Fact is, this blog is the boss o' me.
Just yesterday I blogged about Mr Punch at the National Gallery and I was going to sit back for a week or two to let that one percolate. After that I was finally going to get around to a post on Wonder Woman in London. And then there are two totally fantastic new shows at The Cartoon Museum & The House of Illustration to review. On top of that I've got a thing-or-two to blog about Gillray AND The Simpsons.
Big plans.
And then I went to Orbital Comics on Wednesday and was blown completely off course when I bought this…
… my New Favourite Comic.
Rock and Pop by Tim Bird is about the how the commonplace is rendered elegiac by the presence of music.
It has my very favourite things in it: cartoons, music, London and, best of all, daughters.
For anyone who has ever loved a song, this lovely musical autobiography will strike a chord. I read it on the Northern Line yesterday and when I got off the train at Moorgate I immediately sat down on the platform and read it all over again.
It also features my local record shop Alan's Records in East Finchley!
And that's the location I've added to this Cartoon & Comic Book Tour of London…
You can buy Rock & Pop and all of Tim Bird's other comic creations at his website www.timothybird.co.uk/shop/
COMING SOON ON THE CARTOON & COMIC BOOK TOUR OF LONDON… Wonder Woman moves to The Big Smoke and TWO excellent shows at The Cartoon Museum & The House of Illustration.
What's your fave cartoon? Drop me a line or Tweet @AdamScottG
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