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.