Stevetreads # 4

1st edition, 1988. Chico, California : Jeff Nicholson. White cover, regular digest size.

Jeff's final issue of this series. But, as we shall see soon, Stevetreads was sort of a draft for a bigger project he published a little later.

The jam with Seattle author Edd Vick, I think, is the only artwork here that has not previously been posted on this blog. We drew it during one of his visits to McCleary and he later published it in his Fantoons. Edd is a thoughtful and gentle person, and a wonderful conversationalist as both guest and host.

Woofer the Psychic Dog ticket

My brother, Bryan, is a playwright. In the 1980s and 1990s he frequently hit me up to draw posters for his productions. Woofer the Psychic Dog was one such production. Yes, we both have produced works with dog characters. Must be in the genes.

This ticket was for the West Coast premiere, which took place in 1988, I believe. But the image is from a poster I drew for the 1986 New York production. In reality the role of Woofer was played by Morty, which explains why they look alike. Eventually Morty got to be pretty swell headed about the whole thing and went on a big star trip, demanding Cuban cigars, allowing no one on the set to bring a cat, biting critics in the leg who gave him a bad review, and so on. It was pretty sad.

The play continues to be performed, but with a different dog actor in the title role.