Vote Bob X

Mike Honeycutt forwarded this "Boxing Day" interactive article from The Memphis Flyer featuring our old pal from the Newave days, Bob X!

http://www.memphisflyer.com/memphis/boxing-day/Content?oid=3147237

Here's a chance to vote for something you can feel good about. How often does that happen?

Outside In # 5

1st edition, 1983, 150 copies on white cardstock.

2nd edition, January 1984, 20 copies on white cardstock.

3rd edition, 1984. Seattle, Washington : Starhead Comix, regular stock white paper.

Max Haynes, Rollin Marquis, Julian Ross, Bob X, Marc Myers, Lynn Hansen, Kevin Wildermuth.

Rollin and mail-artist Julian have both vanished from the comix network radar, but I always enjoyed their work. Marc's self-portrait as an Easter Island carving is one of my favorite pieces by him. Haynes, Bob X, and Wildermuth produced images that are classic examples of their styles. Non-artist Hansen surprised me by participating and his self-port has contributed to the enigma he behind.

ZZZZZZ Elvis!

This jam with Mike Honeycutt was published by Starhead Comix in Seattle in 1985. Mike was one of the Tennessee artists who came into the late Newave with Bob X and XNO. They had a regional brand of comix with a flavor of grotesque surrealism and rich, energetic visuals.

I was a Beatles guy, so Elvis to me was always sort of a sad and comical figure. His deification by a significant portion of the world still puzzles me to this day. For Honeycutt, who lived in Elvis country, this must've been an extra strange comic in which to participate. But I'm glad he did.

Pod Meets Morty the Dog

This jam with the amazing Tennessee cartoonist Bob X was published in 1986 by Starhead Comix. I can't recall how the whole thing came about. It could've been instigated by Bob, myself, or Starhead's Michael Dowers.

Bob's crowded, hectic style really filled up the comic visually and gave it some juice, which was nice since I'm pretty much a minimalist. The use of shading film must've been all Bob, since I haven't used the stuff since the 1970s. I think Bob was also the one who set up the nice centerspread layout.

Notice the nod to our cartoon comrade John E. in the first panel.

Pod and Morty are two characters who should probably not hang out together too often. There aren't enough National Guard soldiers around to handle the two of them combined.

Scanned and posted with permission from Bob X.