One of my favourite Vaughn Bodé comics, The Collected Purple Pictography was published in 1991 by EROS Comix. It gathers all the strips made by Bodé and Berni Wrightson for Swank Magazine between 1971-1972. The combination of both artists works surprisingly well and this collected version is a lovely little publication. A few spreads after the jump.
And here’s the great man himself. I will also post up a few Bodé treasures soon…
After seeing some Vaughn Bodé bits over at the Build+Destroy blog, I remembered this Cheech Wizard animation from a few years back by Nigel Hendrickson. Unfortunately, it doesn’t seem the project was ever finished. It’s a bit too 3D and shiny for my liking, but any attempt to bring Cheech to life is always worth a look I think. I would love to see a proper 70s, dirty, scratchy, 2D version made though!
It also appears a live action movie of another Bodé classic, Cobalt 60 has just been announced and will be directed by Zack Snyder (Watchmen). Definitely one to watch out for.
