City Limits Gazette # Frisky and Little Mary, the doomed children of the "Grabby Elf" (Nov. 1992)

Logo by Clay Geerdes, Randy Reynaldo on the Fred question, Bil Keane Watch by Wayno, What's in and what's out for 1993 by Jeff Snee, Teenage Turtle filming in Astoria Oregon, CLG reader profile of Mike Culpepper, Tuck Petertil in the Oly art scene, Bil Keane Watch by Ricardo Nancy McJacksonstein, Bil Keane Watch by Jeff Zenick, William Dockery signs up, return of Factsheet Five?, Bruce Sweeney's Underground Station with logo by Bruce Bolinger, CLG reader profile of Bruce Sweeney with illustration by Gary Whitney, Comics Journal small press index by Gary Usher.

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City Limits Gazette # Brass angel at high tide (Nov. 1992)

Logo by Michael Stengl, giant cartoon heads in deadly combat, quotes out of context, my typewriter breaks, Joe Sumrall's murder is still unsolved, Bil Keane Watch by Mark Campos, another Bil Keane Watch by Steve Lafler, comix reviews by Lynn Hansen, bad cover versions of Yesterday, Bil Keane Watch, Comics Journal appendix references to the small press by Gary Usher.

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City Limits Gazette # I can't get the "Beverly Hillbillies" theme song out of my mind (Oct. 1992)

Weird Al, who I admire tremendously, covered the issue number here better than anyone, Bil Keane Watch by Maximum Traffic, Jane Oliver dies and reading this almost two decades later still makes me angry and depressed and my eyes well up, Gary Usher donates rare comix to WSU, I endorse Bill Clinton in 1992, sick McCleary jokes, Bil Keane Watch with Mike Lee and Mark Campos, A Fragment of a Forthcoming Biography of Clay Geerdes (I wish Clay was still with us. I'd love to hear his opinions on the current trends. He'd be in his 70s and probably sitting at the head of the table, where he earned his place, pontificating. I miss him), Bruce Sweeney's Underground Station with logo by Jerry Riddle, another Bil Keane Watch by M. Stengl, readers give me grief over my belief that free will is a myth and print is dead-- two truisms I hold to this day.

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Portland, Oregon

City Limits Gazette # Pall bearers on roller skates (Oct. 1992)

A great logo by Jeff Snee, Ricardo Nancy McJacksonstein makes a flashy debut, Bobby London underground Popeye, Bil Keane Watch by Sean Bieri, Bruce Sweeney's Underground Station, CLG profile of Steve Willis by Hank Arakelian, A new direction for high schools by Jeff Snee, another Bil Keane Watch by Maximum Traffic, a thought by Troy Hickman, bad cover versions of Yesterday, graphic by Maximum Traffic later used as the cover for his landmark comix anthology Truth Be Known.

CLG bonus in this issue: State of beings # 14. Illinois.

McJacksonstein was in reality a fellow faculty member at South Puget Sound Community College in Olympia, Washington, where I worked at the time. Psychology was his subject. Needless to say he was not using his real name.

I'm not sure but I think the last copies of Truth Be Known were practically given away in the spirit of obscuro comix at SPACE this year by Max. The cover image is included here.

Interesting to read Hank's interview with me almost two decades later as I realize I probably wouldn't alter almost every answer I gave if I was asked the same questions today. I do miss Hank and his great comix. I wish he'd resurface and give us a shout some time.

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Portland, Oregon

City Limits Gazette # Overwhelming sadness of the monkey trapped in the garage (Sept. 1992)

Logo by Mark Campos, Bil Keane Watch by Maximum Traffic, San Diego Con report by Ryan Eifert, Bruce Sweeney's Underground Station with logo by Bruce Bolinger, Comics and Wrestling by Jerry Riddle, comix reviews by Lynn Hansen, Yet another Bil Keane Watch by Ben Adams (of Minneapolis), Bob Richart likes Wow Cool and the work of Sam Henderson.

This issue included: State of beings # 13. Idaho.

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Firemen playing basketball, downtown Portland, Oregon