Dord Taste / by Marc Myers

Marc Myers is still creating ambient music. He recently sent me this CD, Dord Taste, which clicks right along as I have been maintaining this blog.

Somewhere in one of my comix the word "dord" is used in one panel. There's a funny little history with that term.

Marc also sent me a couple of my old 1994 catalogs.

Thanks Marc!

$25 Sale - Little Snowjob

Little Snowjob, 1st edition, 1986, with a printrun of only 40 copies! Jam with Marc Myers, 1 folded sheet, blue letter size folded to 11 x 7 cm. Very rare.

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Newave Comics Survey, Book 3 / by Dale Luciano

I reprinted Dale Luciano's landmark Newave Comics Survey as one of my print-on-demand titles 1994-1996.

The Survey was reprinted into a set of four digest sized books. This particular segment was originally serialized in Comics Journal 99 (June 1985) to 100 (July 1985) and includes profiles on: Vincent Jackson, Larry "Lynski" Johnson, Kirk Kennedy, George Kochell, Richard Krauss, Steve Lafler, Lord Larry, J. Michael Leonard, Bob Lewis, John Mahomet, Randy Maxon, Roger May, Scott McClure, Rick McCollum, David Miller, Andy Mosier, Marc Myers, Clifford Neal, Tony Nichols, Jane Oliver, Doug O'Neill, Gary Panter, Parsonavich, Dave Patterson, John Peterson, Tucker Petertil, The Pizz, Marcus Reed, John D. Richards, Leonard Rifas, Larry Rippee, D.C. Roberts, Michael Roden, Walter Rodgers, Roldo, Jim Ryan, Richard Sala, Steve Scharff, Rodney Schroeter, Charles Schneider, Roman Scott, Jim Siergey, Pete Silvia, David Steinlicht.

I have never agreed with Dale's summation of Marc Myers' work in this piece and find it the most puzzling profile in the entire Survey. To me, Marc's comix are the quintessence of what Newave/Obscuro was all about.

Clark Dissmeyer Bibliography 1980-1993 / compiled by Gary Usher and Marc Myers

This was originally published in early 1994 by Gary Usher in Glenwood, Iowa on letter-size sheets. I reprinted it later in the year as one of the print-on-demand titles available in my catalog.

Publishing this was a triple pleasure for me. I got to promote the efforts of a great comix scholar, highlight the work of one of the funniest cartoonists out of the Newave, and actually get Marc Myers in print (which is sort of like getting a good photo of Sasquatch).

Now there's a project where only the bravest bibliographer dare tread-- building an accurate and complete bibliography of the work of Marc Myers. In many ways Marc's work is the very essence of Obscuro and I greatly admire that. And Marc was really the only cartoonist who could've helped Gary build such a complete bibliography of Clark's art.

City Limits Gazette # Harry & Lena ride the Jell-o jitney (Sept. 1993)

Logo by Sasa Rakezic, we reach 90 subscribers, a nice note from Andrew Ford, San Diego report by Wayno, Sean Wilson and Steve Lafler on the drug thing, Letter from Yugoslavia by Sasa Rakezic, Cincinnati philanthropist David Chrislip drops big bucks on CLG, Clay Geerdes with Clark Dissmeyer and Marc Myers, CLG reader profile of Randy Reynaldo, Bruce Sweeney's Underground Station with logo by Spain Rodriguez, Jeff Snee describes the pain of kidney stones (I defy you to find another comix zine that carried a news item like this!), CLG reader profile of Steve Lafler (turns out that's J.R. Williams pictured with him), Obscuro Press 1972 by Gary Usher, CLG reader profile of Jonathan Tegnell, Tim Erenata responds to deep-sixing the NEA, Bil Keane Watch by Bruce Sweeney - Maximum Traffic, CLG reader profile of Ricardo Nancy McJacksonstein, I announce the next issue of CLG will be my last.

City Limits Gazette # Nirvana Claw (July 1993)

Cover by the Zen Master himself Bil Keane, Richard Wayne and Leonard Rifas sign up, Dissmeyer and Datmyers, I defend Comics Buyers Guide, Small press cares by Andrew Ford, View of wank minis by Maximum Traffic, Not really a Westercon report by Bruce Chrislip, Bil Keane Watch by Kel Crum - Randy H. Crawford - Wayno, Satanism and Republicans in Thurston County, Kilodney update, Report from Yugoslavia by Sasa Rakezic, CLG reader profile of Bruce Bolinger, Other Sounds by Wayno, Comics Journal small press index by Gary Usher.