by Dorothy Snarker

Tori Amos: Soon at a comics store near you

Are you ready for Tori Amos: The Comic Book? The ethereal piano goddess with the Titian hair will have her songs turned into a graphic novel anthology called Tori Amos’ Comic Book Tattoo, slated for release this summer.

The project was announced in this month’s SPIN magazine, and apparently some 70 artists have already signed on to transform Tori’s deeply personal and sometimes abstruse lyrics into artwork. The 400-plus page full-color collection should be ready in time for the San Diego Comic-Con this July.

Seems Tori and editor Rantz A. Hoseley have been talking about the idea for the last 15 years. As she told SPIN, the decision to go ahead with the comic was both difficult and exciting: “Obviously, I’ll need to have a level of trust to turn over these songs to each writer. With the unknown, there can be a feeling of reticence, but that in itself can be sexy.”

Sexy? Quite possibly. Strange? Almost guaranteed. Tori’s songwriting has a fantastical quality that should lend itself well to animation. And her lyrics — which tackle everything from rape to religion, masturbation to miscarriage — certainly provide endless story fodder. Though, if I might be so bold, could I request that someone illustrate “Caught a Light Sneeze” so that maybe, finally, I’ll know what the hell Tori is singing about?

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Submitted by

Dorothy Snarker

on January 30, 2008 - 5:00pm.

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Note to self...

Submitted by

silent_alarm (38 posts)

on January 30, 2008 - 5:02pm.

Become a comic book geek

Totally

Submitted by

Amylin (213 posts)

on February 11, 2008 - 2:49pm.

i second that!

YES!

Submitted by

Pirategrrrl (1994 posts)

on January 30, 2008 - 5:34pm.

FINALLY! But July feels like it's SOOOO far away! I'll be, what Rotezora would deem, "a pig in sh*t."

And if you're waiting for Caught a Light Sneeze, *I'm* waiting for Hello, Mr. Zebra.

Now and then we had a hope that if we lived and were good, God would permit us to be pirates. [Mark Twain]

Heeeee!

Submitted by

Persephone's Na... (47 posts)

on January 30, 2008 - 5:57pm.

*insert fangirl squeal here*

Excitement can't begin to explain how I feel. I'm already a comic book geek (of the twisted variety, see Sandman). But, this.... this is going to be amazing.

*squeals again*

x Rage More x

I love my fucking Tori Amos.

Submitted by

Meke (206 posts)

on January 30, 2008 - 6:04pm.

I love my fucking Tori Amos.

thats sound kinda cool. I

Submitted by

Nathiest (831 posts)

on January 30, 2008 - 6:25pm.

thats sound kinda cool. I might flick through it.

-Nathiest
live for lust die for love

O vey, Christmas just came early

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Phantom (161 posts)

on January 30, 2008 - 6:29pm.

Where do I set up camp? O_O
Tori's 'peculiarity' translated into any kind of graphic is art in itself, not to mention translating her music. And I like my comics weird. Ahem peculiar. Peculiar graphic novels for the win. ;P

But what makes me ~~paranoid~~ worried is the news, she's been asked to do a musical as well (sp?). I really hope it isn't hoax I'm smelling (but just the dogs).

Tori's commented on that

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Persephone's Na... (47 posts)

on January 30, 2008 - 6:54pm.

Tori's commented on that herself. Yes, it's true, she's working on a musical. She said something along the lines of trying to be both Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice.

Should be interesting.

x Rage More x

Great. :) Now I can sleep

Submitted by

Phantom (161 posts)

on January 31, 2008 - 6:41am.

Great. :) Now I can sleep well at night again.

I wouldn't go that far.

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Persephone's Na... (47 posts)

on January 31, 2008 - 9:06pm.

I wouldn't go that far. From what I've heard, she's not in charge of the story. The play itself is supposed to based off of some children's book about mermaids. She's just covering the musical aspect of it.

So... who knows?

x Rage More x

Awesome to hear that, it

Submitted by

DistantTwinkle (18 posts)

on January 30, 2008 - 6:36pm.

Awesome to hear that, it will be very interesting to see the artists translation of those oooh so deep lyrics...

a chorus of angels...

Submitted by

jenn (34 posts)

on January 30, 2008 - 6:41pm.

...just started singing, and a heavenly sight shineth upon my computer screen. i literally squealed with joy when i read this!

I can't wait to see

Submitted by

Piaf (25 posts)

on January 30, 2008 - 7:10pm.

how Professional Widow is illustrated. I love this song and the lyrics are rife with saucy imagery so it should translate well into a comic book

Tori is a Goddess!

Submitted by

Roseriotgrrl (3 posts)

on January 30, 2008 - 8:54pm.

Oh my god news of a comic and possible musical! I'm so excited! I'm sure I'll love anything Tori touches.

Eh?

Submitted by

Livia (67 posts)

on January 31, 2008 - 12:08am.

"Tori’s songwriting has a fantastical quality that should lend itself well to animation" what does animation have to do with this? They are transforming her music into stories, told in a comic format, there is no animation involved.

Caught a Lite Sneeze is about...

Submitted by

GirlAnachronism (121 posts)

on January 31, 2008 - 12:39am.

just so ms. snarker doesn't have to wonder any longer caught a lite sneeze is about having an orgasm as said by tori herself. makes the song just that much more enjoyable don't cha think?

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"But I dream of flight, not to be as the angels are, but to rise above te smallness of it all. The smallness that I am. Against the daily death the iconography of wings."

I love her

Submitted by

femme (14 posts)

on January 31, 2008 - 9:47am.

She got my vote. LOL

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How fantastic!

Submitted by

ajoliefanatic21 (36 posts)

on January 31, 2008 - 6:56pm.

Caught a Lite Sneeze and Rasberry Swirl are two of Tori's queerest songs and two of my favorites. Some lyrics to demonstrate:

"Boys on my left side

Boys on my right side

Boys in the middle
And you're not here
Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo
Doo, doo
I need a big loan from the girl zone"

 and from Rasberry Swirl...

" Things are getting desperate
When all the boys can't be men
everybody knows
I'm her friend
everybody knows
I'm her man
Let's go
I am not your señorita
I don't aim so high
In the garden, in the garden
I did no crime
If you want inside her well,
Boy you better make her raspberry swirl"

Oh, come on, we mustn't

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Persephone's Na... (47 posts)

on January 31, 2008 - 9:04pm.

Oh, come on, we mustn't forget "Hey Jupiter."

Seriously.

"Hey Jupiter
Nothing's been the same
So are you gay?
Are you blue?
Thought we both could use a friend to run to
And I thought, I wouldn't have to be
With you, something new"

"Your apocalypse was fab for a girl who couldn't choose between the shower or the bath."

x Rage More x

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Tori Amos: Soon at a comics store near you