Savage Henry

Savage Henry is the title of a comic book series written and illustrated by Matt Howarth. The stories center on Savage Henry, lead guitarist of the "insect rock" band the Bulldaggers. Howarth regularly drew "guest appearances" by real-world musicians in the comic book, including The Residents, Moby, Foetus, Hawkwind, and Nash the Slash.

Publication history

The character of Savage Henry first appeared in Howarth's 1977 self-published series Rock Horror, which appeared in 1979.
The Savage Henry ongoing series was originally published by Vortex Comics, which released 13 issues from 1987 to 1990. The title was picked up, continuing the numbering, by Rip Off Press in 1990, which published an additional 17 issues until 1993.
Caliber Press published 3 issues of Savage Henry volume 2 in 1994; they also published the three-issue limited series Savage Henry: Headstrong that same year.
MU Press picked up Savage Henry in 2004, publishing the three-issue limited series Powerchords and the one-shot Puppet Trap.

Musicians featured in ''Savage Henry''

Ash Ra Tempel — in Caroline: Circles vs. Squares
David Borden of Mother Mallard's Portable Masterpiece Company — in Savage Henry issues #2 and #5
Michael Chocholak — in issues #17–19
Foetus — in issue #23
Ron Geesin — in Headstrong #1
Manuel Göttsching — in Caroline: Circles vs. Squares
Peter Gulch of Nightcrawlers) — in issue #20
Hawkwind — in issue #26
The Hood — in issues #9–11
Barney Jones of Mars Everywhere — in issues #18-19
Moby — in Savage Henry vol. 2, #2
David Lee Myers — in issues #18-22
Nash the Slash — in issues #2-7
Richard Pinhas — in Savage Henry vol. 2, #3
David Prescott — in issues #18-20
The Residents — in issue #2, 5, 6, 18–20
Steve Roach — in issues #17-19
Conrad Schnitzler of Tangerine Dream and Kluster — in issues #1–4, 7,–13, 16, 23–24, 28–30; and vol. 2, #1, and #3
Klaus Schulze — in issue #27
Chuck Van Zyl of Xisle — in issue #20
Andrew Weiss of Scornflakes, Gone, and the Henry Rollins Band — in issues #2-7, 16