Outside In # 4

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

2nd edition, December 1983, 20 copies on white cardstock.

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

Jean Francois Duval, Roldo, Mike Cody, Jim Thompson, Dan Florian, Richard Wayne, Petrina L. Walker.

Richard Wayne died in 1998 while in his early 40s. He was a very funny correspondent and minicomix creator and I have no doubt he'd be an entertaining commenter on this blog if he was still with us.

Dan Florian was an occasional comix artist who used to order my books in bulk. Occasionally I've seen his name resurface in recent years offering comix at online auctions.

Terminal

Terminal. June 2, 2011. 100 copies, ivory paper, regular digest size.

Cover: Steven Stwalley
p. 2: Steve Willis
p. 3: Harry Bell
p. 4: Bob Vojtko
p. 5: Dan W. Taylor and Chad Woody
p. 6: Steven Stwalley
p. 7: Ed DeVore
p. 8: Roldo
p. 9: Marc Myers
p. 10: Bob Vojtko and Anvil
p. 11: Bruce Chrislip
p. 12: Bruce Chrislip
p. 13: Brad W. Foster
p. 14: Bob Vojtko
back cover: Chad Woody

I'll be sending out contrib copies to the artists and to our fab Morty the Blog patrons who have dropped some of the coin of the realm in the donate box.

I've already got a few drawings for yet another jam. Please feel free to send me a random image and I'll see how I can make it part of story!

And Dan W. Taylor, I have not forgotten I still owe you a drawing.

Terminal

New Jam Comic Still Alive, Honest

As some of you might recall, last February I compiled and published a Morty the Dog blog jam called We Rode With the Clowns. Shortly after that I sounded a call for contributions for a second book.

Yes, that book is still alive. The script is now finished and I'm hoping to get it into print in the next month or so. The contributors are: Anvil (she created the above image), Harry Bell, Bob Vojtko, Dan W. Taylor, Steve Stwalley, Ed DeVore, Roldo, Marc Myers, Bruce Chrislip, Chad Woody and Brad Foster. Is that a great lineup or what? Hopefully my script will do these wonderful artists justice. I still have to create my linking illustration and captions.

In the meantime, any graphics that arrive from this point on will find their way into a third jam book. Basically, just send me an image, any drawing that I can present before a mixed audience, and than I'll link the randomness together into a story like the Clowns book. This next one has a tighter story than the first. So stay tuned.

We Rode With the Clowns-- Now Published

1st edition, February 2011, 200 copies, salmon cover, digest size.

I've stuffed and addressed the envelopes of contrib copies for the artists and our two faithful patrons of the Morty arts who have sent donations for the cause. The copies will be sent out on Monday.

Once again I want to especially extend thanks to Brad Foster who not only was the first to volunteer, but also spread the word I was looking for contributors.

The following artists have sent me images for the next one: Anvil, Harry Bell, Bruce Chrislip, Roldo, and Bob Vojtko. It's a great start and I hope more of you out there will send me a drawing.

We Rode With the Clowns

Here's a preview of the short digest jam comic I was badgering all you guys about. I'll be taking it to the printer this week and sending out contrib copies. I plan on distributing it as a freebie both in the mail and in person. I'm a bit rusty and in many ways am relearning some of the drawing and printing tricks.

Thanks to Steven Stwalley, Maximum Traffic, Ed DeVore, Chelsea Baker, Harry Bell, Roldo, Bob Vojtko, Brad W. Foster, and Bruce Chrislip!

Bruce sent me enough drawings to last awhile, but if any of you readers out there want to participate in future comix I'm game for creating more of these. If nothing else it is great to meet you new folks and wonderful to see the Oldwavers are still drawing!

Step Right Up!

Almost there. I need two more volunteers from the audience to contribute to the minicomic idea I first posed on December 15, and then was given a big shot in the arm by Brad Foster promoting it last week.

Here's the lineup of great contributions so far: Brad Foster, Roldo, Bob Vojtko, Harry Bell, Chelsea Baker, and Bruce Chrislip.

Several other artists have indicated an interest (including some amazing Oldwavers I'd love to coax into the project) and if I get more than two additional contributions, that's fine. I'll find a way to change my original plan or I'll just start a second book. Once again here are the specs:

One idea I have is to invite 8 or more artists to send me a page for a minicomic with a random image or images. I'd put all the pages together and form a story. It builds and expands the concept of the minis I drew with Dale Luciano at Dada Gumbo. If you're interested send me a page via email or snail mail. It has to be clean enough so I can show it to my aging mother but crazy enough to make my grown daughter roll her eyes and wonder when her Dad is ever going to grow up.

National Union Catalog, Volume 666

Roldo, if you're still out there, I'm sure you'll find a numerological explanation--