Comics & Music

For Record Store Day 2025

As today is Record Store Day, I figured it might be interesting to see how many comic-book inspired record and CD sleeves I have on my shelves. First up... this!

Artist: Fluke
Title: Atom Bomb
Design: miTDR:TM (The Designers Republic)
Illustration: D J Aldred
Released: 1996

Artist: The Fink Brothers
Title: Mutants In Mega-City One
Design: Brian Bolland
Illustration: Brian Bolland
Released: 1985

Artist: DJ FOOD
Title: The Search Engine
Illustration: Henry Flint
Colours, After effects & Design: Openmind
Released: 2012

Artist: FreQ.Nasty
Title: Freq's Geeks & Mutilations
Design: TJ
Released: 1999

Artist: Mekon
Title: Relax With... Mekon
Design: Steve Bliss
Illustration: Steve Bliss
Released: 2000

Artist: Massive Attack v Mad Professor
Title: No Protection
Illustration: Steve Bliss
Released: 1995

Artist: Dimitri From Paris
Title: Dirty Larry
Design: Manetta-Scott & Laurent Edeline
Illustration: Mattias. Colouring: Walt

Artist: The Archies
Title: Sugar, Sugar
Illustration: Dan DeCarlo
This Release: 2021. Original Release 1969

Artist: Enki Bilal, Air, Brian Eno and more.
Title: Le Sommeil Du Monstre.
Illustration: Enki Bilal.
Plus: Multimedia film & images.

Artist: Big Brother & The Holding Company
Title: Cheap Thrills
Design: Robert Crumb
Illustration: Robert Crumb
This Release: 1999. Original Release 1968

Artist: Indigo Girls
Title: All That We Let In
Design: Jaime Hernandez
Illustration: Jaime Hernandez
Released: 2004

Artist: Blondie
Title: Ghosts Of Download
Design: J.H. Williams III
Illustration: J.H. Williams III
Released: 2014

Artist: Ron Dante, The Webspinners
Title: The Amazing Spider-Man: From Beyond The Grave - A Rockomic
Illustration: John Romita Sr.
Released: 1972

The amazing fold out comic strip inside. I saved my hard-earned Paperboy money for this one, at the age of fourteen.

And last but not least, Serge Gainsbourg and Brigitte Bardot "Comic Strip"

All artwork © their respective owners.