Les Gobes Mouches, a post Funny Garbage Production 1988
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What you are looking at is a self-published magazine I created in 1988, enlisting a group of artists with whom I shared a very special energy during the late 80’s/early 90’s. I am not sure exactly how many actual copies of this pseudo-publication remain and I certainly cannot recall more than 20 being made at all, so for what it is worth, the printed matter is a rarity. I myself, who had a habit of giving all my creations away, have the good fortune of being pro- vided with this copy by my good friend Jenni Mehm-Oakes. The energy of the group of artists I was associating myself with back then (all of us connected through the School of Visual Arts, NYC) started to really gel with the publication of a comic/collage/collection called Funny Garbage. Perhaps the name sounds familiar? What was then a simple xerox magazine, has since metamorphosed into the web compa- ny http://www.funnygarbage.com by Peter Girardi and Chris Capuozzo. After the initial, successful production and distribution of the Summer 1986 version of Funny Garbage, a few more maga- zines were produced, most notably, Nirvana Now. Most of these productions were created with Pete and Chris at the helm; I wanted to create and steward my own publication and was busy creating large works on 18” x 24” bristol. The magazine would turn out to be Le Gobe Mouches...and this is it. What is special, for me, about this collection is the electric, explosive nature of it. For the aesthetic we were playing around with then, using collage, stickers, mad references from pop culture and appropriating almost anything we could lay our hungry eyes on, this magazine presents it fairly well. The mania is locked in, corralled by the grid pat- terns of the General Trademark stat camera, along with the layout of boldly inked lines. What is not transferrable by any method of reproduc- tion is how I feel when returning to this work. I can recall the method of assembly I was fascinated with, in regard to the con- struction of those large pieces: using calligraphy nibs for extra bold line and accenting with crowquill pens. White-out was king, but the ink was scratched, sprayed, burnt and peeled as well. The pieces were rich with maddening detail, akin to a thick brick of German bread. Over the years it angered me that for all the work I had placed into the creation of LGM (I drove all over meeting up with the various artists in order to either get their pieces or indeed engage in real- time creation: having each fill in portions of layout I had crafted with that purpose in mind -- see centerpiece) it never really was seen by a great amount of people. I simply wanted this project that became a labor of love lost, to be seen. That is all I ever wanted and now it shall finally occur. W W ABOVE: A sketchbook cover from a year or so after LGM’s creation, note the sticker and reference to FG by Fluffy in the upper panel. RIGHT: A piece of salvaged inkwork from something aborted. On the back Mark Beyer’s address from an old Jersey City residence. Le Gobe Mouches Le Gobe Mouches Revisited: The Moving of Stones and Draining of Shadows Le Gobe Mouches © Mark Sunshine 1988,2009 All artwork copyright the individual artists. Any references to Funny Garbage throughout the magazine are solely of the period and do not constitute any current professional association with Funny Garbage Inc. 2009 Layout/Design/Art - Sunshine 1988/2003 reprise/surprise GUEST ARTISTS: Paul Komoda, Peter Girardi, Chris Capuozzo, Ian Farrell, Eric _______ (see BioDog?) plus appearances by Gary Panter, “Traub” and Mark Van Der Wahl. LGM LGM c/o Armored Baby Salvage and Reclamation [email protected]
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A self-published, xerox magazine featuring the creators of Funny Garbage. Created in 1988 by Mark Sunshine, now of Armoredbaby.com few print copies remain.
Transcript of Les Gobes Mouches, a post Funny Garbage Production 1988
What you are looking at is a self-publishedmagazine I created in 1988, enlisting a group
of artists with whom I shared a very specialenergy during the late 80’s/early 90’s. I am not
sure exactly how many actual copies of thispseudo-publication remain and I certainly cannot recallmore than 20 being made at all, so for what it is worth, theprinted matter is a rarity. I myself, who had a habit of givingall my creations away, have the good fortune of being pro-vided with this copy by my good friend Jenni Mehm-Oakes.
The energy of the group of artists I was associating myselfwith back then (all of us connected through the School ofVisual Arts, NYC) started to really gel with the publication ofa comic/collage/collection called Funny Garbage. Perhapsthe name sounds familiar? What was then a simple xeroxmagazine, has since metamorphosed into the web compa-ny http://www.funnygarbage.com by Peter Girardi and ChrisCapuozzo.
After the initial, successful production and distribution of theSummer 1986 version of Funny Garbage, a few more maga-zines were produced, most notably, Nirvana Now. Most ofthese productions were created with Pete and Chris at thehelm; I wanted to create and steward my own publicationand was busy creating large works on 18” x 24” bristol. Themagazine would turn out to be Le Gobe Mouches...and thisis it.
What is special, for me, about this collection is the electric,explosive nature of it. For the aesthetic we were playingaround with then, using collage, stickers, mad referencesfrom pop culture and appropriating almost anything wecould lay our hungry eyes on, this magazine presents it fairly
well. The mania is locked in,corralled by the grid pat-terns of the GeneralTrademark stat camera,along with the layout ofboldly inked lines.
What is not transferrable byany method of reproduc-tion is how I feel whenreturning to this work. I canrecall the method ofassembly I was fascinatedwith, in regard to the con-
struction of those large pieces: using calligraphy nibs forextra bold line and accenting with crowquill pens. White-outwas king, but the ink was scratched, sprayed, burnt andpeeled as well. The pieces were rich with maddening detail,akin to a thick brick of German bread.
Over the years it angered me that for all the work I had placed intothe creation of LGM (I drove all over meeting up with the variousartists in order to either get their pieces or indeed engage in real-time creation: having each fill in portions of layout I had crafted withthat purpose in mind -- see centerpiece) it never really was seen bya great amount of people. I simply wanted this project thatbecame a labor of love lost, to be seen. That is all I ever wantedand now it shall finally occur.
WW
ABOVE: A sketchbookcover from a year or soafter LGM’s creation, notethe sticker and referenceto FG by Fluffy in theupper panel. RIGHT: Apiece of salvaged inkworkfrom something aborted.On the back Mark Beyer’saddress from an oldJersey City residence.
Le Gobe MouchesLe Gobe MouchesRevisited: The Moving of Stones and Draining of Shadows
Le Gobe Mouches © Mark Sunshine 1988,2009 All artwork copyright the individualartists. Any references to Funny Garbage throughout the magazine are solely ofthe period and do not constitute any current professional association with FunnyGarbage Inc. 2009
Layout/Design/Art - Sunshine 1988/2003 reprise/surprise
GUEST ARTISTS:Paul Komoda, Peter Girardi, Chris Capuozzo, Ian Farrell, Eric _______ (seeBioDog?) plus appearances by Gary Panter, “Traub” and Mark Van Der Wahl.
LGMLGM c/o Armored Baby Salvage and [email protected]
Paul Komoda
The above insert is from a letter from Mark Beyer, I scanned it in and superimposed it here. I was delightedto rediscover it. I was in the basement of an old apartment complex removing items from cardboard boxes --
wrapping them in garbage bags -- in case of a flood -- caused by the Blizzard of 2003 = mountains of melting snowthen being soaked with torrents of rain. - SUN
