Comic-Book Fan Magazines : Watching Pop Turn Into Art / by Robin Johnson

An article in the Serial Review (Spring 1986), an early recognition of the academic/cultural value of comic art from the library field. Mentions the Washington State University comix collection and the Folkomix index.

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Vietnam Sketchbook / by Carol Hannum

I published 12 copies of this regular digest size book on June 16, 1998. Carol's black and white line drawings lent themselves well to the Obscuro photocopy technology. Beautiful work.

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Hey, what an amazing coincidence with this number in the series!
It's a photo of Ronald Reagan!
What are the odds?

Antichrist Among Us

Some terrible person and wiseguy using the name "Mort Kanine" wrote a letter to the Daily Evergreen, the student newspaper for Washington State University. It was during the high tide of Reaganism, and WSU was a conservative campus, although it was also noted for being the "Party School" of Washington.

The letter to the editor, published February 16, 1984, claimed that old Ron the Con was the Antichrist. Notice Mr. Kanine did not claim to be a Christian, although at least one responder assumed he was.

Making an allegation at a university where Ronald Reagan was so enormously popular had the predictable effect, as demonstrated by the samples of the subsequent responses which lasted for about two weeks.

What a dreadful man Mort Kanine must have been.

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McCleary, Washington

Unsuccessful Vice-Presidential Candidates in the Year 1875 : a Date With Undestiny

Ohio is the mother of unsuccessful vice-presidential candidates, at least it was in 1991. This work had a rather limited distribution.

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Until next year

Washington State University News Tip Sheet, March 12, 1991

Interesting they say I edited City Limits Gazette out of Lacey, Washington. Probably due to the fact I was working there at the time. In March 1991 I was right where I am today, the mega-opolis of McCleary, Washington.

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Dismantling the Bear Festival
The tables where bear stew had been consumed are now empty
The carnival rides are being packed up