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Doug Skinner at the Mothership (Afterwards)

May 27th, 2018 · No Comments

Here’s a little catalogue of what I showed at the Mothership:

1. ????: Non-narrative detective action, from my book The Unknown Adjective.

2. ALPHONSE ALLAIS MOCKS THE SPIRIT OF SCHOPENHAUER: The frontispiece for my translation of Allais’s book Long Live Life!

3. ASTERISKS: Chat Noir endnotes, for Double Over, another Allais translation.

4. BACK YARD: Spring is here.

5. BUGS, NOT DRUGS!: From a cut-paper animatic video for my old band, White Knuckle Sandwich. It was filmed by Anney Bonney for an early streaming site, Pseudo.com.

6. CAPTAIN CAP EXPLAINS THE POTATO: From my illustrated translation of Captain Cap: His Adventures, His Ideas, His Drinks, by Alphonse Allais.

7. CHONCHON: A scary figure from Chilean folklore. This one doesn’t look so bad.

8. COCKROACH: Ew.

9. A CURIOUS PHYSIOLOGICAL INDUSTRY: A broadside from Black Scat Books. Design by the inimitable Norman Conquest.

10: EASY PUZZLE: Much easier than most jigsaw puzzles.

11. EVELYN, BEVERLY, CAROLYN, AND DORIS: From a picture story about four women trying to get somewhere, in The Unknown Adjective.

12: THE FLYING SAUCER SUBCULTURE: The pencil rough for the cover of a booklet by John Keel — now, of course, a rare collectors’ item.

13: GIDEON BIBLE CARD: I like to replace Gideon Bibles with other books. I leave this card.

14: HOW UNUSUAL: A comic strip about things falling from the sky, for Nickelodeon Magazine.

15 & 16: INDEX CARDS: I make thousands of these. They help with insomnia.

17: LIMERICKSHAW: A broadside from Black Scat Books. Design by Norman Conquest.

18: THE MOON HOWLING AT A DOG: For a slide show by my old band, White Knuckle Sandwich, at the Kitchen in NYC.

19: MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS: Once a regular feature in the online journal Le Scat Noir, which is now, alas, no more.

20: NO EVIL: Done for a group show at the Mary Anthony Gallery in NYC, way back when.

21: NOT FUNNY: My contribution to that fine magazine, Weirdo.

22 & 23: THE PASSING CLOUDS MOCK THE SKY’S STASIS AND PURITY: A score for an imaginary instrument.

24: RUBBER STAMP STEREOSCOPY: Cross your eyes to see the pictures in stereo. If it doesn’t work for you, look at something else.

25: SEA SERPENT: There’s always an explanation.

26: TRAVEL SKETCHES: When I travel, I prefer a pen to a camera.

27: VIOLINIST: It’s often difficult to play to the room.

28: WALTER & BENNY HUNT THE ELUSIVE BATWORM: A color version, done for the anthology Typhon, edited by Danny Hellman.

I also read “The Royal Touch,” from The Snowman Three Doors Down, and joined Paul McMahon on his song “Life Isn’t Fair.”

POSTSCRIPT: You can hear the original recording of the song, with me on melodica, here.

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