These are all the cartoons I've done for TQ Zine from issue 21 way back in March 2019 up to present. There are also notes with each one. I've left the three latest cartoons off so people don't get to see them before they receive their copy of TQ, but they'll be added as time progresses.

Thursday, November 14, 2024

WHERE'S TARQUIN? - THE COVERS OF TQ56, TQ57, TQ58+59, TQ60


For this series of covers Andy Wood and Paul PMZ decided that it would be fun if I could draw four colour pictures with a hidden Tarquin in each one. Tarquin is of course dressed in Wally style stripes, as tradition dictates. 

Also Andy and Paul came up with a list of people from music and beyond, and I had to draw every one, as well as adding some of my own. I'm not really a caricaturist, so some of the likenesses are a bit... er... dodgy. Anyway, as well as searching for Tarquin there are plenty more things to look out for in each picture. 

On the TQ56 cover you're looking for:
  • Tarquin
  • Klaus Kinski holding Werner Herzog at gunpoint
  • Kraftwerk swapping their bikes for another mode of transport
  • Bryan Ferry and Eno dealing with a troublesome schoolboy
  • Rob Hayler giving cool stuff to the public (as always)
  • Ivor Cutler serving Meatloaf with candy floss
  • Abba with their career on the slide
  • Reynols also going downhill
  • Andy Warhol and Lou Reed feeding animals in the zoo
  • Jo (Mrs TQ) with her two cats Trixie and Josie
  • Siouxie Sioux getting angry about someone's rival t-shirt
  • The Sex Pistols causing trouble
  • An escaped lion
  • Three people reading TQ


On the TQ57 cover you're looking for:
  • Tarquin
  • 4 Beatles and an Ant
  • Theo Gowans selling tapes
  • Iggy Pop crowd surfing
  • Mark E Smith sacking his entire band
  • Mariam and Stewart performing together
  • The Jesus and Mary Chain losing Bobby Gillespie out of a van
  • Stockhausen selling a Tutti Frutti to Little Richard
  • Ash Cooke and John Russell jamming and David Howcroft recording them
  • John Cooper Clarke selling balloons
  • Batman roosting
  • John Peel falling in a ditch
  • God


On the TQ 58+59 cover you're looking for:

  •  Tarquin
  • The Addams Family polishing their van
  • Brian Cox in his observatory tent
  • Delia Derbyshire and Daphne Oram pitching their futuristic Radiophonic tent
  • Peter Gabriel being hunted because he's wearing his Foxtrot outfit
  • Terry Riley messing about with a drone as usual
  • Joey Ramone being tall
  • Robert Ridley-Shackleton emerging from his cardboard sanctuary
  • Kiss glamming up
  • Some scouts earning their Industrial Music badge by spotting Throbbing Gristle on a cliff
  • Klaus Dinger drumming
  • Spiderman snacking
  • Steve Davis and Jimi Hendrix sharing a campfire
  • A giant snake on the loose
  • Morton Feldman telling Philip Glass that the campsite's full



On the TQ60 cover you're looking for:
  • Tarquin
  • Roy Orbison buying sunglasses
  • The St. James Infirmary first aid post
  • Colin Morrison building a sandcastle
  • A dangerous looking Cave
  • Dave Clarkson doing cave based field recordings
  • Bob Moog on a boat being aided by an octopus
  • Captain Haddock and Tin Tin
  • The B52s jiving with a rock lobster
  • Oasis fighting as usual
  • Sparks playing tennis
  • Lou Ottens on his cassette paddleboard
  • Mr Dali's art class featuring:
    • William Burroughs painting a syringe
    • Mick Jagger painting it black
    • Our friend Acep Hale painting one of his beloved pigeons
  • Kate Bush running up a hill
  • The Residents keeping an eye on the ball
  • TQ's Paul PMZ taking a shot for Arsenal
  • Miserable Michael Gira on a swan
  • Arthur Brown's clam bake


This is how all four covers go together to make one massive picture.


 


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