I work at the home office of Barnes & Noble, and we get a multitude of review copies every day.
Being a bibliovore, I like to browse the shelves occasionally, to see what’s new and interesting, and to grab the occasional graphic novel for myself, or a Christmas present for my nieces and nephews.
So, amidst the usual books and magazines, I was a bit surprised to find the following a few months ago:
a two-sheet, do-it-yourself cut-out of the King of Rock-and-Roll, in his little known aspect as Shiva Elvis, divine transformer!
I thought it might have been created by Lynda Barry, “Funk Queen of the Galaxy”. However, when I showed this to her at the recent Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival, she denied having created this.
So, readers, do any of you know who might have created this masterpiece?
Or, shall it remain a mystery, like most mythologies?
I swear it reminds me of the artist who does Marlys, Lynda Barry…
Oh. Er, never mind.
I’m blanking on the name right now but I think that came from a couple that made toys and art in San Francisco. Not 100% sure but I’ll try and remember. They made stuff like that.
Weird, I thought I posted this last night. I think it is Flower Frankenstein I think. She and Bruce Hilvitz ran a store in SF in the 90s called Scary Hairy Toys.
http://www.bikinikat.com/kats/flower.html
http://www.flatwurks.com/info9.html
That looks like her stuff but I’m not sure.