Vaughn Bodé: Real Time Truth

Steven D. Brewer reports purchasing a pencil rough to Vaughn Bodé's "Real Time Truth" at the Words & Pictures Museum of Fine Sequential Art back around 1999. That would be close to the time the museum was to close its doors forever. Bodé's preliminary art does not include narrative text or dialogue; he must have worked that out elsewhere. The abbreviation DBE stands for Deadbone Erotica.

Vaughn Bodé
"Real Time Truth"
Preliminary art
Cavalier, December 1971, page 55

Scan by Steven D. Brewer

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Vaughn Bodé
"Real Time Truth"
Cavalier, December 1971, page 55

https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/cavalier-magazine-dec-1971-vaughn-903719315

Vaughn Bodé
"Bail Out"
Cavalier, December 1971, page 56

Vaughn Bodé
"Love is Thee"
Cavalier, December 1971, page 57

Cavalier, December 1971

Note:  My thanks to Steven D. Brewer for providing the scan of Bodé's original rough. This is his first contribution to this blog. A Cheech Wizard hats off to Steven!

Obviously, I could use higher resolution scans of the published Bodé art. If anyone has a copy of the December 1971 Cavalier under the bed and a working scanner, please think of me.

My understanding is that real time as an adjective was not written as one word back in 1971. Clearly Bodé didn't intend it to be hyphenated either, so I've left it as two separate words.

Would I be willing to accept scans of other Vaughn Bodé original art for this blog? You have to ask?

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Vaughn Bodé: Malcolm X Talks to Young People

An original pencil sketch by Vaughn Bodé, presumably from the 1960s or early 1970s, looks to be a comic book cover design related to the record Malcolm X Talks to Young People. There is indeed a recording with this title, a talk given by Malcolm X to 37 teenagers visiting New York from McComb, Mississippi where they had been active in the Civil Rights movement. Vaughn Bodé has included a rendition of the actual album cover on the artwork, which may have been intended for a comic book tie-in. The cover shows two black children listening to a phonograph record of Malcolm X. They say, "He talkin', man" and "He talkin' to us, man"—perhaps not the most promising of cover concepts.

Vaughn Bodé, concept sketch, Malcolm X Talks to Young People

eBay Listing Ended January 4, 2017

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Malcom-X-Talks-to-Young-People-Pencil-Small-Drawing-Signed-art-by-Vaughn-Bode-/302179875319?hash=item465b52f9f7%3Ag%3AbEsAAOSwAuZX2b6o&nma=true&si=YQGb25QThn5Fxe78BW8tTy6VzZY%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

eBay Item Description

eBay Bid History
One bid at the last minute, literally

This specific album cover is depicted in Vaughn Bodé's artwork.

Malcolm X Talks to Young People, 1969 edition

https://www.discogs.com/Malcolm-X-Talks-To-Young-People/release/6101140

Vaughn Bodé, concept sketch, Malcolm X Talks to Young People

Note:  If the Vaughn Bodé comic book tie-in was ever published, please let me know what you know.

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Vaughn Bodé: Early Cheech Wizard

A very early pencil drawing by Vaughn Bodé of Cheech Wizard is dated 1963 and signed Von. Cheech is shown walking with a Nile Bird which "speaks hieroglyphical." The drawing was donated by Larry Todd and the Bodé Estate to a charity auction in 1982. It was offered on eBay in early 2014.

Vaughn Bodé, Nile Bird Hieroglyphics, 1963
A very early pencil drawing of Cheech Wizard

Documentation

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Original-Vaughn-Bode-Very-Early-Cheech-Wizard-Pencils-Drawing-Very-Rare-1963-/221348063617

eBay Purchase History
Declined Offers

Vaughn Bodé, Nile Bird Hieroglyphics, 1963
A very early pencil drawing of Cheech Wizard

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