RZA: As Bobby Digital in Stereo
Yeh yeh, chicks, cars, guns it’s a dissemination of male fantasies…sure..whatever. Cliched hiphopism aside Bill Sienkiewiczs‘ cover art for The RZA as Bobby Digital debut was a sweet deal for any fans of comic art and 70′s/80′s movie posters.
The composition is all Indiana Jones/Bond/Star Wars of the late 70′s/early 80′s (Sienkiewicz actually did some poster art for Return of the Jedi) with that collage of movie moments at various scales thing that I can’t get enough of.
-Plus the washed out pastels make it look old and less cartoony, more ‘designy’ like Robert McGinnis‘ Bond posters.
Replete with fake movie titles – it’s classy and detailed. If I’d come up with some out there alter-ego who’s all about bitches,guns,coke and high tech weaponry and my commisioned artist handed this in, I’d be well chuffed.
Andrew Gordon:
One of my all time fave covers, great blog too!
# 23 Aug 07 at 9:28 pm
jam:
Reminds me a lot of Japanese hip-hop group m-flo’s cover for their Replacement Percussionists album a few years back.
# 07 Dec 07 at 5:19 pm
nza:
can u get a poster of this???
# 14 May 08 at 10:32 pm
Neil:
This was always one of my favorite covers, being a comic book fan.
# 22 May 08 at 12:10 am
Antonio:
It’s almost a carbon copy of Galt McDermot’s “Cotton Comes To Harlem”. And it’s really good.
# 20 Jun 08 at 2:00 am
Traie:
Anyone remember that the cassette version came in a cigarette pack? At the time the most interesting packaging design ideas I´d ever seen at a huge record chain store outside of some of the early Spiritualized records.
# 09 Apr 09 at 2:05 am
Joe:
Wow, this website must not be very good since only the comment section has mentioned that this album cover is based off of the Cotton Comes To Harlem album.
# 20 Jun 09 at 3:16 pm
Edwina:
I’ve got the “Cotton Comes to Harlem” paperback and this is most definitely the strongest influence. I’m curious to know if the artist is one and the same?
# 02 Sep 09 at 7:13 am
Edwina:
no, not the same artist.
# 02 Sep 09 at 7:14 am
shane:
I have been a huge fan of Sienkiewicz since his run on New Mutants. I like The Wu ok too. So, I bought this lp on vinyl when it was released just for the art.
# 18 Sep 09 at 4:52 am