A few years ago, writing
a story about art-comics publishers Fantagraphics, I was intrigued to learn that Gary Groth, who runs the Seattle comics publishing house, had gotten his start in print by running a now-obscure rock mag titled
Sounds Fine. Groth wasn’t the only comics nut who would try his hand at running a music publication in the ’70s; late in the decade, Marvel Comics launched a short-lived “youth culture” mag of its own,
Pizzazz, which leaned heavily on the popular tuneage of the day. As Sean Kleefeld notes at the top of his set of 16 covers from the mag’s run, there’s a looot of Shaun Cassidy here. Still, the image of Linda Ronstadt backed by guitarist Dr. Strange, bassist Captain America, and drummer C-3PO is one of those things that make you thank the heavens for the invention of the scanner. [
Kleefeld on Comics; HT Jess H]
A few years ago, writing a story about art-comics publishers Fantagraphics, I was intrigued to learn that Gary Groth, who runs the Seattle comics publishing house, had gotten his start in print by running a now-obscure rock mag titled Sounds Fine. Groth wasn’t the only comics nut who would try his hand at running a music publication in the ’70s; late in the decade, Marvel Comics launched a short-lived “youth culture” mag of its own, Pizzazz, which leaned heavily on the popular tuneage of the day. As Sean Kleefeld notes at the top of his set of 16 covers from the mag’s run, there’s a looot of Shaun Cassidy here. Still, the image of Linda Ronstadt backed by guitarist Dr. Strange, bassist Captain America, and drummer C-3PO is one of those things that make you thank the heavens for the invention of the scanner. [Kleefeld on Comics; HT Jess H]
