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Thursday, July 21, 2005
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San Diego might not have yielded a lot of exciting news but I did learn something (that some of you might already know) about a project I'm very much anticipating.
Sergio Argones revealed at the "Mark and Sergio" panel that he will one of many cartoonists contributing to a comic book that comes with the new Ramones box set Weird Tales of the Ramones from Rhino Records. Rhino tells us that there will be "illustrations by 25 top comic artists, including Sergio Aragones (Mad magazine), Bill Stout (EC Comics), Bill Griffith (Zippy The Pinhead), Xaime Hernandez (Love And Rockets), and Carol Lay (WayLay)." This TCJ thread informs us that Johnny Ryan, Jordan Crane, Rick Altergott, Steve Weissman and Tim Hensley (an artist I've always wanted to see more of) are also contributing.
Now, I probably own every song on this box set, many of them twice or thrice over. But Argones, Hernandez, Griffith, Ryan, Altergott and more all creating stuff about The Ramones? Sold! The Ramones and comics seem like a perfect match. After all, has there been any band that was able to create such beautiful music while also celebrating "junk culture" so intensely (I know there have been others, like my beloved Stooges, but The Ramones did it the best)? These guys reveled in horror movies, bubblgeum 45's and, of course, comic books. Rhino has such a great history of box sets that this seems like another project that won't disappoint. I feel like two of my greatest loves in pop culture have merged so well here, and I haven't even seen the damn thing yet (so I could be wrong)!
Hell, I'll even leave you with a little Ramones info before I go. Sound Opinions interviewed Tommy Ramones, the last living original Ramone, on their July 19th show. The show is archived on the page linked and you can listen if you have Real Audio. It's a pretty neat interview and apperception of such a wonderful band.
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