69 love songs comic – chicken with its head cut off
Another comic for the 69 Love Songs Illustrated project (see this post for my adaptation of “Absolutely Cuckoo”). This time I’ve interpreted “A Chicken With Its Head Cut Off”.
It is absurd. But was so much fun to draw. I wanted it to look like an old Sunday funnies style comic from the back pages of a newspaper. It just seemed appropriate after I’d decided on the concept. It was drawn at A2 and then coloured on the computer. Needless to say, my faithful but slightly old computer struggled with the size of the piece so it took longer than I anticipated. When I was happy with the colours I added a filter to give it CMYK dots for that old newspaper printing look.
Listen to the song here while you read!
Due to the comic being drawn so large (I think I might try and print it one day), some detail may be lost below so feel free to check out a larger version here.
This is great, Tom!
Poster sized print would be awesome!
Very nice! I really like how the flow is directed with the monosyllabic arrows and dotted lines…
Hoo-ray for Ben-day
clever, fun, funny, sweet, imaginative and beautifully designed – I love the way it is actually running around the page like a headless chicken. Ace!
Thanks for the very kind words everyone! I might actually be able to take some prints along with me to the Alternative Press Festival this weekend… will know more soon.