a Bird analog against beatnik drug dealers. Good use of scat as sound effects and the art was very stylized, angular and modern.

[Tom Cat]

Hi,

I dug a Batman comic that came out in the 90s called Jazz. It involved Batman and Robin protecting a Bird analog against beatnik drug dealers. Good use of scat as sound effects and the art was very stylized, angular and modern.

i got one too called The Devil's Trumpet, about a trumpet technician trying to get the devil's trumpet in order to reach a soulful tone. nice reading

[Joe Bip]

I really liked Muñoz and Sampayo's short graphic-novel biography of Billie Holiday. I believe it's out of print but can still be found cheaply. Very distinctively written and drawn -- not a straightforward cookie-cutter biography.

R. Crumb did a great story, Jelly Roll Morton's Voodoo Curse, based on biographical material on Morton by Alan Lomax.

There's also a book titled Cat on a Hot Thin Groove, which features classic illustrations and single-panel cartoons by Gene Deitch from Record Changer magazine, most of them about obsessive fandom rather than the music itself.

[Man with the Golden Arm]

some of my fave jazz images are by Serge Clerc (he did that Joe Jackson live cover art). does comic art count.

[brownie]

There was also Igort (and Carlos Sampayo) two volumes on Fats Waller (published by Casterman):

[paul secor]

R. Crumb Draws the Blues contains "Jelly Roll Morton's Voodoo Curse" plus a number of blues related comics. My favorite is "Kansas City Frank Melrose in 'Pass the Jug'".

[Ted O'Reilly]

I'm surprised that Don Brown hasn't contributed to this topic. He's an expert on both jazz and comic art. Perhaps 15,000 CDs and hundreds (if not thousands) of books of-and-about comic art.

How about it, Don...anything to add?

[Tom Cat]

yeah, i took a look some time ago on those sampayo's billie and fats waller, but still can't get it, by the way i didn't know there' were two vol. of fats i just knew about this one

Edited June 25, 2010 by Tom Cat

[jazzbo]

This and its sequel are pretty intersting:

Edited June 25, 2010 by jazzbo