HEY APATHY! ALTERNATIVE COMICS

RAISE YOUR BLACK FLAGS AND DO AS YOU'RE TOLD...

HEY APATHY! ALTERNATIVE COMICS : Following the historically catastrophic destruction of a major architectural sepulchre in the City of Gears, an en mass mesmerism ensues. Capturing the terrifying events on video, the horrors are transmuted telepathically through out the world by means of carefully composed television shockwaves. Instantaneously the faceless cog peoples of the gear fall under an inhibiting spell and begin submissively banding together against an unknown enemy.

On each and every doorstep, the peoples raise their black flags of hatred before retreating to the safety of their homes and TV's. Reports and accusations precede instructions and despair until an inevitable ennui eventually reclaims it's shaken hosts. Soon enough the tiny assimilated citizens lose interest in the occurrence and one by one, the channels begin to change.

Although most of the imagery from Chapter One HEY APATHY! and THE APOCALYPSE was developed more than eight months prior to the events of 9-11, the symbolic proclamations of the artworks were especially emphasized by the atrocity. This short story was drawn and published as a limited edition photocopy zine two days after the attack. (A second printing was issued the following January as part of the first )

As deeply horrified as I was by the events ( which are not so uncommon in many other parts of the world) I was equally concerned about the public zombie like comments, attitudes, and misinformed actions which followed. I instinctively composed this little alternative comics metaphor comparing the television aftershock (which I experienced) to the real one (which I did not), entitled "Raise Your Black Flags and Do as You're Told". HEY APATHY! Art Gallery Installation )

As deeply horrified as I was by the events ( which are not so uncommon in many other parts of the world) I was equally concerned about the public zombie like comments, attitudes, and misinformed actions which followed. I instinctively composed this little alternative comics metaphor comparing the television aftershock (which I experienced) to the real one (which I did not), entitled "Raise Your Black Flags and Do as You're Told".

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