Wednesday, August 3, 2011

The Collected Bil Keane Watch vol. 3










Initially released in a print run of 50 copies in 1994, mainly for the contributors. After that it was available as a print-on-demand title, 1994-1996. Frankly, I'm not sure if one can the difference between these two versions.

Also published in a 20 copy run in 1994 as a Special Fandom House edition.

Contributors to this volume include: Jeff Snee, Brad Foster, Russell Rose, Bryan Willis, Maximum Traffic, Mark Campos, Wayno, Andrew Roller, Matt Love, Jeffrey Kipper, "Thad Willis," Kel Crum, Gary Usher, Dusty Rhodes, Jeff Zenick, Mary McLaughlin.

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Jackson Square
New Orleans

The Collected Bil Keane Watch vol. 2










Initially released in a print run of 50 copies in 1994, mainly for the contributors. After that it was available as a print-on-demand title, 1994-1996. Frankly, I'm not sure if one can the difference between these two versions.

Also published in a 20 copy run in 1994 as a Special Fandom House edition.

Contributors to this volume include: Mark Campos, Mike Lee, Clark Dissmeyer, Maximum Traffic, Ben Adams, Sean Bieri, M. Stengl, Bill Donahue, Wayno, Steve Lafler, Ricardo Nancy McJacksonstein, Jeff Zenick, Randy H. Crawford.

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Bubbles on St. Peter St.
New Orleans

The Collected Bil Keane Watch vol. 1












Initially released in a print run of 50 copies in 1994, mainly for the contributors. After that it was available as a print-on-demand title, 1994-1996. Frankly, I'm not sure if one can the difference between these two versions.

Also published in a 20 copy run in 1994 as a Special Fandom House edition.

Contributors to this volume include: Mark Campos, Randy Scott, Wayno, Ted Bolman, Bruce Chrislip, Troy Hickman, Bruce Bolinger, Jeri Campos, Robin Coder-Willis, Clark Dissmeyer, Mike Lee, Jeff Nicholson, Jeffrey Kipper, and Maximum Traffic.

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Arnaud's
New Orleans

Clues & Cues









Clues & Cues was the in-house faculty and staff newsletter for South Puget Sound Community College in Olympia, Washington. You can see the serious and exalted place in which I was held by my peers, 1992-1994.

I didn't feed them this stuff, but somehow the PIOs knew when to show up. The Obscuro comix lecture was even set up by them!

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New Orleans

Clark Dissmeyer Bibliography 1980-1993 / compiled by Gary Usher and Marc Myers














This was originally published in early 1994 by Gary Usher in Glenwood, Iowa on letter-size sheets. I reprinted it later in the year as one of the print-on-demand titles available in my catalog.

Publishing this was a triple pleasure for me. I got to promote the efforts of a great comix scholar, highlight the work of one of the funniest cartoonists out of the Newave, and actually get Marc Myers in print (which is sort of like getting a good photo of Sasquatch).

Now there's a project where only the bravest bibliographer dare tread-- building an accurate and complete bibliography of the work of Marc Myers. In many ways Marc's work is the very essence of Obscuro and I greatly admire that. And Marc was really the only cartoonist who could've helped Gary build such a complete bibliography of Clark's art.

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New Orleans