‘I‘ve been upstairs,’ she said.
‘Oh yes?’ I said.
‘I found a hair,’ she said.
‘A hair?’ I said.
‘In the bed,’ she said.
‘From a head?’ I said.
‘It’s not mine,’ she said.
‘Was it black?’ I said.
‘It was,’ she said.
‘I’ll explain,’ I said.
‘You swine,’ she said.
‘Not quite,’ I said.
‘I’m going,’ she said.
‘Please don’t,’ I said.
‘I hate you!’ she said.
‘You do?’ I said.
‘Of course!’ she said.
‘But why?’ I said.
‘That black hair,’ she said.
‘A pity,’ I said.

‘Time for truth,’ she said.
‘For confessions?’ I said.
‘Me too,’ she said.
‘You what?’ I said.
‘Someone else,’ she said.
‘Oh dear,’ I said.
‘So there!’ she said.
‘Ah well,’ I said.
‘Guess who?’ she said.
‘Don’t say,’ I said.
‘I will,’ she said.
‘You would,’ I said.
‘Your friend,’ she said.
‘Oh damn,’ I said.
‘And his friend,’ she said.
‘Him too?’ I said.
‘And the rest,’ she said.
‘Good God!’ I said.

‘What’s that?’ she said.
‘What’s what?’ I said.
‘That noise?’ she said.
‘Upstairs?’ I said.
‘Yes,’ she said.
‘The new cat,’ I said.
‘A cat?’ she said.
‘It’s black,’ I said.
‘Black?’ she said.
‘Long-haired,’ I said.
‘Oh no,’ she said.
‘Oh yes,’ I said.
‘Oh shit!’ she said.
‘Goodbye,’ I said.

‘I lied,’ she said.
‘You lied?’ I said.
‘Of course,’ she said.
‘About my friend?’ I said.
‘Y-ess,’ she said.
‘And the others?’ I said.
‘Ugh,’ she said.
‘How odd,’ I said.
‘I’m forgiven?’ she said.
‘Of course,’ I said.
‘I’ll stay?’ she said.
‘Please don’t,’ I said.
‘But why?’ she said.
‘I lied,’ I said.
‘About what?’ she said.
‘The new cat,’ I said.
‘It’s white,’ I said.

(A Hair Today, No Her Tomorrow - Brian Patten)

Lewes Harriot malt Monster. Bunte Monster mit großen Augen, großen Händen und flotten Sprüchen auf den nichtvorhandenen Lippen. Lewes Herriot hat außerdem einen Kaktus, dessen Namen ich gerade vergessen habe, und ein Faible für griechische Mythologie, was ihn mir sehr sympathisch macht. In seinem Alter interessieren sich die meisten Kerle schließlich eher für Pornos als für Prometheus.



(c) Lewes Herriot 2009

Sehr zu meiner Freude gibt es die farbenprächtigen Drucke des autodidaktischen Grafikers nun auch online zu erwerben, noch dazu im preisgünstigen Viererpack. Bunte Monster für zu Hause, now ain't that nice?

Ich mag Justin David Cox. Erstens weil er wunderschön understatete Konzertplakate designt und zweitens, weil sein Studiokollektiv PUBLIC SCHOOL jedes Monat eine Musiksammlung zusammen- und zum download zu Verfügung stellt, die absolut hörenswert ist. Audio Document nennt sich das dann und weil Grafiker nun mal Ästheten sind, gibts zur Musik gleich noch ein hübsches Cover mit dazu.

I like. A lot.