This year marks the 50th anniversary of a heap of great Bowie songs: here, then, a gallery of the Starman the way comic book illustrators see him
AN ABSOLUTE BOWIE CLASSIC WHILE YOU MIGHT LIKE TO READ…
This year marks the 50th anniversary of three of David Bowie’s most well-known songs: Fame, Golden Years, and Young Americans.
I always felt David Bowie’s songs were ripe for the picking as mastheads or headlines in their own right – especially all that stuff about scary monsters and super creeps, famous star men and space oddities. So it’s no surprise that one clever artist has taken on the task of turning a bunch of excellent Bowie tunes into pulp fiction art and magazine covers.
‘Space Oddity’ gets a 1950s sci-fi overhaul. ‘Under Pressure’ is a deep sea adventure novel. ‘Young Americans’ sees a Rock Hudson and Doris Day-type couple making out under a tree.
We have Todd Alcott to thank for this awesome pop-studded gallery of cover work, each Bowie song taking on the guise of a vintage comic book, paperback cover, or front page of a magazine.
Space Oddity gets a 1950s sci-fi overhaul (featuring Ziggy Stardust and Bowie’s ex-wife Angie in old-school space suits). Under Pressure is a deep sea adventure novel complete with giant squid arm. Young Americans sees a Rock Hudson and Doris Day-type couple making out under a tree. And so on.
Each one of nine artworks is printed on heavy, glossy, archival-quality paper in a number of easily framed sizes, and costs US$25 (around AUD$35), available from www.coolmaterial.com.
Big question but. With the key theme being cover art, where on earth is Fashion?
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