White Buffalo Gazette

 

When I was in Butler, PA last summer I had a chance to meet or re-meet local Keystone State cartoonists Tom Rehm, Buzz Buzzizyk, Wayno and Mike Hill. And Chrislip even came from the wilds of Cincinnati. In fact, I believe I even saw the mysterious Borpo Deets, who showed up at the Future Tenant show in Pittsburgh wearing an obvious ill-fitting toupee and an unintentionally humorous false beard in a comical effort to conceal his identity. He had a glow in the dark necktie that had the words. "Will you kiss in me the dark, baby?" When I looked at him and said, "Oh, you must be the infamous Borpo Deets," he swiftly made some feeble excuse about an alligator in his SUV that needed tending, darted out, and never returned to the show. 

Anway, the above promo is the siren call for Obscuro cartoonists to show their stuff. All you comrade weirdo cartoonists should heed this invite. Buzz Buzzizyk has a special eye for the iconoclastic and revolutionary comic art. 

 

WBG! Max Traffic! Andy Nukes!

Two news items here. First, our old friend Buzz Buzzizyk has just published the latest White Buffalo Gazette. 44 p., enlarged digest format. Includes work by Jim Siergey (nice cover, Jim!), Max Clotfelter, Clark Dissmeyer, Paul Krassner, Steve Willis, O'Ryan, Suzanne Baumann, Chad Woody, Mike Hill, Matt Feazell, Andy Nukes, Tom Brinkmann, Jeff Zenick, Kelly Froh, Delaine Derry Green, Joel Orff, Brad Foster, Mariana Weflen, George Erling, Billy McKay, Jerry Sims, Edward Bolman, Sean Bieri, Tom Motley, Buzz Buzzizyk, John Porcellino,  Blair Wilson, and Andrew Goldfarb.

Buzz can be contacted at 130 Short St., Butler, PA 16001

Secondly, our comrade Maximum Traffic, apparently while visiting Florida, met with the amazing Andy Nukes! Max is the one in the hat.

Morty Comix # 2516

Morty Comix # 2516 is being sent to my old comix comrade, Max Traffic in Butler, Pennsylvania. I'm sending a page of art for his consideration in the next White Buffalo Gazette and tossed in a Morty Comix as well. Just like the old days.

SPACE 2011 Report, pt. 11

The much anticipated arrival of Buzz Buzzizyk/Maximum Traffic/Borpo Deets finally came to pass and all was well with the world. Max's arrival made an already extraordinary event become something historic for me. A lot of us sit around thinking creative thoughts, but Max actually has the energy and discipline to give expression to his visions. He is one of my artistic heroes.

Although we didn't really get a chance to talk a great deal, I was thrilled to finally meet him and look forward to giving Max a tour of my corner of the world someday in the near future.

Max brought a stack of the recent White Buffalo Gazette as well as his compilation, Truth Be Known.

In the above photo Max is talking with Colin Upton. In the background Bruce is showing Mike Hill and Hillary Buzzizyk the Outside In portraits on foamboard.

White Buffalo Gazette news

A year ago Michael Dowers revived interest in Newave comix with the compilation Newave! The Undergound Mini Comix of the 1980s.

And now in 2011 Butler, Pennsylvania artist Maximum Traffic/Buzz Buzzizyk/Borpo Deets has produced 100 copies of a collection that will revive interest in the post-Newave comix of the 1990s, a genre known by many of us as Obscuro comix. Although most of the art in this book appears to be from the Century 21, many of the artists come from the Newave/Obscuro era.

It is an impressive and beautiful work. Over 160 pages in enlarged digest format. In fact, this is the very same kind of size and binding I'm thinking of for my own compilations, giving the graphics room to breathe. A very good choice in delivering the artistic goods.

Bravo Max! I admire the way you give life to your creative visions.

City Limits Gazette/White Buffalo Gazette History, Pt. 3-4

John Porcellino completes his history of City Limits Gazette/White Buffalo Gazette with two more parts.

Part 3 includes interviews with Edward Bolman, Cat Noel, Jeff Zenick, Larned Justin, Buzz Buzzyzik/Maximum Traffic/Borpo Deets.

Part 4 is a look at the amazing Millennium issue of White Buffalo Gazette.

Nice work, John! I salute you. This is a slice of first-person comix history that might otherwise have been lost without your efforts.

City Limits Gazette/White Buffalo Gazette History, Pt. 2

The second installment of John Porcellino's history of City Limits Gazette/White Buffalo Gazette was posted today.

This one features an interview with one of my favorite people in the Land of Obscuro Comix, the amazing Maximum Traffic/Buzz Buzzizyk/Borpo Deets.

Nice work, John! Glad to see someone documenting Max's significant contribution in broadening our understanding of what comic art can be.

City Limits Gazette/White Buffalo Gazette History, Pt. 1

John Porcellino began his three part history of the City Limits Gazette/White Buffalo Gazette continuum today.

Part 1 covers the founding of CLG by Bruce Chrislip and the subsequent revival by yours truly.

It is on his blog, Maybe Blogging Will Help.

According to John: "Part Two will be a long interview with Max/Buzz and Part Three will cover post-Max editors etc. They will go up soon, I'm still waiting to hear from Zenick."

A nice job of putting together a piece of obscuro comix history. I'm eager to read the Maximum Traffic interview in the next round.