Recto. Issue No 1. txo!? & X.S.
Recto. Issue No. 1. Eleven euro. Cd included.
Here we have one of those comic magazines that you see on a shelf that immediately grabs your attention because, well, basically because there is not actually too many comic magazine. Having said that all the same, it's certaing not lacking in the attention-grabbing department. It's quite small, smaller than ever if I say so myself. Judging by the list of contents on the inner sleeve and for the want of calling it something, it's what is currently labelled as alternative comics. That usually, if not always, means you're talking about a quality product. You pick it up with your grubby little hands, turn it over and... wow! There's a Cd with included... A freebie, maybe? Turn it back over, look at the price and you'll find it's one of those comics you put straight back on the shelf. Hold your horses! If you browse through its contents a bit more thoroughly, you'll find it's one of those comics that make you say; -Ah, what the heck! I'll buy it anyway. I'm sure you'll like the Cd as well. It's been put together by the same blokes responsible for the comic, and it's not often you come across a comic and Cd so tightly linked together.
Humbert humbert in Roman Fire
As I've just mentioned, the makers of the comic are also behind the Cd. Miquel B. Nuñez and Paco Alcazar have cast aside their pens, pencils and rubbers to allow their alter egos ( none other than Ufo Rock and Disco Volante) to come up with the nine songs that make up the album. Rock 'n' Roll is the soul of the music. All the same, you'll find traces of garage, electronic backbones, repetitative structures, the freshness of punk and the roughness of independent pop. Humbert Humbert eats and breathes the 80s. It's impossible to make any kind of comparison. Or is it?
Lolita and Comics
The following are the themes that run through the comic and the Cd. They seem rather strange too at first, but you soon realise that the content is basically a reflection on comics (comics for internal consumption?). As far as the theme to the Cd is concerned, the character whom the record is named after, Humbert (Lolita's adult lover), sings about... Lolita! Both themes are mixed up in the only text to be found in an effort to give an overall sense of unity to everything. Do they succeed? Well, that's up to you to say.
Here we have one of those comic magazines that you see on a shelf that immediately grabs your attention because, well, basically because there is not actually too many comic magazine. Having said that all the same, it's certaing not lacking in the attention-grabbing department. It's quite small, smaller than ever if I say so myself. Judging by the list of contents on the inner sleeve and for the want of calling it something, it's what is currently labelled as alternative comics. That usually, if not always, means you're talking about a quality product. You pick it up with your grubby little hands, turn it over and... wow! There's a Cd with included... A freebie, maybe? Turn it back over, look at the price and you'll find it's one of those comics you put straight back on the shelf. Hold your horses! If you browse through its contents a bit more thoroughly, you'll find it's one of those comics that make you say; -Ah, what the heck! I'll buy it anyway. I'm sure you'll like the Cd as well. It's been put together by the same blokes responsible for the comic, and it's not often you come across a comic and Cd so tightly linked together.
Humbert humbert in Roman Fire
As I've just mentioned, the makers of the comic are also behind the Cd. Miquel B. Nuñez and Paco Alcazar have cast aside their pens, pencils and rubbers to allow their alter egos ( none other than Ufo Rock and Disco Volante) to come up with the nine songs that make up the album. Rock 'n' Roll is the soul of the music. All the same, you'll find traces of garage, electronic backbones, repetitative structures, the freshness of punk and the roughness of independent pop. Humbert Humbert eats and breathes the 80s. It's impossible to make any kind of comparison. Or is it?
Lolita and Comics
The following are the themes that run through the comic and the Cd. They seem rather strange too at first, but you soon realise that the content is basically a reflection on comics (comics for internal consumption?). As far as the theme to the Cd is concerned, the character whom the record is named after, Humbert (Lolita's adult lover), sings about... Lolita! Both themes are mixed up in the only text to be found in an effort to give an overall sense of unity to everything. Do they succeed? Well, that's up to you to say.
