Dazzler. The Fiddler Night Cat. Even KISS themselves have been comic book superheroes a time or two in the last few decades, making the connection between music and comics a very common theme. The problem for me comes in how difficult it is to successfully convey musical rhythms in the strange visual language of comic book panels and gutters, and it seldom if ever works, leading to today’s mellifluous query…
The MS-QOTD (pronounced, as always, “misquoted”) isn’t sure who would be the best, but I’m pretty sure that I know the worst, and soon, so will fans of ‘Why Do You Hate Me’ at our patreon page, asking: Has there EVER been a comic book that successfully merged music and comics for you?
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Not really. If I had been a teen in late 70’s, maybe then KISS would have had a chance.
KISS was epic-level crazy fun, even without the music. Mileage, as always, may vary…
Yes. There was an issue of Dave McKean’s “Cages” that had a musician discussing the chromatic scale that I recall did a nice job of conveying musical tonality and mood through the art.
Aztec Ace did a good job with this. (Anyone remember that one?) Long before the 12th Doctor picked up his guitar!
Aztec Ace is a fave-rave of mine, so yeah, I’m with you.