When I was but a cub writer contributing a series of autobiographical shaggy dog rock ‘n’ roll tales to Hot Press in the late 90s, I’d the honour of having those pieces illustrated by Ray Lowry, the cartoonist most famous for designing the cover of The Clash’s London Calling. Ray also contributed to Punch, The Guardian, Private Eye and the NME, and it’s one of his panels that kickstarts Greil Marcus’s epic punk treatise Lipstick Traces.
Ray and I spoke a few times on the phone to discuss work in progress, and he was kind enough to send me contacts of his illustrations. He passed away earlier this week at the age of 64. In the words of Bob, “He sure was funny and he sure told the truth and he knew what he was talkin’ about.”

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