We’re working on some major changes on the site so if it looks odd that’s why. If it’s looking good it means we’ve finished. If there’s nothing here at all or a bunch of error messages it means something major has gone wrong. If that is the case we will almost certainly be in the pub if you want to join us.
It’s Nice That *6
This has been out for a fair few weeks now but i’ve only just got through it. It may well be the best issue so far, the highlight is an interview with the legendary US adman/art director who is quoted as saying “I believe people should talk truth to power, that we shouldn’t take any crap from our leaders”. People should truth to power – great line.
Coming soon…
Issue 14 of our Hoarder magazine is due anytime now. A collection of clip art images I found in an old folder, lodged at the bottom of a box of random stuff in the loft. Here’s the intro text to get you in the mood…
I wish I could say that all the stuff I collect is filed neatly in boxes. All clearly labelled for instant access. When I say instant access I’m not talking about having GigaBytes of content available with a click and point, I’m talking about instant access in terms of getting a ladder from the shed, finding a torch and getting up in the loft but at least being able to half guess at the contents of particular boxes. Stuff’s not always filed neatly but I quite enjoy coming across a random, “unamed” box full of stuff that did’t fit anywhere else.
Nestled at the bottom of one such box was a yellow card folder full of copies of black and white clip art. These were generic illustrations and graphic elements created for use by printers and jobbing studios to “clip” out and paste into artwork – primarily on cheap ads, flyers and menus. Jobs with no budget for commissioning illustrations.
The following pages show a bunch of images i have photocopied from sheets and books whenever I have come across them. I’ve also bulked this issue out with some images from books i’ve collected which feature the same sort of stuff, most notably the dover clip art series & the daddy of all found illustration/clip art projects, the very fantastic ‘Crap Hound’.
Enjoy.
Playlist June/July
left to right / top to bottom: MF Doom – Mmm…Food / GooGoosh – s/t /Lagos Disco Inferno compilation / The Who – Meaty Beaty Big & Bouncy / The Worlds End:Afro Rock & Psychedelia in 1970′s Nigeria compilation / Battles – Gloss Drop / The Advisory Circle – As The Crow Flies / Steinski – What Does It All Mean 1983-2006 Retrospective / Jane Weaver – The Watchbird Alluminate / Downtown 81 s/t / Will Oldham – Joya / Scott walker – Scott 4
Attention!
Cow gum and scalplel afficianado’s get ready. SFlake027 will be issue 14 of our perpetually dull Hoarder magazine – a clip art special no less ! Coming soon (for some reason before the 5 other publications we threatened to release yesterday).
More Catalogues
Hoarder 6 introduced our obsession with clothing catalogues (refresh your memory here) and here’s a bunch more that have been piling up on the end of the desk.
Fingers Crossed…
Forthcoming from the House of Superflake…
SFlake 022 will be issue 10 of Hoarder based on a bunch of old motorsports magazines.
SFlake 023 will be Hoarder 11 built around images from fashion trend books
SFlake 024 will be issue 7 of our increasingly mediocre zine Shrapnel
SFlake 025 will be Hoarder 12 – our second volume of stickers
SFlake 026 will be Hoarder 13 – vol 2 of our hang tag collection
We are also toying with the resserection of the Ferret Youth soundtrack project, and a recently abandoned collage zine. We have a few sets of badges left and a few printed issues of early Hoarder and Shrapnel zines still lying around – we need to get rid of these so mail mark@houseofsuperflake.com and we’ll get them out to you free of charge – first come, first served basis, git yourself a piece of history NOW. When they is gone, they is gone.
Oh, and don’t forget to check out our newest blog, the tribute to delinquency and fashion that is subbaculture.co.uk. Click here to get there now.
