For each comic book cover, Alcott uses pre-existing vintage paperbacks, which he digitally changes altering the text and some parts of the image in order to create perfect mashup prints. In that way, he gives a new glamorous life to once loved but now tattered and worn books. And one could not imagine a better subject to grace their covers than the equally beloved David Bowie with his fascination for sci-fi and well-known outlandish fashion. He's a perfect fit as a graphic novel protagonist.
“Bowie dressed as an androgynous alien, went out onstage and told his audience ‘You’re not alone, give me your hands,’ I can’t think of a more encompassing gesture to a misfit,” told Alcott Open Culture. “No matter how weird you were in your community, you would always find someone like you at a Bowie concert. During a time of my life when I felt incredibly isolated and alone, Bowie was one of the key artists who made me feel like I was part of a bigger world, an artistic continuum.”
Alcott reimagines such hits as the famous star's classic 1969 'Space Oddity' as a sci-fi comic book cover from 1960, Bowie's glam alter ego Ziggy Stardust's 1972 'Starman' which tells planet stories in sci-fi pulp magazine or the legendary collaboration of Queen and Bowie's 'Under Pressure' as a comic cover of a deep-sea adventure novel from 1950s. These glamorous vintage pulp fiction covers show incredible stories behind the greatest hits and celebrate the glamorous life of our beloved David Bowie.
