1st edition, March 1991. Chico, California : Onward Comics. 50 copies. Blue cover, regular digest size.
This contains the same material as Stevetreads # 3 (1987) but has a been a bit rearranged.
The Diogenes Club
Monday, March 7, 2011
Steve Willis Archives v. 3
1st edition, March 1991. Chico, California : Onward Comics. 50 copies. Blue cover, regular digest size.
This contains the same material as Stevetreads # 3 (1987) but has a been a bit rearranged.
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Steve Willis Archives v. 2
1st edition, March 1991. Chico, California : Onward Comics. 50 copies. Blue cover, regular digest size.
This one contains a couple pieces new to this blog.
"The Day I Wore Bruce Chrislip's Tie" was originally published in John E.'s Mumbles # 4, I think. Rather fitting this is being scanned and posted on the eve of Bruce and Joan hosting my visit to SPACE later this month. As time has passed I have come to regard this story to be every bit as pretentious and overly dramatic as the art gallery types I make fun of. The term "cringe-worthy" comes to mind when I read it today-- obviously created at a time when I would occasionally lapse into Drama Boy mode. But I do like the panel of Bruce holding his clip-on tie.
Second, the little ad for The Tragedy of Morty, Prince of Denmarke was a bit of self-promotion that had escaped my memory.
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Steve Willis Archives v. 1
1st edition, March 1991. Chico, California : Onward Comics. 50 copies. Blue cover, regular digest size.
Jeff Nicholson expanded the Stevetreads idea in this series. But unlike the former title, all four volumes in this were published at the same time.
Volume 1 was basically an enlarged version of Stevetreads # 1, a consistent pattern throughout the Archives.
The image in this work that captures my attention the most is the ad for One Normal Guy Talking With a Nut, which I don't believe has been posted on this blog before.
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.
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