Buttons - Comic Art - 1987?

A drawing of Morty the Dog by the amazing Jeff Nicholson taken from the cover of Ultra Klutz #12. I am guessing he made this button in 1987, the same year as the release of the comic.

Enough time has passed that some of you might not be familiar with Jeff's work.  So let me tell you his comix are definitely worth tracking down.

$25 Sale - Random Packet 5

Ultra Klutz # 2, 1st edition, 1986, Chico, California : Onward Comics. Jeff Nicholson included a 4-page story of mine in here, "A Guide to Modern Monsters."

Woofer the Psychic Dog broadside, 1988.

Morty Comix # 1882, Starhead ed., 1990

Ultra Klutz # 12, 1st edition,  1987, Chico, California : Onward Comics. A full length jam with Jeff Nicholson. This issue includes work by Sam Henderson.

All items are in excellent condition.

$25 for the whole group

Check or money order to
Steve Willis
PO Box 390
McCleary, WA 98557-0390

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$25 Sale - Random Packet 4

Starhead Presents # 1, 1st edition, 1986, Seattle, Washington : Starhead Comix. Traditional comic format.

Ultra Klutz # 2, 1st edition, 1986, Chico, California : Onward Comics. Jeff Nicholson included a 4-page story of mine in here, "A Guide to Modern Monsters."

Woofer the Psychic Dog broadside, 1988.

Morty Comix # 1882, Starhead ed., 1990

$25 for the whole group

Check or money order to
Steve Willis
PO Box 390
McCleary, WA 98557-0390

or order through PayPal

City Limits Gazette # Talking Dog (May 1993)

Logo by Matt Love and Goodman, Bob Richart targeted by Dusty Rhodes, Bil Keane Watch, Staff at The Evergreen State College hire a psychic to rid the library of them demons, Comix reviews by Lynn Hansen, Jeff Nicholson on Xeric, Music reviews by Wayno, Comics Journal small press index by Gary Usher, Dream Teens of Eugene Oregon is one of worst bands in the United States.

City Limits Gazette # Albanian sponge (June 1992)

Logo by the incredible Bruce Bolinger, Bill Gaines dies at age 70, Robert Stike "Sick Stick" dies at age 41, Bil Keane Watch, Ben Adams (of Minneapolis) answers many questions, Lynn Hansen on Ronald Gabriel Vicens II "Gato", CLG profile of Jeff Nicholson, responses to the hobby question by Jerry Riddle, Jay Kennedy, Michael Stengl, Jeffrey Kipper, Max Traffic being Max Traffic, bad cover versions of Strawberry Fields Forever, Sun King, Taxman, Tell Me Why, There's a Place, Things We Said Today, This Boy, Ticket to Ride, Tomorrow Never Knows, Two of Us, Wait, We Can Work It Out, What Goes On, When I'm Sixty Four.

City Limits Gazette # Jobbo Bonobo's Night Terror (Mar. 1992)

Comics F/X up for sale, Janus hold that door!, Jeff Nicholson's first minicomic, Lynn Hansen on Clark Dissmeyer's comments regarding Kevin Eastman, Mark Campos on selling out, profile of Mad and Alfred E. Neuman by Brian Rainville, reviews by Lynn Hansen, The Bil Keane Watch, Clark Dissmeyer's first minicomic, what would you do if you woke up in the body of Fred Flintstone?, bad cover versions of Martha My Dear, Maxwell's Silver Hammer, Mean Mr. Mustard, Michelle.

The Bulletin Board

When this was erected in 1986 it was clean and empty. But instead of removing old items, I just stapled over them. Soon I had to get a staple gun to attach paper to this bulletin board.

I guess the layer of paper is well over an inch, maybe two, in some spots. Lots of comix material buried in there, newspaper articles, posters, drawings by my daughter Rose when she was little, etc. etc.

Sometimes I would use it as a tool in creating a new comic. I'd photocopy the art, then staple it on this board, and stand back to evaluate how the different panels worked as a unit. Those working drawings are still in there too. Here we can see some images from We Rode With the Clowns.

One piece I wish I hadn't put in there is an original page by Jeff Nicholson, who sent me a brief visual narrative of his visit here in the late 1980s. Another buried treasure is Ken Kesey's autograph from the time I talked with him-- probably circa 1987.

So I continue to add stuff to this board. After I croak some archaeologist can carefully peel back the layers and mark comix eras via the paper strata.

Ultra Klutz # 12 / Ultra Morty

Before I had the pleasure of meeting Jeff Nicholson in person, we took part in one of the craziest jams I ever participated in. I think we were trying to trip up each other as much as possible while still attempting (emphasis on "attempting") to prevent the story from sinking into the universal chaos of most unscripted jams. I looked forward with great anticipation for those big envelopes from Chico, California to see what he was going to spring on me next.

Jeff published the finished work in 1987 as part of his Ultra Klutz series. Generally, Jeff had the odd numbered pages, I had the even Steven. In the same issue he has a jam with Sam Henderson!

In 1994 I reprinted the jam in regular digest size as a print-on-demand title called Ultra Morty.

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