Savage Pencil

Infobox comics creator
name = Savage Pencil

---

imagesize = 150
caption =
birthname = Edwin Pouncey
birthdate = June 1961
location = Leeds, West Yorkshire
deathdate =
deathplace =
nationality =
area = Artist
alias = Savage Pencil


notable works =
awards =
website = http://www.savagepencil.com

Savage Pencil (born Leeds, West Yorkshire, June 1951) is a comics artist, and is the "nom de plume" of English music journalist Edwin Pouncey.

Biography

As Savage Pencil and otherwise, Pouncey has contributed to magazines such as "Sounds" ( "Rock'n'Roll Zoo", etc ), "Forced Exposure" and "The Wire". He has illustrated record sleeves for bands such as The Fall, Big Black, Sonic Youth and Rocket From The Crypt amongst others. Savage Pencil was also a member of The art attacks, a band who released two 7"s; "I'm A Dalek" b/w "Neutron Bomb" (released on the Albatross label in 1977) and "First & Last" / "Punk Rock Stars" / "Rat City" (released on the Fresh label in 1979).

He is currently a member of the "improvising drone-rock noise band" Pestrepeller, along with Evan Parker, Peter Hope-Evans (ex-Medicine Head), Ed Pinsent, Harley Richardson, Nick Neocleous and Rob Brown. They released their third (?) album in May 2006 on Important Records, entitled 'Isle of Dark Magick', described in the press release as "a gem of free-improvised-found-sound-collage enriched with dark pagan folky vibes and supernatural horror noise dedicated to H. P. Lovecraft, Clark Ashton Smith and Austin Osman Spare."

References

* [http://lambiek.net/artists/s/savage.htm Savage Pencil] at Lambiek's Comiclopedia

External links

*official|http://www.savagepencil.com/
*http://www.rovingeyegallery.com/artauction/artists/pencs/ (inc. selected bibliography and discography, etc)
*http://www.mysterydick.com/