Heavy Metal Monday – Ep. 4

March 24, 2014 by Tim Granda

Welcome back to another installment of Heavy Metal Monday, a new series here on Doom Cycle which features my scans from the first 10 years of Heavy Metal Magazine. Each episode is guaranteed to blow your mind with a barrage of killer artwork from all over the globe. Though you won’t see complete stories, you will find rad panels, full pages, back covers, and some cool ads. It’s going to be a killer trip so make sure to stop by whenever you see a new episode announced.

This week I’ve got some rad stuff for ya! First up is a gorgeous page out of Moebius’ “Ballade”, followed by a tripped out page from “The Bird of Dust” by the mighty Caza and writer Bazolli. Each of these stories are EPIC so it would be worth your while to track them down.

Next up is an ad for the mail order catalog Krupp, which carried underground classics Snatch and Slow Death. A page from “Master” by the always satisfyingly bizarre Nicollet will fuck with your head, while an excerpt from “Polonius”, written by Picaret and illustrated by Tardi, drops us into a really cool story that’s been going on for a few issues now.

Closing us out this time is the November ’77 back cover by Tom Barber, followed by a seriously epic double-page pulled from EE Davis’ “World Apart”. Man, I can’t get enough of that series right now. It fucking rules!

See ya next time!

Heavy Metal Monday – Ep. 3

March 3, 2014 by Tim Granda

This installment features some awesome stuff! First up is a back cover from the October ’77 issue that was drawn by one of the greatest artists to ever lift a pen: Bernie Wrightson. He was in his late twenties when he created this piece, and it was the first time his work was featured in the magazine. In June of 1980, his story Captain Sternn would make it’s debut; later becoming a killer sequence in the Heavy Metal animated film.

Richard Corben is back with another trippy page from Den, and the amazing Dionnet (the dude who drew Heavy Metal‘s first cover) teams up with Sole in a featured page from In You I Am Reborn. Now, it wouldn’t be a stretch to call Moebius the greatest comic book artist of all-time (’cause he fucking is), so he’s got two pages coming at ya: The first is one in which he teamed up with writer Dan O’Bannon (Dark Star, Alien, etc.) for The Long Tomorrow, and the second is a page from How Good Is Man, which demonstrates the magnitude of his ass kicking.

Also on display is Rockblitz by Sergio Macedo, an old ad for the book Views by album cover icon Roger Dean, and a stellar page from Teonanacatl Genese by Cortman. Check this shit out!

Heavy Metal Monday – Ep. 2

February 17, 2014 by Tim Granda

It’s the summer of 1977, and the work featured is from the June through August issues of the magazine. The work that you’ll see will be from artists Richard Corben, Philippe Druillet, EE Davis, Nicole Claveloux, Moebius, and S Bihannic.

When you see a pic you really dig, make sure to click on it and then again on the little green arrow at the bottom of the frame. My scans are big – some say they even throb – so do yourself a favor and fill those eyes with detail!

Heavy Metal Monday – Ep. 1

February 10, 2014 by Tim Granda

Enter the first installment of Heavy Metal Monday, a new series here on Doom Cycle which will feature my scans from the first 10 years of Heavy Metal Magazine. Each episode is guaranteed to blow your mind with a barrage of killer artwork from all over the globe. Though you won’t see complete stories, you will find rad panels, full pages, back covers, and cool old ads. It’s going to be a killer trip so make sure to stop by whenever you see a new episode announced.

Heavy Metal had a HUGE influence on me as a kid. From the moment I laid eyes on it my life would never be the same. It was as if the world suddenly grew 10 times larger, and you could feel every tremor and shock as it happened. I’ve always dug stuff like Dr. Strange and Ghost Rider, and saw my fair share of E.C., Charlton, Mad, Creepy etc. so I was fortunate to know early on that comics had the potential to be more than just superhero stuff. But not like this. Not fucking like this!

Who knew comic books could be so violent? So full of sex? Not me. Not the grubby kid with the KISS posters all over his walls and a floor covered with Cheap Trick and Deep Purple albums.

Yet here in my hands was a magazine-sized comic book full of all that stuff, and more! One seriously bizarre story after another, and the art was unbelievable! But just as shocking was discovering that often the artist drew it and wrote it all himself. You could do that? You didn’t need a whole team to ink, color, and write the damn thing? Fuuuuuuck.

Heavy Metal Monday is brought to you by a young dirty kid who just rolled out of the trails on his Team Mongoose. A kid who stopped by the local 7-11 on his way home to grab the issues we’ll be seeing. I’ve been keeping them safe for the little dude ever since.

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