SHIPS MAY 2025 or
FREE PICK UP @ SPACE (The Small Press and Alternative Comics Expo) on April 26 and 27, 2025 
 
SKETCHBOOK PICTURE SLEEVES
Sketchbook Picture Sleeves is an on-going project by Ken Eppstein, in which he pairs 7" records with original pieces of cartoon art. The themes vary from record to record and often have little to do with the lyrics of the song offered. A full gallery of the picture sleeves, many of which are still available for purchase can be found here.
 
The basic idea is two-fold:
 
First, it's a play on the idea that picture sleeves for records are essentially cartoons: Images and text used in unison to tell a story. In most cases, the original pic sleeve's story is "buy this record." For Sketchbook Picture Sleeves the story is whatever dumb joke or pun feels right, hopefully avoiding a direct interpretation of the song's true narrative.
 
Second, the sleeves are meant to elevate 7"s records within collections. The often-overlooked hunks of wax become a one of a kind item with value beyond playability.
 
Volume 3 is a limited edition artbook that features  124 Sketchbook Picture Sleeves for records by:
 
4 Seasons \ A-Bones \ AC/DC \ Adam Ant \ Archies \ B52s \ Hank Ballard & the Midnighters \ The Bangles \ The Barbarians \ The Beach Boys \ Billy Bland \ Blondie \ David Bowie \ Owen Bradley Quintet \ Solomon Burke \ The Byrds \ Johnny Cash \ Castaways \ Gene Chandler \ The Chantays \ Dave Clark Five \ The Clash \ The Coachmen \ The Continentals \ Alice Cooper \ Elvis Costello \ Jeff Dahl \ The Damned \ Bobby Darin \ Bobby Day \ Devo \ The Dictators \ Gene Dunlap \ Steve Earle \ Electric Prunes \ Elvis \ Preston Epps \ Shelley Fabares \ Inez & Charlie Foxx \ Connie Francis \ Dallas Frazier \ Gary and the Hornets \ The Genies \ The Gentrys \ Ray Harris \ Hawkshaw Hawkins \ Roy Head \ Herman's Hermits \ John Lee Hooker \ Lloyd Jackson \ Johnny & The Hurricanes \ Judas Priest \ Bill Justis \ Ernie K-Doe \ Kid King's Combo \ Greg Kihn Band \ BB King \ Kingsmen (50s) \ The Kinks \ Cub Koda \ Major Lance \ Jerry Lee Lewis \ Little Richard \ Nick Lowe \ Nick Lowe \ Gene Maltais & the Gibson String Band \ Marble Orchard \ The Marketts \ Dean Martin \ Trade Martin \ The Monkees \ The Mono Men \ Turner Moore \ Music Machine \ Sandy Nelson \ Willie Nelson \ Jack Nitsche \ The Olympics \ Buck Owens \ Little Junior Parker \ Carl Perkins \ Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers \ The Poppees \ Pretenders \ Pretty Things \ Suzi Quatro \ Lou Reed \ Reigning Sound \ Paul Revere and the Raiders \ The Revillos \ Rhythm Rockers \ Rolling Stones \ The Rubinoos \ Jimmy Ruffin  \ Sam The Sham and the Pharaohs \ Lalo Schrifrin \ Shadows of Knight \ The Shirelles \ Shocking Blue \ Slade \ The Sonics \ Red Sovine \ Jon Spencer Blues Explosion \ Rachel Sweet \ Swingin' Blue Jeans \ The Tabs \ Carla Thomas \ Rufus Thomas \ The Tune Rockers \ Dwight Twilley \ The Undertones \ Gene Vincent \ Tony Joe White \ Larry Williams \ Link Wray \ Tammy Wynette Dwight Yoakam \ The Zombies