Comics/Tori Amos unite.

dweezil2 · 22 April, 2008, 08:40:54 PM

Interesting news story for anyone interested in the artist Tori Amos. It appears that a book of comic art inspired by her music is soon to be released.
Here's the full news article from Amos' official site-I see Jock's name features in the list of contributors.
If you're out there Jock, care to give us a sneak preview? I may just have to pick this up:

This July the ever-growing relationship between comics and music reaches new heights as Tori Amos and Image Comics release COMIC BOOK TATTOO, a 480-page, full color anthology adapting the themes and ideas behind her songs into a lush volume of sequential art.

"I have been surprised, excited and pleasantly shocked by these comics that are extensions of the songs that I have loved and therefore welcome these amazing stories of pictures and words because they are uncompromisingly inspiring," says Amos. "It shows you thought is a powerful formidable essence and can have a breathtaking domino effect."

To assemble COMIC BOOK TATTOO's diverse roster of talent, Amos worked alongside editor Rantz Hoseley, co-creator behind the upcoming DISPLACED PERSONS and VIX. Together they formed a line up featuring Y: THE LAST MAN's Pia Guerra, Leah Moore, John Reppion David Mack, Hope Larson, Ryan Kelly, Jonathan Hickman, Colleen Doran, Eric Canete, Ted McKeever, Jock, Anthony Johnston, Dame Darcy, Carla Speed McNeil, Kelly Sue DeConnick, Mark Buckingham, Ivan Brandon, C. B. Cebulski and many more, including an introduction by SANDMAN creator Neil Gaiman.

Editor Hoseley added, "While the connections between comics and music have been long established by generations of creators, Comic Book Tattoo is the pure distillation of how these two art forms inspire and feed off of each other across all the classifications, genres and styles of comic storytelling. Like ToriÂ¹s music, these stories run the gamut of human experience, emotion and imagination brought to life by some of the most compelling and innovative creators in the field of comics."

COMIC BOOK TATTOO, a 12" x 12" 480-page anthology, will be in stores July 23rd.

Jim_Campbell · 22 April, 2008, 08:48:25 PM

"Interesting news story for anyone interested in the artist Tori Amos."

Does the story read "Crack-crazed hobo kills coy, simpering chanteuse with rusty-nail-studded plank"?

Never mind. I live in hope.

Bah,

Jim

dweezil2 · 22 April, 2008, 08:54:38 PM

Interestingly, it doesn't.

Here's a sample picture. Not sure about the artist, but it sure is pweetie:

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Hoagy · 22 April, 2008, 09:06:51 PM

KT Tunstall's done a comic book style video as well. These people are not the first but as viral promotions go, I like the art in the Tori Amos bit.

Aha were there first.

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3zbKRCHqvo" target="_blank">Take on me

dweezil2 · 22 April, 2008, 09:12:04 PM

Bare in mind that the Amos project is a book, not a pop video. But yeah, that Aha video was groundbreaking-I remember it well. It's got me all misty watching it again infact.

JOE SOAP · 22 April, 2008, 09:14:19 PM

Nice paintings but Amos needs to fuck off for good.

Hoagy · 22 April, 2008, 09:30:46 PM

Nehehay Mistuh Wilkes...

jock · 22 April, 2008, 11:39:15 PM

'If you're out there Jock, care to give us a sneak preview? I may just have to pick this up:'

here you go...

http://jamessime.com/jock/tori.jpg">

simon · 23 April, 2008, 02:21:09 AM

Mildly interesting fact....I storyboarded a Tori Amos video for David Slade...

simon davis

johnnystress · 23 April, 2008, 08:22:44 AM

Was it this one Simon?

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzTNhdO0elM" target="_blank">Oh lordy

ThryllSeekyr · 23 April, 2008, 11:57:12 AM

I prefer her stuff from the early ninties.

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jftFhb0xnU&feature=related" target="_blank">Crucify

ThryllSeekyr · 23 April, 2008, 12:01:13 PM

Oh, I get it.

The big picture reference.

Link: http://www.2000adonline.com/?zone=fan&page=messagethread&choice=19922" target="_blank">I mentioned Tori Amos a year ago.

TordelBack · 23 April, 2008, 03:32:39 PM

Nice pic there Jock. That video of johnnystress' - dear grud, Tori does Tiffany (and not in a good way).

Peter Wolf · 23 April, 2008, 04:53:03 PM

That was F ing a w f u l.

"Nice paintings but Amos needs to fuck off for good."

I thought she had.

It seems to be a love hate thing with Tori Amos.I never got on with her myself and found i preferred Kate Bush .

Still she is doing something for the comics industry so that cant be bad

TordelBack · 23 April, 2008, 06:01:10 PM

i preferred Kate Bush

As any right-thinking man would.