Fellow Newaver David Miller informed me that Clay Geerdes' nephew, Bill Kossack, has started a webpage in memory of the man who made our crazy network possible.
I contacted Bill and he added:
"I have an area on my site titled "Underground Friends". Everyone that was connected to comix and knew Clay are invited to submit to it. It's really just a place where someone can submit whatever they want about themselves, how they got into comix, their favorite memories, what they are doing now, etc. They can send me their favorite pics to post with their submission. It doesn't need to be about Clay entirely, but mostly a place where people who were associated with comix can post whatever about their lives.
I'm going to update the web site this weekend with more additions and another update on the weekend of Jan 8th. I'm hoping to have all the Comix World newletters posted by then. The biography section is undergoing a more organized change."
Here's the link to website: https://claygeerdesinfo.com/Home_Page.php
Great news! Thanks for spreading the word on this!
ReplyDeleteHello everyone,
ReplyDeleteThe web site I'm constructing should have some nice additions over the next week or so. I'll release an update on Sunday that should have nearly all the Comix World newsletters posted. I may even get all the Comix Wave newsletters completed by January 9th if all goes well. Anyone can email me with comments, questions, or whatever. I'm glad to see this blog online. It's always a welcome sight to see information on UGs as I'm still learning about the business. Thanks!
-Bill
Thanks Bill. We really appreciate the online work you are doing. Clay really deserves a good website where the story of his contribution to comix history can be told. It's important to remember Clay accomplished all of his impressive networking without the aid of Internet.
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ReplyDeleteFor anyone that is interested, I updated the Clay Geerdes web site today. All of the Comix World newsletters through the end of 1982 are posted. There wasn't many published in 1983-1984. Those will be listed when the next update is released on Jan 9th. The Biography portion and the Comix Wave newsletter will hopefully be complete by Jan 9th, too. Thanks for checking it out!
-bill
Fantastic! I hope you eventually add a page to your website telling us the story of how you came to form this online tribute to Clay.
ReplyDeleteActually it started from a class brainstorming idea on projects you would like to do in your lifetime. I've received many requests from others wanting information about something with Clay's work, but I didn't know enough about it or where to find the information. I started digging around through his archives while making notes of what I learned. It was a very interesting period during that stage of the UG books. There certainly isn't enough web sites out there covering UGs. Some of the sites I'm looking through such as this one and a few of the others covering reprint identification are essential. I hope I can add something to this that is beneficial and have a tribute to my uncle.
ReplyDelete-bill kossack
Thanks Bill. You are providing a great public service for comix historians.
ReplyDeleteI added some additional items of interest. There is an audio recording of Clay reading "The Raven" for those of you who would like to hear his voice. Video clips coming soon. For the Crumb fans out there, I posted a letter between Crumb and David Miller discussing the details of an old article Clay wrote about the history of Zap #1. David wanted clarification to the historical elements in the article, and Crumb replied with a very interesting letter. Both gave their approval to posting the letter online. I'm still going through the boxes finding Clay's old published articles. Let me know if anyone has any questions.
ReplyDeleteThanks,
bill kossack