{"id":2,"date":"2015-04-11T04:22:49","date_gmt":"2015-04-11T04:22:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baznold.com\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2015-04-11T04:22:49","modified_gmt":"2015-04-11T04:22:49","slug":"about-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bazznold.com\/index.php\/about-2\/","title":{"rendered":"A Cosmic Comicular Event"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Empanelled \u2014 Loose Life Stories<\/strong> is largely autobiographical, full of colour and stories of Lindsay Arnold\u2019s eventful life as an eminently sedulous comicular practitioner, painter and renowned jazz drummer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Frivolous Fables<\/strong> is Book Two of Empanelled<\/strong>, the collected comicular works of Linzee Arnold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This book continues the Tasmanian weirdness with a strong dash of fantasy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s packed with impropriety. It’s vulgar and downright odd, funny and serious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Linzee Arnold was a multi-disciplinary Hobart artist decades before anyone there had heard the term. Born in 1939, he was active in the creative worlds of theatre, radio, film, music and particularly visual art before the 1960s dawned.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Linzee is primarily known as a progenitor of \u2018Underground Comix.\u2019 counter-cultural mutations of the popular comic books of the mid to late 20th century. Improbably, he was mining this field of expression as early as the 1950s in Tasmania.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

His obsessive, dense and highly detailed comics are considered by some to be the origin of autobiographical underground comics, eventually being published with the work of better-known artists in the genre such as R Crumb and Denis Kitchen.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

He is also a highly accomplished jazz drummer and has performed and recorded with top Australian jazzers as well as pop stars the Bee Gees and The Foundations.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

His preoccupation with jazz yielded a successful ABC comedy series, Dr. Gumbo, and a famous comic based on the obscene and scatological rants of jazz drum legend Buddy Rich.*<\/em>
\nBrian Ritchie<\/strong>, music curator, MONA, (from his introduction to the catalogue of Linzee Arnold\u2019s one-man exhibition \u2018Music \u2014 Sound Paintings\u2019, Hobart 2013)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

* Buddy\u2019s rant and the full Dr. Gumbo comic will feature in Linzee\u2019s second book, Empanelled \u2014 Frivolous Fables<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2018Linz R. Nold is a Jazz Drummer\/Comic Freak who knows how to paradiddle and pack mad whimsy into every panel \u00ad\u2014 his Pulse is dangerously infectious\u2026 just feel it!\u2019<\/em>
\nGeoffrey Rush AC<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018I am delighted to have been introduced to Linzee\u2019s work. I derive much pleasure from his painting, and am greatly amused by the comics.\u2019<\/em>
\nJanet Holmes a Court AC<\/strong>, art collector<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Linzee speaks softly but carries a big (drum) stick. For fans of self-deprecating narrative of a photographic memory sort.\u2019<\/em>
\nBrian Ritchie<\/strong> of Violent Femmes, music curator at MONA, Tasmania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018He led the Life of an Artist, and led me there as well.\u2019<\/em>
\nLindy Morrison OAM<\/strong>, GoBetweens drummer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Hey Linz, Your drawings are at the pinnacle of comicular art. As a youngster in London I pawed over \u2018The Adventures of Barry McKenzie\u2019 in Private Eye. I thought I was him\u2026 Chug a lug!!! He existed, as do your epic muso characters. I think I am them now. What a conundrum. Keep it up, we love it and you. Thanks mate. Drop in. Al\u2019.<\/em>
\nAllan Browne<\/strong>, legendary poet and drumnambulist supreme<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018A Veritable Master Class in Inscrutability.\u2019<\/em>
\nDr. Morgan J. R.<\/strong> \u2018Jay\u2019 Nold, CEO sprokkit.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018I love your visual humor.\u2019<\/em>
\nRobert Crumb<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018I love all the little details.\u2019<\/em>
\nAline Kominsky Crumb<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018I think you\u2019re an excellent cartoonist.\u2019<\/em>
\nGary Groth<\/strong>, Publisher, Fantagraphics<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018You\u2019re a genius.\u2019<\/em>
\nRon Turner<\/strong>, Publisher, Last Gasp<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018You\u2019re no Rembrandt.\u2019<\/em>
\nKathe Todd<\/strong>, Rip Off Press<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Keep on artworkin\u2019<\/em>
\nPeter Bagge<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Why didn\u2019t you tell me you were so famous?\u2019<\/em>
\nDavid Lasky<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018I always liked your stuff.\u2019<\/em>
\nEddie Campbell<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018You have to get in someone\u2019s face!\u2019<\/em>
\nHarvey Pekar<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018It\u2019s funny. It\u2019s sad. I love it!\u2019<\/em>
\nGeoff Dyer<\/strong>, Archibald Prize winning painter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Brilliantly done in Linz\u2019s unique style. Laugh or sob hysterically, you will have your own reaction to these wonderful comedic tales.\u2019<\/em>
\nJohn Poch\u00e9e OAM<\/strong>, Drummer, author of the legendary jazz memoir I\u2019ll Start Tomorrow<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018He\u2019s a part of Jazz History.\u2019<\/em>
\nJoe \u2018Bop\u2019 Lane<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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ISBN 978 098054827 3 (paperback)
\nSize 215 x 290mm
\n288 pages
\nLimp sewn, laminated cover with flaps
\nColour throughout
\nWeight 1.5kg<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Empanelled \u2014 Loose Life Stories is largely autobiographical, full of colour and stories of Lindsay Arnold\u2019s eventful life as an eminently sedulous comicular practitioner, painter and renowned jazz drummer. Frivolous Fables is Book Two of Empanelled, the collected comicular works of Linzee Arnold. This book continues the Tasmanian weirdness with a strong dash of fantasy. It\u2019s … Continue reading A Cosmic Comicular Event<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bazznold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bazznold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bazznold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bazznold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bazznold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bazznold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bazznold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}