Monday, August 1, 2011

City Limits Gazette # Glue a frog on your head and teach it to sing (July 1993)














Logo by Oli Newsome, Zines in Grays Harbor County and coverage of The Bil Keane Watch by Michael Drummond, Naked Preacher update, American Libraries threatens to boycott Harper's in fallout from the Avoiding Librarianism piece (I have included a scan of the editorial itself), Tiki Lounge Mystery-- solved!, Bil Keane Watch by Ken Clinger - Wayno, Suspended Animation, Beef with small press comix by Sean Wilson, Apology from Mark Campos, Alternative Reading Room of Asheville NC, Underground cartoonists sacred cows of the '90s by Bruce Chrislip.

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Louis Armstrong and the Jazz greats welcome you to New Orleans

City Limits Gazette # Red is for stop, yellow for danger, green is for go, and that's how it is (June 1993)













Logo by Mel. White, number for this issue come from the lyrics of a hit song composed by my brother Bryan, Kilodney update, WSU comix collection in WLN, Evergreen ReView, Bil Keane Watch by Andrew Roller - Randy H. Crawford, I rant again, naked preacher update, Suspended Animation, Bruce Sweeney's Underground Station with logo by Spain Rodriguez, Other Sounds by Wayno, Jane J. Oliver and Comix World by Gary Usher, more on Canadian Customs and censorship by Jacques Boivin.

Sunday, July 31, 2011

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Fire trucks surround a jet at Dallas-Fort Worth Airport

Charlie and the Raccoon


Charlie had an encounter with a raccoon the other day and lost a piece of his tail. The vet gave him a French poodle look. He seems to be recovering just fine.

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City Limits Gazette # Lumpy fingered parking meter waltzing with no one to the music of silence, in the background a neon merry-go- ... (June 1993)













Logo by Mike Lee, Bob Richart responds to Dusty Rhodes, Bruce Chrislip's film career beckons, a rant from me on the trials of being an editor (I can tell in hindsight this was the start of me letting go of CLG), a nice note from Kathe Todd of Rip-Off Press, Comix reviews by Lynn Hansen, Bil Keane Watch and Jake Drake the Naked preacher on TCTV, Comics Journal small press index by Gary Usher.

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McCleary, Washington

City Limits Gazette # We're all gonna diiiiiiie!!! AIEEEEEEEE!! (May 1993)













Logo by Spaz, Maximum Traffic uses a Ted Bolman drawing to respond to Dusty Rhodes, Bil Keane Watch by Asa Sparks - Ken Clinger, Jacques Boivin and Canadian censorship, Footnote to Obscuro press pt. 2 by Gary Usher, Reviews from across the water by Peter Pavement, Maximum Traffic back on Xeric, Comics Journal small press index by Gary Usher.

Saturday, July 30, 2011