Cranium Frenzy # 3

1st edition, February or March 1982, Seattle, Washington, 60 copies, white.

2nd edition, March or April 1982, Seattle, Washington, 27 copies, white.

Both editions are an odd size, 18 x 11 cm. The 1st edition has a typo in Prof. Verner Von Vernervon's word balloon, the word "know" is omitted. This was corrected for the 2nd edition.

This title was made available on a print-on-demand basis through my Reprint Series in 1994-1996. This version was enlarged to a regular digest format.

The 1st Danger Room Reprint Edition, June 2005, was also in the regular digest format. 5 copies (4 yellow, 1 green).

Basically the entire comic is one illustrated essay, a technique I first used in college while studying with The Evergreen State College faculty member Thad Curtz, a writing instructor who pointed me in some directions that really helped me grow as a cartoonist.

The caption subtitle is "an annotated portrait gallery," which made creating this comic so enjoyable. I love drawing faces, and this format enabled me to present all sorts of characters.

Trivia:

The Plowzone People comes from a job I had for a bit entering data in a computer for the University of Vermont involving an archaeological plowzone.

Three seconds in the life of Rindo Bloch inspired Bryan, my brother, to write a play called Ten Seconds in the Life of Fenwick Green. The posters for the play reprinted the three panels from Cranium Frenzy # 3.

The sordid space age specimen was my self-portrait in 1982.