Monday, August 1, 2011

City Limits Gazette # Too much noise, too far away (Aug. 1993)













Logo by Maximum Traffic, Other Sounds by Wayno, Suspended Animation by Michael Vance and R.A. Jones, Underground cartoonists sacred cows response by William Dockery - Bruce Sweeney - Randy Crawford, Buck Town Pub by Mark Cunningham, Note to Hemp reform comix artists by Maximum Traffic, Andrew Roller offers to take over CLG, Time to deep-six the National Endowment for the Arts, Bil Keane Watch by William Dockery - Maximum Traffic - Jeff Zenick - Mike Lee, Bibliography of Underground and Obscuro Comics by Gary Usher.

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City Limits Gazette # Nirvana Claw (July 1993)













Cover by the Zen Master himself Bil Keane, Richard Wayne and Leonard Rifas sign up, Dissmeyer and Datmyers, I defend Comics Buyers Guide, Small press cares by Andrew Ford, View of wank minis by Maximum Traffic, Not really a Westercon report by Bruce Chrislip, Bil Keane Watch by Kel Crum - Randy H. Crawford - Wayno, Satanism and Republicans in Thurston County, Kilodney update, Report from Yugoslavia by Sasa Rakezic, CLG reader profile of Bruce Bolinger, Other Sounds by Wayno, Comics Journal small press index by Gary Usher.

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Canal Street, New Orleans

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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