Comics: The Meaning

com-ics (kom'iks)n. plural in form, used with a singular verb. 1. Juxtaposed pictorial and other images in deliberate sequence, intended to convey information and/or to produce an aesthetic response in the viewer.

"If Comics' spectacularly varied past is any indication, comics' future will be virtually impossible to predict using the standards of the present.... Those of you who make comics for a living - or would like to someday, probably know that keeping up with all the advances in today's comics is a full-time job. However much we may try to understand the world of comics around us, a part of that world will always lie in shadow - a mystery.... As it is, it should be kept in mind at all times that this world is only one of many possible worlds!
Our attempts to define comics are an on-going process which won't end anytime soon. A new generation will no doubt reject whatever this one finally decides to accept and try once more to reinvent comics. And so they should. Here's to the great debate."

Excerpts and paraphrased from the amazing Scott McCloud's "Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art."

Thursday, April 19, 2012

THIS IS MUSIC - APRIL 2012

D&J Comics is just as obsessed and passionate about music as we are about comics.  We want you to hear what we have "bangin" on our stereo.  Maybe it's the creative energy that flows through both mediums and the strong sense of independence or contrarily connectedness, that solidifies a connection between the two?  Regardless, to borrow from Carl Gustav Jung, there is synchronicity. "The idea of synchronicity is that the conceptual relationship of minds, defined as the relationship between ideas, is intricately structured in its own logical way and gives rise to relationships that are not causal in nature. These relationships can manifest themselves as simultaneous occurrences that are meaningfully related."

This is how we feel about the relationship that exists between music and comic books.  If you look into the backgrounds from the likes of: Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman and Grant Morrison; or musicians ranging from Belle & Sebastien, Ryan Adams, Danzig and KISS, I think you would find they feel the same way.  Comics and music are pop culture cousins.

So monthly there will be a new blog column with you tube clips/album covers and appreciation for the people and bands that create some of our favourite music.   

THIS IS MUSIC

NOEL GALLAGHER'S HIGH FLYING BIRDS (2011)
Available through Mecury Records and Sour Mash
All tracks written by Noel Gallagher (Dead Leg Music/Sony/ATV Music publishing ltd)
Produced by Noel Gallagher & Dave Sardy

DREAM ON - from the Album NOEL GALLAGHER'S HIGH FLYING BIRDS

Cover (Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds:Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds)
Album cover by Lawrence Watson

RURAL ALBERTA ADVANTAGE - DEPARTING (2011)
Available through Saddle Creek Records
All tracks written by RAA
Produced by Roger Leavens

MUSCLE RELAXANTS - from the Album DEPARTING



Cover (Departing:The Rural Alberta Advantage)
 Cover by Peter Abbenhorn


CUFF THE DUKE - MORNING COMES (2011)
Available through Paper Bag Records
All tracks written by Cuff the Duke
Produced by Cuff the Duke & Greg Keelor
COUNT ON ME - from the Album MORNING COMES


Cover (Morning Comes:Cuff the Duke)
Layout by Jud Haynes


LIVE IT LIKE YOU LOVE IT!

D&J Comics

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