The Various Bookcovers for ET ON TUERA TOUS LES AFFREUX

I am consistently obsessed with book covers. As one can gather TamTam Books are putting out Boris Vian’s ET ON TUERA TOUS LES AFFREUX (To Hell With the Ugly) this coming Fall.

As noted there was a graphic novel of sorts (down below) – and the edition above came out in 1965.


This one came out in the 90’s



And this is the original Scorpion cover from the late 1940’s.

The Original Illustrated ET ON TUERA TOUS LES AFFREUX

The above image is the cover for Vernon Sullivan's (Boris Vian) ET ON TUERA TOUS LES AFFREUX with illustrations by Alain Tercinet.

This coming fall, TamTam Books will be publishing Vian's ET ON TUERA TOUS LES AFFREUX (To Hell With the Ugly) with English translation by Paul Knobloch.

I am thinking of adding illustrations to the TamTam edition of "To Hell With the Ugly." What I have in mind is something retro looking - let's say Hardy Boys circ. 1940's. If anyone can do something like this contact me at tosh@tamtambooks.com.

Also here are two more pages of the Tercinet editon of ET ON TUERA TOUS LES AFFREUX

Les Zazous

There are so little images of Les Zazous, either in book form or on the Internet. To spread the world about these incredible young people who stick their tongue out at the Nazis as well as the Vichy Govt., TamTam Books gives them a full image:











As well as article in French:

http://www.montrealswing.com/SSM/historique/zazous.html (images)

Article in English:

http://adamash.blogspot.com/2006/08/thank-nazis-for-discos_23.html

Semina Saint Germain des Culture in Los Angeles & San Francisco

Here's the CD song list for the evening of Thursday, January 18 at 7pm. Again it's a new mixture of music circ. late 40's to the 50's. The main inspiration of course is Wallace Berman and Boris Vian.

Semina Saint Germain des Culture in Los Angeles & San Francisco





1) Lush Head Woman Jimmy Witherspoon & Wallace Berman
2) Dada Strain Boris Vian
3) Blowin' With Bass Dexter Gordon
4) Solitude Jack Diéval
5) The Hymn Charlie Parker
6) Je suis snob Boris Vian
7) Don't Touch The Grisbi Bernard Peiffer & His Saint Germain des Prés Orchestra
8) Minor Drops Bobby Jasper
9) Tasty Pudding Chet Baker
10) Le Jazz Et La Java Claude Nougaro
11) A Night in Tunisia Dizzy Gillespie & Charlie Parker
12) These foolish things Don Byas
13) Dieu Est Nègre Juliette Gréco
14) Ragtime Dada Erik Satie
15) Generique Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
16) I Spit on Your Graves Alain Goraguer
17) Générique Miles Davis