City Limits Gazette # Brass angel at high tide (Nov. 1992)

Logo by Michael Stengl, giant cartoon heads in deadly combat, quotes out of context, my typewriter breaks, Joe Sumrall's murder is still unsolved, Bil Keane Watch by Mark Campos, another Bil Keane Watch by Steve Lafler, comix reviews by Lynn Hansen, bad cover versions of Yesterday, Bil Keane Watch, Comics Journal appendix references to the small press by Gary Usher.

City Limits Gazette # Pall bearers on roller skates (Oct. 1992)

A great logo by Jeff Snee, Ricardo Nancy McJacksonstein makes a flashy debut, Bobby London underground Popeye, Bil Keane Watch by Sean Bieri, Bruce Sweeney's Underground Station, CLG profile of Steve Willis by Hank Arakelian, A new direction for high schools by Jeff Snee, another Bil Keane Watch by Maximum Traffic, a thought by Troy Hickman, bad cover versions of Yesterday, graphic by Maximum Traffic later used as the cover for his landmark comix anthology Truth Be Known.

CLG bonus in this issue: State of beings # 14. Illinois.

McJacksonstein was in reality a fellow faculty member at South Puget Sound Community College in Olympia, Washington, where I worked at the time. Psychology was his subject. Needless to say he was not using his real name.

I'm not sure but I think the last copies of Truth Be Known were practically given away in the spirit of obscuro comix at SPACE this year by Max. The cover image is included here.

Interesting to read Hank's interview with me almost two decades later as I realize I probably wouldn't alter almost every answer I gave if I was asked the same questions today. I do miss Hank and his great comix. I wish he'd resurface and give us a shout some time.

City Limits Gazette # Peeling the toaster (July 1992)

Logo by S. Minstrel, Kel Crum weighs in on Fred, Xeric Foundation is created, Luciano revisited or RIP Newave 1975-1985, Bil Keane Watch with Jeffrey Kipper, Bruce Sweeney's Underground Station with logo by Jerry Riddle, CLG reader profile of Wayno, Maximum Traffic and Clay Geerdes on the hobby question, bad cover versions of When I'm Sixty Four, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Why Don't We Do It in the Road, Wild Honey Pie, With a Little Help From My Friends, The Word, Yellow Submarine, Yer Blues, Yesterday.

Also a much beloved coffee stained coaster by Wayno I have been using for nearly two decades on my studio desk.

City Limits Gazette # Milk of Human Kindness (Apr. 1992)

Logo by Mark Campos. Mark's logo here is one of my faves. OK, I might be coming across as a heretic here, but did Brando ever make an appearance in a movie that was worth a damn after The Godfather? I mean, he was always interesting to watch no matter how bad the film, but in his whole career you can count the really good films on one hand and still have enough fingers left over to deliver a Moe Howard style poke in the eyes to a pretentious film buff who declares Brando a genius.

Mark Campos and Nils Osmar weigh in on a panel discussion at Cartoonists Northwest, Comics F/X news, cartoonist Joe Sumrall murdered in Rainier Washington and the case has not been solved to this day, Bil Keane Watch, A.P. McQuiddy comments on Lynn Hansen, naked man quacks like a duck in a bank, comix reviews by Lynn Hansen, a tip of the hat to the great people at Pip (now out of business), comment by Ted Delorme, bad cover versions of She Loves You, She Said She Said, She's a Woman, She's Leaving Home, Something, Scott Johnson's resub.

City Limits Gazette # Pete Best Isn't (Apr. 1992)

Logo by Wayno, Chad Woody's relatives, news and comments from Mark Campos and Matt Feazell, Bil Keane Watch, Hank Arakelian defends himself against the onslaughts of Jim Ryan, comix comment by Lynn Hansen, Hector chain cartoon, Bruce Chrislip profile, bad cover versions of Paperback Writer, Penny Lane, Piggies, Please Please Me, Polythene Pam, Rain, Revolution, Rocky Raccoon, Run For Your Life, Savoy truffle, Sexy Sadie, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, She Came In Through the Bathroom Window, She Loves You.