Wednesday, September 29, 2010

The Tall Elf






One of my favorites. Whatever happened to Ross Perot, anyway? That little guy brought a lot of entertainment to the world. I voted for Clinton in '92 and '96, but I enjoyed the way Ross stirred things up.

And for the record, this minicomic was around a good half decade before Will Ferrell's hit movie, Elf, which basically used the same premise or so I gather since I never saw it. I'm betting they didn't use the Joe Stalin/Karen Carpenter idea in the film, though.

So far as I know, all editions of this comic have been published right here in little old McCleary, Washington.

The 1st ed. was on yellow paper, 28 copies, in 1998, probably in May.

2nd ed. on creme cardstock, 23 copies, May 1998. No edition statement.

3rd ed., grey cardstock, 10 copies, 1998 probably in August. This is the one I've scanned and posted. No edition statement.

4th ed., 17 copies (12 blue, 5 green cardstock), 1998 probably in September. No edition statement.

5th ed., 26 copies (7 red, 16 blue, 3 yellow cardstock), March 5, 2000. The cover has a hastily written "Special SPSCC Ed." This was my last comic handout at South Puget Sound Community College during a class lecture (this one for an art class taught by Jane Stone and Bill Swanson) before I voluntarily left the safe and secure world of tenure in order to get some real life experience. It was a decision that might seem crazy on the face of it, but I've never regretted it.

The 6th ed. was the 1st Danger Room Reprint Ed., June 2005, 5 copies on pink cardstock.