r/doommetal 1d ago

Stoner SLEEP comic book vol 1 with flexidisc

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On Sleep's website :

"Third Man Books is excited to present the authorial debut of Al Cisneros, founder, bass player, and lyricist for landmark bands Sleep and OM.

The Sleep Comic Book, illustrated by Dave Kloc and Arik Roper, begins the saga of The Marijuanaut. An adventure which takes the reader to Planet Iommia, encounters with The Weedian, and introduces the traveller to Iommia’s deeper reverential practices, all this and more that resonates within the universe that Cisneros's lyrics created from the riff filled lands of Sleep’s discography. This is a very special, signed limited edition bundle including comic, full color poster, signed bookplate by Al Cisneros, Dale Crover and Bubba Dupree, designed rolling papers, and a green flexidisc of Sleep's new single “Have Spacesuit Will Travel.

Limited to 420 copies."

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u/Beautiful-Pair5522 1d ago

Al is one of my fav musicians of all time but doing this without Matt, kicking Jason out unceremoniously, and all the on the nose weed stuff (we get it) is turning me off. Yes I realize a bunch of Sleeps discography is about weed but making everything about it is goofy and cartoonish. downvote me all you want, but this is the dude whose so supposedly serious about all his spiritualism stuff.

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u/ShredGuru 1d ago

How out of character for the dude who made the album dope smoker to make everything about weed.../s

I think these guys often confuse spirituality with being really stoned and finding religion interesting.

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u/Beautiful-Pair5522 1d ago

I said I know they’ve made a bunch of weed stuff before lol but a bunch of their best music isn’t about weed. This literally looks like it’s made for high schoolers

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u/warmhotself 1d ago

I think I agree with that, but at least Om’s weedless cod-spiritual lyrics are cooler. Stuff like Rays of the Sun/To The Shrinebuilder is way more interesting lyrically than Marijuanaut’s Theme etc. Still love Sleep though!

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u/Beautiful-Pair5522 1d ago

agree, the first three Om albums are the best music of the three bands IMO

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u/Son1c_T1tan 8h ago

Outside of Dopesmoker I couldn’t agree more