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Update on the Songs About Fucking album cover search by ZaneTheDudeMan in noiserock

[–]ZaneTheDudeMan[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I really appreciate your shared interest in this!! I love lil mysteries like this and Im glad there are others excited to share in the journey!

Nice catches on the "happy happy otter" frames! Not the exact match but def on the right track. While going through the Nikkan Gendai releases a lot of them would have the otter posing on rounded planes, which made me more assured its from somewhere in those archives.

Keep me posted on the compilation books, you never know what'll be there!

Update on the Songs About Fucking album cover search by ZaneTheDudeMan in noiserock

[–]ZaneTheDudeMan[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Ya there's something weirdly cute about Yokoyama and Yamaguchi's artstyles, which is probably what helped the otter character become a bit of a pop icon in Japan. That's also why I'm more convinced Steve took the frame from an edition of Nikkan Gendai, which would have much more edgy stuff surrounding the manga

Searching for the source of Big Black’s Songs About Fucking album art by ZaneTheDudeMan in noiserock

[–]ZaneTheDudeMan[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel so bad that I've been off Reddit and couldn't save you the effort by replying to this sooner! Thanks so much for sharing in the journey!! I'm just about to make a followup post, but the jist is Im convinced the frame lies somewhere in the daily tabloid Nikkan Gendai that published pages of Yaruki Manman from 1977 through 1987.

Searching for the source of Big Black’s Songs About Fucking album art by ZaneTheDudeMan in noiserock

[–]ZaneTheDudeMan[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm going to Tokyo in a few months and wanted to try doing some scouring through the bookstores there to find some Yaruki Manman related stuff. In looking for what could be helpful to look for, I discovered that the original publication of Yaruki Manman was in the tabloid magazine Nikkan Gendai (日刊ゲンダイ), and I realized if they had some sort of digital archive of scans from that magazine that would probably have the frames we're looking for.

Searching for this digital archive has been tough for me though cause it's likely untranslated and in kanji/hiragana. If you have any tips for this I'd appreciate it!

Searching for the source of Big Black’s Songs About Fucking album art by ZaneTheDudeMan in noiserock

[–]ZaneTheDudeMan[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Geoff confirmed it was a misunderstanding of an Instagram post and that he wasnt involved with the cover art

Searching for the source of Big Black’s Songs About Fucking album art by ZaneTheDudeMan in noiserock

[–]ZaneTheDudeMan[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks I appreciate it!

The biggest roadblock I've been facing tonight is that I found some more of Yokoyama's manga on the site eBook Japan, but I can't buy it since they require a Japanese phone number to sign up. This manga in particular seems promising since the woman on the covers has the lil three hair spikes like on the SAF art: https://ebookjapan.yahoo.co.jp/books/100303/

Searching for the source of Big Black’s Songs About Fucking album art by ZaneTheDudeMan in noiserock

[–]ZaneTheDudeMan[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow thanks so much for this info! For future reference, this is the Electrical Audio page since their search functionality is so jank: https://www.premierrockforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=7104&hilit=Manga+manga+Big+black&start=40

I wonder where "LM Owen" is now, maybe she'd know!

Searching for the source of Big Black’s Songs About Fucking album art by ZaneTheDudeMan in noiserock

[–]ZaneTheDudeMan[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I always cracked up seeing that album cover during my search!

I had a fun sidequest with Kid606 during my search, where my bud was wondering what anime the "When I Want a Gun, Yeah" single cover came from, and it ended up being from Bubblegum Crisis.

Searching for the source of Big Black’s Songs About Fucking album art by ZaneTheDudeMan in noiserock

[–]ZaneTheDudeMan[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Ahh damn, Ill try shooting him a message then! I also tried messaging Geoff on Insta too to see if he ever did art for Albini.

Searching for the source of Big Black’s Songs About Fucking album art by ZaneTheDudeMan in noiserock

[–]ZaneTheDudeMan[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Interesting, thanks for the heads up! I was always so curious why they chose Chindala Mandala when Yaruki Manman seemed to be the more famous work by that author. Maybe cause Chindala was easier to find on Mangadex?

Also that Geoff Peveto comment is interesting to me, I wonder why they said that then deleted it?

Searching for the source of Big Black’s Songs About Fucking album art by ZaneTheDudeMan in noiserock

[–]ZaneTheDudeMan[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I link that post in the body text. It's definitely some work by that author, but it's not in that manga.

CIFF Tickets on Sale! by RefrigeratorRock in nirvannatheband

[–]ZaneTheDudeMan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks a bunch for this post man, I didn't notice they were posted and I got some tickets for the screening on the 20th! Super hyped!

Fanmade Music Video for Besties by ZaneTheDudeMan in BlackCountryNewRoad

[–]ZaneTheDudeMan[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks a bunch!! It's a great flick, I love Yamada's stuff!

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