Nirvana Comics

Kurt Cobain, the Nirvana frontman, has been gone for 17 years today. He was found dead at his Seattle home on April 8, 1994, as you probably know (that April 8 was a Friday, too). Many people are convinced, including me, that he didn't commit suicide but was in fact murdered – but that's another long story. Of course, there will eventually be a feature film based on Kurt's life, but what about comics?

There was a fan comic in the early '90s which Kurt ended up with a copy of (and probably Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl too), but in 2003 a graphic novel was published entitled Godspeed, written by Barnaby Legg and Jim McCarthy and illustrated by Flameboy (aka Steve Beaumont). Although it is a retelling of Kurt's life, by no means is it intended to be fully factual. Flameboy's art depicts both scenes which Nirvana fans will find familiar, and those which require the reader to imagine. If you were at one of their gigs, so much the better, as in the panel below.

(© Legg/McCarthy/Flameboy)

To finish with here's a non-serious cartoon drawing I did of Nirvana two years ago. If you want a realistic depiction, go ask Flameboy!

Geeks In Space #10

The tenth Geeks In Space strip, and the first since I moved to Melbourne. Cliché Man is real, of course. I'm sure you know him.

On another topic, April 15th is the first anniversary of this blog! Expect a super juiced-up megapost on that date.

Geeks In Space #9

Ides Of March

Beware the Ides of March! That being today, of course.

Here's the cover art for the China 5 single "State Of Flux". This was the first track recorded for the 2010 Quarantine album, way back in September 2009. It's a digital-only single release, coupled with three other tracks: "Enthusiasm", a leftover song from 2004; "Pete's Song", one of the Quarantine outtakes; and the 'rock version' of "State Of Flux", recorded with actual electric guitar and drums only a week ago! (Hey, when you feel like recording cheap n' shoddy 'alternate versions' of existing tracks, you just go for it.)

I was supposed to be making a video for this song while I was in Sydney, but in the end I couldn't be bothered bringing the video camera. Tell you what, when the Youtube view count for the "Spank The Eighties" video hits 200 (it's currently 143), then I'll make one. But enough of that, here's the artwork.

Well, I told you to beware!

Geeks In Space #8