Relics of Rebellion / by Joe Bageant

An article from the Daily News (Pullman, Washington), August 12-13, 1989.

I never met Laila Vejzovic in person, she arrived at the Washington State University Library after I left, but we corresponded and talked on the phone a few times. I was pleased she was so supportive of comix in the library and her backing helped the collection grow and become secure. I love the fact she is holding a copy of Max Haynes' Dog Slobber. A copy of The Almost Complete Collected Morty Comix is on the table.

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.

Woof Comix

I published this jam with Steve Lafler and Max Haynes while I was living in Pullman, Washington in 1985, probably in February or March. 101 copies were printed on salmon colored paper. It has never been reprinted.

The three of us were all associated with dog cartoons at the time, and, come to think of it, we still are! Steve Lafler's Dog Boy was one of the more commercially successful series to come out of the Newave in the 1980s, being nationally distributed and gaining a following for his wild, high-energy stories and drawings. Max Haynes had a comic called Dog Slobber, as I recall, that had a subtle, quiet humor and nice brain tickler illustrations. And then there was Morty.

We had very different approaches to comic art, and this mini was more typical of the anarchy frequently associated with free form jam comix of the era. From start to end this was one spicy meatball, and I love Max Haynes' ending line, "Will you marry me?"