It’s that time of year again! Halloween! And long-time visitors to my site might recall that I have something of a loose tradition of doing Frankenstein-themed stuff in honor of the holiday. Here’s this year’s: a single from the ’60s by the Orloks, doing the Frankenstomp.
There was a big pop culture fascination with monsters in the ’60s, likely spurred initially at least in part by TV stations looking to fill time, and resorting to running old monster movies. They caught on with young viewers and created a demand for more, resulting in all kinds of games, models, TV shows, cartoons…and even novelty 45’s like this.
I’m a big fan of this kind of mid-century art style (and the style of graphic design that goes with it). It’s very silhouette- and shape-oriented. I must confess, it doesn’t come entirely natural to me to try to draw this way (it’s like throwing a car in hard reverse, after years of trying so hard to get volume and dimension into all my work). But it’s fun to at least attempt it like this every now and then.
Enjoy, and Happy Halloween!
Oh! Funny! I was tricked. Since I have not taken the time to go through past Oct. posts, I had not known that The Orlocks were ficticious. So here I am on a serious goog serch for their actual music. HaHaHa. I did find a German title “Orloks Boning.” I am also going to have to do some investigating of butterflies and vampires which came up in the goog search.
Seriously, for people who have not visited your Octobers of the past- Go Now.
As to this year’s creation: I like the use of white around the principal characters. And of course the happy smiles of the monsters add an innocence and reflect the 60’s monster mania. The purples bring to mind the oxgen depleting that might happen with a goofy bat blood draw.
Very authentic. Thanks.
Glad you enjoyed this.
Sorry for the confusion (but not too sorry, because it means I achieved my goal of having it look like an authentic period piece :). Yeah, I basically pulled the name the Orloks out of thin air, or rather from the name of the Count in Nosferatu. In plural like that, it sounded like a cool, fun band name for a group that would be doing songs like this.