Sparks Official Fan Club - Ron & Russell Mael Cartoon and comic strips
THE SPARKS OFFICIAL FAN-CLUB NEWSLETTER
From 1988 up to 1991, Xavier Lorente-Darracq was member of the Sparks official fan-club and one day he sent secretary Mary Martin a caricature of Ron Mael & Russell Mael (on the bottom right). As this cartoon was published in the newsletter, Xavier Lorente-Darracq released a comic strip named "Maelstrum".
Maelstrum strips were drawn in a assumed naive graphic style and many Sparks' songs were hidden into the dialogues. A good knowledge of the history of the band and Maels' hobbies and practices is sometimes necessary to the good comprehension of some of these strips.
Then Xavier Lorente-Darracq provided the fan club newsletter with crosswords puzzles and some illustrations. Xavier Lorente-Darracq definitively ceased his collaboration with Sparksound in December 1991 because of his regular job. About fifteen strips of "Maelstrum"/The Sparkling Tunes Of Ron & Russell Mael were released.
THE SPARKLING TUNES OF RON & RUSSELL MAEL
 by Xavier Lorente-Darracq
SPARKS - HALFNELSON - Russell Mael and Ron Mael SPARKS - A WOOFER IN TWEETER'S CLOTHING Russ Mael and Ron Mael
SPARKS - KIMONO MY HOUSE Russell Mael and Ron Mael SPARKS - INTRODUCING Russell Mael and Ron Mael
SPARKS - PROPAGANDA Russell Mael and Ron Mael SPARKS - INDISCREET Russ Mael and Ron Mael
Sparks Official Fan Club - Ron & Russell Mael Cartoon comic-strip
"Dear Xavier, Starting with Vol 14 #1 we will be using your strips. As long as you want to continue to supply them to us we will use them in the newsletters. Both Ron & Russ like them. I also think they are very good." - All the best, Mary (Martin).
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