#john watkiss

[scurviesdisneyblog]

Visual development for Tarzan (1999) by John Watkiss

[writing-for-life]

Death and Dream—John Watkiss

[bobbole]

Dream - art by John Watkiss 

[sandmandaddy69]

John Watkiss

[al-norton]

John Watkiss' "Millenium Project" Mural Detail

[mysterious-secret-garden]

John Watkiss - Birth of Free Will.

[ginge1962]

Trigger #1 - from DC/Vertigo in February 2005.

Cover & art by the late John Watkiss.

[mystarpocket]

[boycoldz]

Reminds me of your collection x @aimeecarreros

Moon Goddess by John Watkiss  (1961-2017), "... a British artist, known for his painting and his work in comics and film production. His career led him from artist for graphic novels to storyboard artist and character designer. He is arguably best known for his visual development work on Tarzan."

[siriuslygrimm]

Tales in Transit

#BOOKREVIEW - Tales in Transit - #WorldsEnd #blog

A collision of characters, both new and familiar, from different worlds encourages the telling of colorful tales under the roof of a unique tavern to pass the time until they can resume their respective journeys, which were waylaid by strange storms or occurrences, in The Sandman Volume 8: Worlds’ End (The Sandman, Volume 8) written by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Mike Allred, Gary Amaro, Mark…

[writing-for-life]

The Sandman Concept Art—John Watkiss

[top-the-cat]

Haven't done a new vinyl round-up for a while and i've bought loads of new stuff lately. Some new, some used, some good and some fucking awful...

Start with something good... this was just a random EP I found in a bargain bin in Psychotron. It says Jungle Vibes 2 on the back but all the rest is in french, so I got the man to play the opening bars of the first track and thought, yes, having this for seven quid!

Never heard of any of the acts on there, but French drum & bass from 1995, a time when they were also making some quality hip hop (Solar, Cam, etc.) had to be worth a go and it most definitely was. Quite liquid in it's sound on the first side and a bit more jungle on the second, and quality breaks all the way through. A really good find!

Selector presents Jungle Vibes 2

I mean, there's not much to say about this is there? It's the London Philharmonic, playing music from the original Star Wars and lets be fair, you all know what that is going to sound like.

Second side has some other orchestral space stuff on, like 2001 and some other random space themes. But the opening track is full of sample friendly cuts from the opening speech to the cascading effects - perfect for scratching.

Now if i could only scratch....

Star Wars by The London Philharmonic Orchestra

This was another punt that almost fully pays off. Not totally, but it's got some good beats on it...

I know if Swindle as a grime MC, which has never been my thing. As much as a i love hip hop, as i get older, i find i don't really like much past the 90's. But they play Swindle on BBC6Music a bit and he has moved from that dirty, grime sound in to a bit more jazz based stuff and looking at the artwork on the cover and the guests, i figured it might be a bit more jazzy. And to be fair, it is. Quite heavy horns riffs stabs and breaks, people like Kojey Radical, Loyle Carner, and Greentea Peng, Poppy Adjuda, Ghetts on vocals and it's actually OK. Very UK hip-hop jazz type of ting! (as the cool kids probably don't say anymore) There's a couple on there that i already knew and have dropped in a mix before, so I was chuffed that they were there. Plus it's on clear blue vinyl, so yeah, happy with this. Especially as it was only £6.

The New World by Swindle

Just the original on one side, which on its own is quality. But then on the other is the full Seven Minutes of Madness Mix by Coldcut which is just a fucking banger and put Coldcut and Ninja Tune on the map.

Paid In Full by Eric B & Rakim

I'm not normally a massive fan of live albums. They're often not the greatest of recordings and the live crowd puts me off. But I had a chat with the man about this and figured that Gong should really be heard live as they are that sort of band, so i gave it a go. To be honest, you can hardly tell it's recorded live, but you can almost smell the cheap weed, patchouli oil and stinky hippies through the record - which is a compliment, as i wish i was there with them. Free loving, getting high and prog grooving to the sound of Gong in a field in the seventies.... I mean, how much fun does that sound?!

Live at Sheffield 1974 by Gong

So i got chatting to a guy a few months back who turned up for the vinyl night at my local. He was the same age as me, had loads of 90's metal and grunge band logos tattooed down his arm and he started telling me about his son, Lewis Watkiss, who had been accidently killed at the local snowdome as he wasn't wearing a helmet. And i'm like yeah, man, i feel it. I've been through similar shit and we're not supposed to outlive our kids and we had a pint to the memory of our boys. But to make something positive out the conversation, he tells me that Lewis was a gifted saxophonist and that his teacher and one of his heroes, Xhosa Cole, had made a track for him and it was being sold for charity. And i couldn't say no, even if i wanted to. They needed to presell a certain number to get it pressed and i bought it without even hearing it. And it's actually really good. Not my normal sort of jazz, as i'm not a big sax man, but it was his and that's what matters. Its broken it to three suites and each of them build nicely. The second side has a deep house remix from a local girl and this was one of the best £15 i have spent on a record.

Louis' Teenage Spirit by LJW Music Fusion

This came on the radio a couple of days prior and i remember wondering if i had it on CD, as i used to do some work for Ninja Tune and used to get all the singles and a fair few of the albums sent to me for a couple of years. I never ended up looking for it but I did randomly find it in the bargain bin and figured i'd pick it up.

Just a 12" single, but it's jazzy, soulful a bit Nuyorican and yeah, quality.

Horizon by the Cinematic Orchestra feat. Niara Scarlett

I first got in to Tom Waits about fifteen years ago and specifically, the three early 80's albums that almost make up a loose trilogy around a guy called Frank who joins the navy, sails around the world, comes home, tries to settle down, can't handle it and fucks off again. That's the simple version of what is a collection of sea shanties, drunken laments, spoken word, free jazz, heartfelt ballads and musical story telling of the finest order. And if you know it already, then i don't need to explain anymore.

I've been looking for them on vinyl for years, but no fucker is selling them. So when i got the email from Rough Trade saying they were being re-pressed, i put my order in and got all three on the day of release!

Swordfishtrombones by Tom Waits

Yeah, hoped this was going to be good, but it's not. It's shit. Meh, them's the breaks.

Public Pressure by The Yellow Magic Orchestra

This was ok. Kinda reminded me of the time i was in Paris with the wife and a friend of ours. We had gone to see Bjork in concert and the night before, we went out for dinner in this little side street bistro, about six foot across, all wood panels and probably about 10 covers at the most, split in two by a mezzanine floor. One chef in the tiny back kitchen, a little chinese girl serving, and a lothario of a maitre D who spent most of the night chatting to us on our table, flirting with my mate and stealing his cigarettes. We had steak with foie gras (yeah, i know, but i had to try it), a plate of frogs legs, some goats cheese thing and were introduced to chilled red wine, which considering how hot it was that evening, went down a storm. But the reason this record reminds of that night is because taking up half the floor space on the ground floor were two guys, huddled together in a corner, one on an upright piano and the other on a double bass, playing easy, simple jazz. Nothing too complex, just easy going piano and bass stuff. And that is very much what this is.

I can almost taste that chilled beaujolais and Benson golds...

Mingus Ah Um by Charles Mingus

[pandaimitator]

Oh my

Concept art for Tarzan (1999) by John Watkiss

[keycomicbooks]

The Sandman #39 (1992) Dave McKean Cover & John Watkiss Pencils, Neil Gaiman Story

#TheSandman #39 (1992) #DaveMcKean Cover & #JohnWatkiss Pencils, #NeilGaiman Story "Soft Places" Separated from his father and uncle, Marco Polo wanders the Desert of Lop, trying to find his way back to the caravan. SAVE ON SHIPPING COST - NOW AVAILABLE FOR LOCAL PICK UP IN DELTONA, FLORIDA https://www.rarecomicbooks.fashionablewebs.com/Sandman%201989.html#39   #KeyComicBooks #DCComics #DCU #DCUniverse #KeyIssue

[too-much-imagination]

As usual, some men can’t stand it when a woman is independent, not focused on them, horribly inteligent and educated and who has connections and friends almost in every field.

Hypatia; John Watkiss, 2003

[erik-the-creator-mainblog]

It's also interesting to think that this is how he describes himself. He sees himself as lazy, when in reality I'm sure he's struggling. When you're in survival mode, everything above the bare basics is so hard. He might not have the words for what's wrong, and sees it as a moral failing

and I object to rows because my nerves are shaken, and I get up at all sorts of ungodly hours, and I am extremely lazy.

it's always so interesting seeing descriptions of ptsd before we knew what ptsd was (and this IS ptsd, watson explicitly says he isn't like this "when he's well").

today, we'd call this "panic attacks triggered by loud noises, insomnia, lethargy and depression." like it really has been the same condition all throughout history, we just didn't use the same language.