T-shirt design that I made for myself. 25 t-shirts printed. 2017 We have already mentioned Hunt Emerson in one of our Memorabilia . Now he's the subject of an interview for his years spent drawing superbly for Melody Maker. Our special thanks to him for his patience and kindness in recalling what is only a small part of his artistic activity. Can you tell us how you started drawing and what your inspirations were? I have drawn since I could hold a pencil. I have a memory of drawing a marching band on the bedroom wall, and getting into trouble for it, at the age of 3. Like all British children I read the comics of the time – The Beano , The Dandy , Topper , Beezer , Eagle , Victor , Hotspur – there were so many of them, and all British cartoonists of my generation were influenced by them. But for me the biggest influence on how I wanted to draw was the early MAD comics, by Harvey Kurtzman , Wally Wood , Jack Davis and William Elder . I loved those books, even though I didn’t real...

 

 

En 1979, le Melody Maker a publié un hommage à Sid Vicious qui venait de décéder. Voici le dessin de Peter Till qui accompagnait ce texte. Nous avons eu envie d'en connaitre l'histoire. Merci à Peter d'avoir accepter de répondre à nos questions. Peter, when I discovered this drawing in Melody Maker, I was impressed by its power.  Was this commissioned by Melody Maker? Did you have the freedom to draw whatever you wanted? I can’t remember. If it was in Melody Maker then I suppose they must have commissioned it. They certainly didn’t try to influence me or tell me what to draw. It's both shocking and revealing of how Sid Vicious felt at the time. He had no respect for anything and it seems that you didn't want to respect the idea of a tribute either. The drawing was as punk as its subject. What was your message? Thank you for your appreciation of the image. I was thinking about the punk dance, the pogo. The syringe is essentially a pogo stick! How did you achieve thi...

 

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