I can hear the grass grow

Excerpt from an interesting analysis by Marc Sobel about I can hear the grass grow, Moore's forgotten strip (or is it a trip?) & adaptation of a song by British band The Move.

Read the complete article HERE. 

Hear the song and watch/read the strip HERE. 

 

The work has been originally published in 1988 in the third issue of  British music magazine, Heartbreak Hotel published by Willyprods. It was also reprinted in George Khoury's The Extraordinary Works of Alan Moore, published in 2003 by TwoMorrows.

Marc Sobel: "[...] Alan Moore’s ability to probe such deeply spiritual and intellectual concepts, while using the comics medium in a wholly original way, sets this short story apart. As an adaptation, this work of "graphic sound" offers a transcendent depiction of an acid trip, elevating a simple pop song into a pioneering work of imagination. As a comic strip, it shatters the traditional boundaries of print media while pushing the form to its limits. As a work of psychedelic art, it is a masterpiece on par with Huxley’s The Doors of Perception."

Read the complete article HERE. Hear/watch the song/strip HERE.