The Smiths' Songs to Be Turned Into Comics

The songs of '80s indie heroes the Smiths are to be turned into comic book stories. The Guardian reports that 'Unite and Take Over: Comic Stories Inspired By the Smiths' will turn classic numbers from the Mancunian miserablists into a four-to-eight-page comic strip.

In an e-mail to the newspaper, the strip's creator Shawn Demumbrum explained the inspiration behind the series.

He said: "As a teen in the '80s, one of my favourite soundtracks was the 'Pretty in Pink' soundtrack. While training for cross country, I played the cassette over and over on my Walkman as I ran."

He added, "There was always something about the Smiths' 'Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want.' It tapped into my teenage psyche, a combination of loneliness and yet hopeful optimism, that only Morrissey's vocals seem to capture."

Demumbrum has already commissioned 13 writer/artist teams who will each tackle a classic from the Smiths' back catalogue. All that remains is for him to raise the necessary £1,841 ($3,000) needed to cover printing costs, ISBN codes and those all important song licences. Let's hope he achieves his target lest it all becomes a case of 'I Started Something I Couldn't Finish'.

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