Saturday, 31 August 2013

The Comicbook Song - new video from the Socks

Recorded live as part of Socks In Space at this month's Edinburgh Fringe. the Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre perform the comicbook song, now with added pictures.


As the month progressed it was clear this song wasn't getting as many laughs as our other material. Partly this is because it goes very quickly without pauses for laughs. But mostly it's because, I think, hardly anybody had heard of most of the comic characters the Socks were naming. So now it's all clear, I hope this helps.

THE COMICBOOK SONG (lyrics by Kev F)

There's Superman and Spiderman and Iron Man & Wolverine
There's X Men and Avengers & there's Thor & Hulk and then there's Green
Lantern and Fantastic Four and Wonder Woman and Capting
Marvel & America and Battyman & Ro-obin

There's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,  Catwoman & Jonah Hex
And Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Ghost Rider and Luthor, Lex
There's Watchmen, Titans, Silver Surfer, Tank Girl and even better
There's Kick Ass, Daredevil, The Phantom and V For Vendetta

There's Black Canary, Yellowjacket, Green arrow, & Black Panther
There's one guy called The Question but there's not one called the Answer
In short if you want inspiration there's no further you need look
Than finding ideas in the pages of the nearest comic book

There's Doctors Strange & Fate & Doctor Doom who's from Latveria
And Mighty Thor who first appeared  in Journey into Mysteria
There's Punisher & Ultimates &  Venom who's a big black suit
Or Power Pack or Rocketeer or Black Widow or Sabertoot'

You're probably acquainted with The Justice League or JLA
And Doom Patrol & Guardians Of The Galaxy & Birds Of Prey
And 2 Face & the Penguin, The Sub Mariner & Collosus
The Human Torch, The Riddler, Nick Fury & Doctor Octopus

There's Supergirl & Spawn & Blade The Flash Joker & Marvel Mizz
And Dennis the Menace and Rodger The Dodger & Billy Whizz
That is a tiny fraction of the characters who have passed through
I could read all the rest but I simply can't be arsed to



SOCKS IN SPACE - The Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre are on tour... NOW!

July 31 - Aug 25 - Gilded Balloon, 10.15pm, Edinburgh Fringe
Sept 4 - Belfast Black Box
Sept 5 - Derry Waterside
Sept 21 - Braintree Arts Theatre
Sept 22 4pm - Nottingham Comedy Festival
Oct 5 - Farnham Maltings
Oct 11 - Old Joint Stock Theatre, Birmingham
Oct 24 - The Capitol, Horsham
Oct 25 - Tom Thumb Theatre, Margate
Oct 26 - Canterbury Festival
Nov 1 - Ace Centre, Nelson
Nov 2 - Leeds Carriageworks
Nov 15 - Ropewalk, Barton On Humber
Nov 16 - Chorley Little Theatre

Thursday, 29 August 2013

Youtoobling - Let's Twerk

For my latest night of Youtoobling (finding one video after another, loosely connected, and Tweeting them as if anyone was watching) picked up the vogue term of Twerking. It apparently refers to a raunchy style of dancing but, as I noted, didn't used to in my childhood...

How come everyone's using the word Twerk wrong all of a sudden? I invented that at school. A cross between Twat & Berk & was first used to describe my classmate Geoffrey Snushall. I invented . Bloody kids, ruin everything.

Restless Natives, Edinburgh What the city looked like, & Big Country sounded like, in 1985

I'm more blown away by the ability to drive the length of Princes St than anything else

"Eat your Vermicelli Joe" Peter Sellers & Sophia Loren Bangers & Mash

Mambo Italiano, French & Saunders Top tip: DO NOT GOOGLE "Raw Sex" on YouTube. *gulp* *gurgle* *pant*

Who Can It Be Now? Men At Twerk

Senses Twerking Overtime, XTC


The Troggs Tape done by Kraft-twerk Kraft-twerk. See what I did the..?

Twerking For The Yankee Dollar, The Skids

Devo, Twerking In A Coalmine (live on Countdown, apparently)

There's A Guy Twerks Down The Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis, Kirsty MacColl

Where's Captain Twerk?, Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre

Twerk Wears White Sox, Adam & The Ants

Do The Twerk, Jackson 5

Young Twerks, Rod Stewart *realising how tiresome this game is*

Is it just me or is Miley Cyrus a spectacularly inept dancer? Really. My cat dances better than this.

"Wash my mouth out with soap & water" Peter Cook & Dudley Moore

Youtoobling - Art School Pop

Inspired by the following tweet, my Youtoobling on Aug 22nd took me down the route of Art School music

. 25 Aug
Great evening listening to chatting in Edinburgh. Amazing stuff. AND a mention of They Might Be Giants!

Don't Let's Start, They Might Be Giants


Buffalo, Stump  

Get Up (Sex Machine) Flying Lizards  

There Goes Conchord Again, And The Native Hipsters  

Einstein A Go Go, Landscape  

O Superman, Laurie Anderson  

Sure Nuff Yes You Do, Captain Beefheart  

The Famous Bobby Brown, Frank Zappa  

What's So Funny Bout Peace Love & Understanding, Elvis Costello & friends  

Peace Train, Cat Stevens  

In The Middle, Tim Moore  

You're Not The Boss Of Me Now, They Might Be Giants  

Big When I Was Little, Eliza Doolittle  

Big In Japan, Cindy & The Barbie Dolls

Down The Dustpipe, Status Quo live 1970

Superstar, the Karen Carpenter story in Barbie Dolls Todd Haynes  

Goodbye To Love, The Carpenters live in Japan 1972  

Gudbuy T'Jane, Slade  

Goodbye To Hollywood, Billy Joel  

Everybody wants to shine in the Rock Follies, The Little Ladies  

Say Goodbye To Hollywood, Ronnie Spector There you go  

It Never Rains In Southern California, Albert Hammond  

I Am, I Said, Neil Diamond  

Boulevard Of Broken Dreams, Green Day  

"Mr DeMille, I'm ready for my close up| Sunset Boulevard  

Elstree, Buggles  

Video Killed The Radio Star, Bruce Wooley & The Camera Club  





Youtoobling - Cars

I continued Youtoobling on Aug 19th, this time beginning for no reason I can remember with Alexei Sayle...

Ullo John, Got A New Motor, Alexei Sayle

Brand New Cadillac, Vince Taylor,  


Driving Away From Home, It's Immaterial (never seen this live/mimed version from foreign telly)





Go Motoring On The A13, Billy Bragg  

Greased Lightning in Spanish, John Travolta (Mentions the Quartermile )

Convoy GB, Laurie Lingo & The Dipsticks (I predict we won't be seeing this on TV a lot)  








Tell Laura I Love Her, Billy Connolly  

Always Crashing In The Same Car, David Bowie  



They Shoot Horses Don't They, Racing Cars  








Youtoobling - Jewish Pop

A hobby of mine of long standing is Youtoobling, watching one pop video after another and tweeting them as I go along. I think of it like DJ-ing and occasionally people join in an Retweet them. This month of August I've indulged a few times, rather than going out after I get home from my Edinburgh show. Here are some of the strings of loosely-connected pop videos I've found, beginning with Jewish pop music, inspired by a show we'd seen that day. It was August 17th...

Saw the excellent today at . You should see him, he's this good: Also v funny and all true


Inspired by 's show today, here's Billboard Top 30 Jewish artists by record sales

God Gave Rock & Roll To You, Kiss

Lucky Stars, with Gaby Roslin

The Dean & I, 10CC

Something For The Girl With Everything, Sparks

My Old School, Steely Dan

On & On, Stephen Bishop

Janis Ian, At 17 Last year on Dutch TV. Voice still sounds like it's 1977.

Lonely Boy, Andrew Gold

Overnight Sensation, Eric Carmen's Raspberries & Jim Henson's Muppets
 
Angie Baby, Helen Reddy (file under Artists You Didn't Know Were Jewish)

Carole Bayer Sager, I'd Rather Leave While I'm In Love

Scenes From An Italian Restaurant, Billy Joel

The Queen of 1964, Neil Sedaka

Jack Sparrow, Michael Bolton, Andy Samberg

Connection, Elastica

Inbetweener, Sleeper

Hanukah Song, Adam Sandler

Perform This Way, Weird Al Yankovic

Somewhere Over The Rainbow, Judy Garland, Yip Harburg

Wednesday, 28 August 2013

Bunny Dood Defeats King Lettis - kids comics from July



I've been so busy doing my shows and classes up in Edinburgh throughout August, that I'd totally forgotten these, the comics produced by the kids in my Comic Art Masterclasses in the last week of July, before I headed up to Scotland to do the Fringe. These are from classes in Windsor & Maidenhead libraries, Bedford Fringe, the Beano exhibition at London's Southbank Centre, and Northlew & Ashbury Primary School in Devon.

Every pupil goes away with a comic containing a strip by each of them plus an individual caricature by me, these are just the front covers, titles chosen from a selection from every member of the class. Oh you should see the ideas that don't make it.

When asked to name a celebrity for me to draw in the "Treads On A Worm" demonstration story, these chose Simon Cowell (twice), David Walliams, Prince William, Usain Bolt, Rihanna, Cheryl Cole and most obscure suggestion of all Peter Gabriel.



I am, as always, available to give my Comic Art Masterclasses to your kids, wherever they be* (*NB Within reason. I mean if you live on an island in the mid-Atlantic it'll cost, is all I'm saying.) Tweet @KevFComicArtist, find me on Facebook, or why not try emailing me? Details at comicfestival.co.uk

The Dog Did It - comics by kids in Edinburgh masterclasses Aug 2013



Tuesday, 27 August 2013

The Dog Did It - comics by kids in Edinburgh


Throughout the month of August, as well as performing the Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre in Space every night on the Edinburgh Fringe (and producing The Sitcom Trials on the 21st, don't forget) I've been busy doing ten days of Comic Art Masterclasses across town. With most, though not all of them (photocopiers permitting), we've produced a comic that each has taken away, containing a strip by every one of them, a caricature by me, and these fantastic front covers. The kids all come up with a title, from which we choose the favourite. I then design the cover, they add a bit, and look at what you end up with.

These are from Balerno High School's summer school, and libraries in Portobello, Colinton, Drumbrae, Muirhouse, Kirkliston, Morningside and Newington. And the celebrities they nominated for the "...Steps On A Worm" demo strip (which I realise I give a different name every time I describe it) were The Queen (twice), Harry Styles, Michael Jackson, Harry Hill, Jimi Hendrix, Simon Cowell, Miley Cyrus and Jesse J.

I am, as always, available to give my Comic Art Masterclasses to your kids, wherever they be* (*NB Within reason. I mean if you live on an island in the mid-Atlantic it'll cost, is all I'm saying.) Tweet @KevFComicArtist, find me on Facebook, or why not try emailing me? Details at comicfestival.co.uk

Bunny Dood Defeats King Lettis - comics by kids July 2013



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