I recently attended a swell evening of entertainment in Toronto when Paper Rad, Beige and friends came to town. My highlight of the evening was (again...saw him once before in NYC) Dr. Doo. This long-haired, trucker-hat wearing dude (so Canadian yet not) plays live drum-kit to recorded tunes and wacked out animation. Sounds dumb. It is. It's also a rush and a lot of fun. For one thing Dr. Doo is a damn good drummer. For another, the mix of an intense physical live act with boldly dumb computer graphics is a cyborg brain teaser. The iconography is psychedelic and spins into states of consciousness trippiness (pyramids and corridors and flying carpets) while staying close to simple themes (big faces, dogs and cats). I scored a free zine and comp cd in my shameless fandom. My favourite panel from the zine, Black and White and Read, is here above. I am not 100% sure that the zine is made by Dr. Doo, but I think so, especially because he and the dog character, Tux, share a rather strong resemblance. [UPDATE: thanks to Tom in comments...zine is by Paper Rad collectively]
It's a Paper Rad zine, with multiple contributors. Tux Dog is their open source character. The one you posted probably is by Benjamin (Dr. Doo).
Open Source character!? love that.
Here's the Tux Dog page. Be sure to check out the NY Underground Film Festival Flash animation (NYUFF).
Yes! that NYUFF is damn fine. I also really really like the unofficial history of open source.
ohmigolly though this one is for sure my favourite.
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I recently attended a swell evening of entertainment in Toronto when Paper Rad, Beige and friends came to town. My highlight of the evening was (again...saw him once before in NYC) Dr. Doo. This long-haired, trucker-hat wearing dude (so Canadian yet not) plays live drum-kit to recorded tunes and wacked out animation. Sounds dumb. It is. It's also a rush and a lot of fun. For one thing Dr. Doo is a damn good drummer. For another, the mix of an intense physical live act with boldly dumb computer graphics is a cyborg brain teaser. The iconography is psychedelic and spins into states of consciousness trippiness (pyramids and corridors and flying carpets) while staying close to simple themes (big faces, dogs and cats). I scored a free zine and comp cd in my shameless fandom. My favourite panel from the zine, Black and White and Read, is here above. I am not 100% sure that the zine is made by Dr. Doo, but I think so, especially because he and the dog character, Tux, share a rather strong resemblance. [UPDATE: thanks to Tom in comments...zine is by Paper Rad collectively]
- sally mckay 8-07-2004 11:02 pm
It's a Paper Rad zine, with multiple contributors. Tux Dog is their open source character. The one you posted probably is by Benjamin (Dr. Doo).
- tom moody 8-07-2004 11:09 pm
Open Source character!? love that.
- sally mckay 8-07-2004 11:20 pm
Here's the Tux Dog page. Be sure to check out the NY Underground Film Festival Flash animation (NYUFF).
- tom moody 8-08-2004 12:06 am
Yes! that NYUFF is damn fine. I also really really like the unofficial history of open source.
- sally mckay 8-10-2004 6:07 am
ohmigolly though this one is for sure my favourite.
- sally mckay 8-10-2004 6:10 am