Great moments in rock 'n' roll. Everyone has at least one. For the past three years, Joel Orff has been collecting people's stories, illustrating them, and posting them on his web site www.jorff.com Though several of these comics feature well-known musicians, they aren't necessarily about music. They may be life-defining experiences, or they may be small and sublime occurrences that the narrator has never forgotten, or moments that they would have liked to have forgotten, but couldn't, because they made too good of a story. These are funny and sometimes poignant comics about people struggling with and celebrating their circumstances, often through unlikely forms of self-expression.
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Adult/High School-This collection of one-page comic stories about lives lived through music first appeared on the author's Web site and in a few alternative newspapers. Each story is true, based on both the author's experiences and on stories told to him by others. Some of them deal with childhood, others with teen life. There is a wistfulness that comes with looking back fondly on one's youth, but not to the extent that it would turn off those now in their teens. Even if readers don't know the names Gary Numan and Albert Collins, music lovers will still be able to recognize the shared joy of interacting with music. This simplicity of the black-and-white sketches is a large part of the appeal, and these drawings can serve as an excellent model for beginning cartoonists.
Jamie Watson, Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Jamie Watson, Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Orff Rocks!,
By J. Deighton "J. Deighton" (Inches From My Computer) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Strum And Drang: Great Moments In Rock 'N' Roll (Paperback)
Joel Orff is one of the most under-rated cats in comix these days. This book is a collection of as-told-to tales of everyday people's connection with the ethereal power which is music, or sometimes just the plain old rockandrollness of life. THE BEST BOOK ABOUT ROCK AND ROLL NOT WRITTEN BY NICK TOSCHES!
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- Autumn Leaves by Margery Green in Front Matter
- Autumn Leaves by Jean Mary Orr in Front Matter
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