“There’s Anything But A Glut Of Non-Commercial Comics Right Now” : Four Color Apocalypse Interviews Austin English

Posted on September 21, 2021 by Ryan C. (fourcolorapocalypse)

At the risk of sounding grandiose, Austin English is a bit of a renaissance man in the truest sense of that term — through his utterly unique cartooning, his publishing efforts with Domino Books, his eclectic comics distribution service (I number myself among its regular customers), his position as editor of the must-read ‘zine But Is It — Comic Aht?, and his new wholesale venture, he’s one of the people most responsible for pushing this medium we all love forward in no small way. I recently had the chance to converse with him about where his various and sundry projects came from, where they’re at now, and where they’re going —

Four Color Apocalypse : For readers who may not be aware of Domino, what was the impetus behind its creation, and how long has it been a going concern now?

Austin English : I started Domino in 2011…

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Here’s The Haunting Trailer For The Tragedy of MacBeth

Posted on September 21, 2021 by Lisa Marie Bowman

I really don’t have much to say about this teaser, beyond the fact that it looks really good. With Ethan Coen reportedly taking a break from cinema to focus on theater, this will be Joel Coen’s first film as a solo director. Shakespeare, though, seems like a good collaborator. Both Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand are already being spoken of as very likely Oscar nominees as a result of their work in this film.

The Tragedy of MacBeth will be released in theaters in Christmas and will be available on AppleTV+ in January. For the record, this film is the one reason why I currently subscribe to AppleTV+.

Artwork of the Day: Build My Gallows High (by Mitchell Hooks)

Posted on September 21, 2021 by Dazzling Erin

by Mitchell Hooks

This is from 1956. As you can tell by his signature in the right hand corner of the cover, the artist was Mitchell Hooks.

Music Video of the Day: Sign of the Gypsy Queen by April Wine (1981, directed by ????)

Posted on September 21, 2021 by Jedadiah Leland

On August 1st, 1981, MTV premiered. Over the course of 24 hours, 166 unique music videos were played on MTV. Yes, there was a time when the M actually did stand for music.

Well, this sucks. The 56th video to air on MTV was Sign of the Gypsy Queen, performed by April Wine. The video was taken for their Live From London concert film. Unfortunately, while the entire film has been uploaded to YouTube, video of the band just performing Sign of the Gypsy Queen in London has not. The video above is from the band’s Live in Cedar Rapids concert film, which was filmed the same year as their London performance. Unfortunately, the person who uploaded video disabled playback so you’ll have to click on “Watch On YouTube” to see it.

It’s a good song, though. I don’t know much about April Wine but they could play.

Enjoy!

The First Videos Shown on MTV: