Reductio ad magna vulgaritas.
In which Lol’s transition between the funky way he had thought within the music and the way he usually thinks makes for a strange soup. One that tastes, well...what you would expect.
The Amazing Zoot & Algy
Lee Arnold's Substack of all comedic things.
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The music and its visual depiction that inspires me and my aesthetic (Part 2)
The second part of the influence of music and the underground scene of the 1960s on my aesthetic, with specific examples of the sounds and artists that inform the Zoot & Algy strip.
Everything everywhere all at once...with hot rats!
In which the Forekan summer festival is on!
Grease it up!
In which the last preparations for the festival are underway.
The music and its visual depiction that inspires me and my aesthetic (Part 1)
The first part of an overview of the influence of music on visual art, the rendering of musical form in visual aesthetic, and what I like in both that influences my outlook of the Zoot & Algy strip.
The blues...is just a feelin' (or: Funky nothing-ness).
In which Lol is taken to task for going too far with his musical preparations for the festival...until he explains what the basis of it all is.
The Art of Seeing Beauty without Looking Away with Lee Arnold
A recording from Lee Arnold and Jamie Lee Hodgkin's live video
Vents & Blows!
In which Melusine vents while the band blows.
Gettin' it together!
In which Lol has Zoot, Algy, and the gang throw away the scores and really "score" with the music!
An experimental comic & poem: A Horn Doesn't Make a Unicorn (a collaboration with Robert Cormack)
When trying to be something you're not, is it any surprise that you become "not"?
A reintroduction of my creations and me (for subscribers new & old)
A primer of the characters of the Zoot & Algy strip and a peek behind the scenes of what has shaped the fool who draws them.
Ready to blow!
In which Topper enlists Fuzz, the Steward of the Swamps, in the scheme to "funk up" the music for the summer festival.
(Special repost) An experimental comic: Creativity
Where Zoot shows us what step to take when confronted by the choices creative endeavors present us.