Steve Willis Anticipates the Demise of Paper / by Peter Oakley

Back in early 1991 I spoke to the Cartoonists Northwest group in Seattle. Interesting to read this half-accurate prediction about online comix two decades later.

Peter Oakley reported on the talk in CN's newsletter, Penstuff (March 1991). For the record, I had nothing to do with the legendary minicomic Penguins in Bondage. That effort came from Bruce Chrislip and Wayne Gibson in 1981, before I had been in contact with either one of these fine cartoonists.

The ending comment about post-it notes has come to pass right here on this blog several times over.

Newave! Promo Mini Comic

Here's the page I contributed to the 8 page minicomic Michael Dowers printed up to promote his Newave book. Other artists included, XNO, Wayne Gibson, Wayno, J.R. Williams, David Lasky and Jamie Alder in what was probably one of his last published drawings.

City Limits Gazette # Whack on the head with a ballpeen hammer (Jan. 1992)

Wayne Gibson profile by Bruce Chrislip, Clark Dissmeyer signs up, underground chain letter, Bil Keane Watch.

Outside In # 8

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.

James Waltman, Anina Coder Sill, Paul Curtis, Greg Blair, Wayne Gibson, Clifford Neal, Harry Onickel.

After decades of circling each other, I finally got to meet Wayne Gibson at the Newave launch party last year. I always loved Harry Onickel's work and felt he and Richard Wayne must've attended the same upper Midwest cartoon school since their comix seemed to come from the same wacky source.