Guess My Theory (2000AD 30th birthday edition)

early punk year-zero-ism was on the whole very anti SF — partly bcz prog (loosely) was the wing of rock which dealt in SF, partly bcz DOLE QUEUES and RELEVANCE were the deal, partly bcz DYSTOPIA HERE NOW, i think (with a stress on depicting same in social realist terms) — the neo-ballardians — and all that herkyjerky* TV-phobic “new musik” — were the start of popu

for some reason the protogrebo hawkwind were generally spared full-on punk hostility, progpurge-wise: in similar manner, michael moorcock also got a bit more of a free pass than you’d expect (in both cases the hippydom was salted with something else) (but i’m not convinced the something else was anything worth much)

what’s particularly interesting about b.bubbles to me is that he represents a HIGH level of developed technique and craft (and historical understanding) — which punk and post-punk were hostile to in the area of music but needed LOTS of in the visual area

*when did this useful word stop being used?

haha “druillet and flaubert’s SALAMMBO!”

metal hurlant — maybe french SF hippydom generally — SEEMS somehow more punk-friendly than its US or UK cousins: i don’t know if that’s a hangover from 68