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" Songs by The Smiths have been used as inspiration for a new series of comics. Shawn Demumbrum will compile the four-to-eight-page strips from 13 writer/artist partnerships into a compilation called Unite and Take Over: Comic Stories Inspired by The Smiths, which will premiere at Tucson Comic-con in November. &amp;quot;The song acts as an inspiration, jumping off point, theme or mood for the story. Each story varies in style and genre,&amp;quot; Demumbrum explained. He added to The Guardian: &amp;quot;As a teen in the &amp;#039;80s, one of my favourite soundtracks was the Pretty in Pink soundtrack. While training for cross country, I played the cassette over and over on my Walkman as I ran. &amp;quot;There was always something about The Smiths&amp;#039; &amp;#039;Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want&amp;#039;. It tapped into my teenage psyche, a combination of loneliness and yet hopeful optimism, that only Morrissey&amp;#039;s vocals seem to capture.&amp;quot; Demumbrum&amp;#039;s goal of raising $3,000 has already been surpassed and further &amp;#039;backers&amp;#039; will still be able to get limited-edition versions of single comics or the series as a reward. Watch a video explaining the comics project below:  The full &amp;#039;set-list&amp;#039; of comics is as follows: &amp;#039;Death at One&amp;#039;s Elbow&amp;#039; - Glen Curren and Madame M &amp;#039;Shoplifters of the World Unite&amp;#039; - Shawn Demumbrum and Matt Goodall &amp;#039;Rubber Ring&amp;#039; - Dennmann &amp;#039;Girlfriend in a Coma&amp;#039; - JP Manzanares &amp;#039;Stop Me If You Think You&amp;#039;ve Heard This One Before&amp;#039; - Henry Barajas and Christian Vilaire &amp;#039;Cemetry Gates&amp;#039; - Libbi Richand Mickey Chaney &amp;#039;That Joke Isn&amp;#039;t Funny Anymore&amp;#039; - Emily Rich and Jenn Fuguet &amp;#039;How Soon is Now?&amp;#039; - Foo! and Sam Lagreen &amp;#039;Pretty Girls Make Graves&amp;#039; - Thomas Healy and Justin Miller &amp;#039;Panic&amp;#039; - Matthew Burke and Joshua Green &amp;#039;What Difference Does It Make?&amp;#039; - Michael Kessler and Jeff Pina &amp;#039;Handsome Devil&amp;#039; - Shelby Robertson &amp;#039;Suffer Little Children&amp;#039; - John Chibak  Watch Morrissey perform &amp;#039;Shoplifters of the World Unite&amp;#039; at Glastonbury 2011 below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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