CORRECTED URL: WorldOfHurtOnline.com
WORLD OF HURT, the Internet's #1 Blaxploitation Webcomic, announces the release of its theme song "The Black Fist."
The song brings the tone and era of the comic strip alive with a brooding, gritty, raw instrumental that sounds like impending violence from the first note.
"The Black Fist" was written and performed by C.E. Garcia, a member of the Black Dynamite Sound Orchestra and musician on the original score for the Black Dynamite movie. Garcia brings a strong, deep knowledge of funk and soul to WORLD OF HURT.
Garcia composed the song after discovering the WORLD OF HURT webcomic, which pays homage to the 1970s Blaxploitation genre. It is written and drawn by award-winning artist Jay Potts.
Garcia found immediate inspiration in the strip and its lead character, Isaiah "Pastor" Hurt.
"I can't lie to you, I discovered 'WORLD OF HURT' pretty late in the game, so I actually had the luxury of reading the strip as a comic reader would a printed book," Garcia said. "Upon reading the first five panels where Pastor is chasing that junkie through the city streets, and he throws him to the ground after trying to scale that chained-link fence, I thought to myself, 'Damn, what a terrific opening.' And every terrific opening deserves a terrific soundtrack."
Garcia shot an e-mail to Potts, describing his idea for a song. Pretty soon, the two had reached an agreement to feature "The Black Fist" on the WORLD OF HURT Web site and to make it available on iTunes.
"I used to say that the greatest compliment one artist can give another is to say, 'Your work made me want to pick up my pencil, brush, guitar, whatever my chosen means of expression is, and create. Something. Anything,'" Potts said. "Chris made me rethink that. The greatest compliment one artist can give another is to say, 'I want to create something based on your work, especially when it's an artist of the caliber of Chris Garcia.'"
"The Black Fist" will be available on iTunes on Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2010.
About C.E. Garcia
Garcia, a self-taught musician, is a performer of obscure, soul-inspired progressive rock. He also writes science and non-fiction works. He has had pleasure of working with producer/composer Adrian Younge on the Black Dynamite original score. He also has written, composed and produced a number of his own musical projects.
He plays bass, Fender Rhodes and Hammond organ in the Black Dynamite Sound Orchestra. He recently has begun pre-production an on original property, delving into the vast world of superheroes.
Garcia's contact info:
E-mail: vinyl4giants@aol.com
Website: vinyl4giants.tumblr.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/vinyl4giants
About Jay Potts
Jay Potts is the creator of WORLD OF HURT, a webcomic that pays homage to 1970s-era Blaxploitation movies. When asked what he does for a living, Jay often replies "I'm a paralegal by occupation and an artist by inclination." He once ate a scorpion and captured a rattlesnake with his bare hands. He resides in Columbia, S.C., and he assures you that everything in the previous sentence is absolutely true.
E-mail: worldofhurtonline@yahoo.com
Website: http://worldofhurtonline.com/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/World_Of_Hurt
About WORLD OF HURT
Published online every Wednesday at http//:worldofhurtonline.com, WORLD OF HURT is a celebration of the Black action movies of the 1970s. The strip launched in April 2009 with series entitled, "The Thrillseekers." The latest series, "The Black Fist," began Wednesday, Sept. 15. WORLD OF HURT is the winner of three 2009 Glyph Comic Awards, including Best Artist, Best Male Character and the Rising Star Award. The Web site also discusses music, style, movies, TV shows and later works inspired by the Blaxploitation genre as well as other pop culture inspirations.
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I want to sample this.....What's Good with that???
TrashcanWillie 11 months ago
@TrashcanWillie you wanna get at Jay Potts at world of hurt online (google it). It's the theme song for his comic! get at me if/when you record. I'll post your track on my blog!
ghettoManga 11 months ago