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Waaaaaaay back in 1999, Oakland, CA based artist and author Brian Brooks, who played a role in the creation of Emily The Strange, made a series of photocopied Rock ’n’ Roll coloring books, including the utterly classic Morrissey Gets a Job, an amusing speculative look at a possible post-Smiths life that could-have-been. Actually, the singer’s famously dreary disposition could make for a decent fit with the corporate office milieu. Think about it, Moz, there’s room to move in middle-management.

Even if you’ve never seen these, they might look somewhat familiar if you spent any time at all on the internet during the ‘oughts—the panels are detourned from Ready-to-Use Office and Business Illustrations, the same book of Tom Tierney clip-art that David Rees would famously pillage a couple of years later for Get Your War On.

Thanks to the incomparable Seattle culture blogger McBiteypants for this find.

Previously on Dangerous Minds
Morrissey’s first solo concert was minor bedlam

Morrissey meets his fans: Endearingly awkward MTV interview,1992

Morrissey’s snide record reviews: Moz dumps on Cyndi Lauper, the Psychedelic Furs, and XTC, 1984