City Limits Gazette indexes for 1991-1992 (Steve Willis run)
THROUGH 1991 WITH CITY LIMITS GAZETTE
February
• # #!*¢: First issue after hibernating several years. Chrislip writes about fanboys and underground classification. Willis addresses Cartoonists Northwest.
March
• # §¶¿: John E. converts to Islam, quits comix. Chrislip writes on good comix. Geerdes responds to Chrislip. Bad Beatles countdown begins.
• # Bézàngõ. Comics F/X 17 news. Profile on Ron "Gato" Vicens. Jay Kennedy mentioned by name in FAMILY CIRCUS panel.
April
• # ...---... Semantics and classification of comix.
• # zimbo. Chrislip on Misfit Lit Panel Discussion.
May
• # snoodlebee clapsaddle. Jay Kennedy solicits opinion on the new UNDERGROUND COMIX GUIDE.
• # 5 zillion and six. Dennis Pimple on comix classification. Wayno on same. Reviews by Lynn Hansen.
• # blue sky blue. The first BIL KEANE WATCH. News from Chrislip. Bruce Sweeney responds to Pimple.
June
• # meat of the tree. Geerdes on comix classification. UNDERGROUND STATION. Wayno on San Diego, art for money.
• # ¿¿¿¿¿. Descriptions of comix collections at Iowa State U., Michigan State U., Washington State U. Campos on Keane.
July
• # 8080642. Jerry Riddle on comix classification. Keane bibliography.
• # hup, hup hey! Chrislip, Wayno, and Lafler on the San Diego Con. Randy Scott and Randy Paske on Keane. Reviews by Lynn Hansen. First 8 page issue.
August
• # Pongo. Mike Culpepper on Kennedy's GUIDE and Finnish comix. Groth rationalizing the Eros line. A 20 year old Willis reprint. Reviews by Lynn Hansen. UNDERGROUND STATION. Book thief Blumberg cover. First 12 page issue.
• # 29, 70, 5 ... State employees wasting tax dollars. Campos on Keane. SEDUCTION OF THE INNOCENT REVISTED, Wayno on Keane. Brad Foster astounds the world by announcing wedding. Uptight librarians.
September
• # Banjo on my knee. Rick Griffin dead. Wine labels censored. STATE OF BEINGS #1, Alabama.
• # Terra Waldo. Dan Taylor donates 206 comix to WSU. Kevin Collier profile. Does Bruce Chrislip run around wearing a giant Richie Rich head?
October
• # dead porcupine icebox. Bob Richart, Campos, and Bolman on Keane. Chrislip on Shary Flenniken's Seattle talk. Dr. Seuss dead. STATE OF BEINGS #2, Alaska.
• # Lump o' pain. Ghost of Vaughn Bode by Bruce Chrislip. Bolman on Keane. Bad pun from Campos.
• # Chock full o' frogs. COMICS F/X will return. Arakelian on Kennedy's GUIDE. News from Chrislip. Reviews by Hansen. UNDERGROUND STATION. Wayno on Keane. 8 p. issue. STATE OF BEINGS #3, Arizona.
November
• # Digger Digger Rocking Chair. News from Chrislip. Reviews by Hansen. Wayno on Keane. Campos responds to Sweeney. Riddle on Kennedy's GUIDE and Crumb editions.
• # Bowling with Fred. Eerie coincidences in the lives of Millard Fillmore and Chester Alan Arthur.
December
• # Feverish clambake. News from Chrislip. Hickman on Keane. Kennedy on GUIDE. HECTOR chain cartoon. Reviews by Hansen. News from Feazell. State Historical Society of Wisconsin comix collection. 8 p. issue.
• # H¼. Here it am in your hot little hands.
****************************************************************************
THROUGH 1992 WITH CITY LIMITS GAZETTE
January
• # Whack on the head with a ballpeen hammer. 4 p. Bruce Chrislip recalls Wayne Gibson. Gibson bibliography. Dissmeyer wants to expose Eastman as a porno cartoonist.
• # Aged Richie Rich on his deathbed whispering "Rosebud". 4 p. Tim Ereneta poses "first minicomic" question. Reviews by Lynn Hansen. STATE OF BEINGS 5, California.
February
• # Look Ma, no brain! 8 p. Stan Yates retires from Iowa State U. Hal Hargit leaves Seattle and the world of comix. Dissmeyer on Eastman. Hector. Chrislip's 1st mini, review by Hansen, STATE OF BEINGS 6, Colorado.
• # Kitty McAdoodledoo. 4 p. More Dissmeyer on Eastman, new from Bruce Bolinger, Hansen on Romero, Feazell's 1st minicomic, STATE OF BEINGS 7, Connecticut.
March
• # Jobbo Bonobo's Night Terror. CF/X up for sale, Nicholson's 1st mini, Hansen on Eastman, Campos on selling out, history of MAD by Brian Rainville, reviews by Hansen, Don Martin calls CLG about THE BIL KEANE WATCH, what would you do if you woke up in the body of Fred Flintstone? 8 p.
• # §¶§¶§¶§¶§¶§¶§¶§¶§¶. 8 p. COMIC ART COLLECTION changes name and editor, Hansen on self-pubbing, Zenick on selling out, Dissmeyer on Keane, Vojtko on selling out, STATE OF BEINGS 8, Delaware. Logo by Riddle.
April
• # Lilacs out of the dead land. 4 p. PUNCH bites the dust, reviews by Hansen, Wayno's 1st minicomic, STATE OF BEINGS 9, Washington, DC, Minstrel's 1st mini, Campos on Keane. Minstrel logo.
• # Pete Best isn't. 12 p. Spiegelman gets a Pulitzer, news from Campos, Feazell, George Papp 1916-1989, Arakelian throws 1st punch at Ryan, Bob Richart stars in live television entertainment, Euro-Disney opens, Hansen on THE SIMPSONS, Hector, Bruce Chrislip profile. Wayno logo.
• # Milk of human kindness. 12 p. Mark Campos reports on Cartoonists Northwest panel discussion on small press, Nils Osmar follows with fine details, New Age cartoonist Joe Sumrall found murdered in Rainier, Wash., Jane Oliver on the horror of Keane, McQuiddy on Hansen and selling out, reviews by Hansen, news from Ted Delorme, Scott Johnson's visual suggestions. A man in San Antonio takes off his clothes and quacks like a duck. Logo by Campos.
May
• # Mongo Gasoline. 8 p. "Last free issue" of COMIC RELEASE released. Woody's 1st mini. Reynaldo's 1st mini. Dowers moves to Ocean Shores, Wash. Campos on Keane. Chad Woody's BEANWORLD action figures. S. Minstrel gets hitched. Hansen on comic strips. Ereneta in the body of Fred Flintstone. Major Mite, the Munchkin from McCleary. STATE OF BEINGS 10, Florida. Logo by Eifert.
• # Winged Monkey Angel Laughing At Midnight. 12 p. World's largest fungus -- found! Ryan fights back. Are we a hobby or what? Reviews by Hansen. Underground Station. David Chrislip profile. 1965 comix by Bruce Chrislip. Logo by Chad Woody.
June
• # Albanian sponge. 12 p. William Gaines dies at the age of 70. Robert "Sick Stick" Stike dies at 41. Dowers buys a copy machine. Ben Adams on Flintstone, 1st mini, and selling out. Hansen on Ron "Gato" Vicens. Jeff Nicholson profile. Logo by Bruce Bolinger.
• # :: [title characters not exact] 8 p. Alder and Arakelian jump on Ryan. Bob Richart wins the honor of the most twisted answer to the Flintstone question (and he looks so normal too ...) News from Reynaldo. Reviews by Hansen. Brad Foster on selling out. Dissmeyer sends something in illegible German. STATE OF BEINGS 11, Georgia. Logo by Max. Traffic.
July
• # Peeling the toaster. 12 p. Laird establishes Xeric Foundation, Luciano revisited, Underground Station, Wayno profile, Max. Traffic on the hobby, Geerdes jumps in as well. Logo by S. Minstrel.
• # Panda mouth wash. 12 p. Final issue of CF/X is released. Chad Woody on Chicago Comic Con. Kevin Brockschmidt gets hitched. Special dramatic BIL KEANE WATCH by Campos. Hansen personally visits CLG head office. Hansen reviews. Hansen's list of comix Kennedy skipped. Logo by S. Minstrel.
August
• # Purple bowling shoes on a spongy miniature golf course. 12 p. CLG letter to Russia tampered with. Lafler on hobbyism. Hank Arakelian profile. Hansen list continued. Max. Traffic visual BIL KEANE WATCH. Logo by Maximum Traffic.
• # Je me souviens. 12 p. Ed Martin employed by Dark Horse. Civic karma in McCleary. News from Troy Hickman. Marc Myers flees country. Mark Campos profile. John E. becomes a dad. Underground Station. The fallacy of California redeemption value by Hansen. Max. Traffic logo.
September
• # Mermaid, mermaid, have you ever seen blood? 12 p. Richart denounces Wow Cool Cartoon Factory. Reviews by Hansen. Lynn Hansen profile. Mike Lee on Keane. Michael Dowers profile. Chad Woody logo.
• # It's no fun being in a tiger suit alone, or an elephant suit either. 8 p. Toivo Rovainen on the last days of CF/X. Cartooning at the O.K. Hotel by Bruce Chrislip. Review by Chrislip. Campos on Keane. COMICS JOURNAL index discussed. Dissmeyer on Keane. STATE OF BEINGS 12, Hawaii. Logo by Frank G. Lloyd, Jr.
• # Overwhelming sadness of the monkey trapped in the garage. 8 p. Max. Traffic on Keane. San Diego Con report by Eifert. Underground Station. Comics and wrestling by Jerry Riddle. Reviews by Hansen. Ben Adams on Keane. STATE OF BEINGS 13, Idaho. Logo by Campos.
October
• # Pall bearers on roller skates. 8 p. McJacksonstein goes public. Bobby London's POPEYE censored. Underground Station. Willis profile. Multimedia project by Jeff Snee. Turn off your television by Max. Traffic. Logo by Snee. STATE OF BEINGS 14, Illinois.
• # I can't get the "Beverly Hillbillies" theme song out of my head. 12 p. Max. Traffic on Keane. Jane Oliver, 1954-1992. CLG endorses Clinton. EMERGENCY HORSE, Mike Lee, and Campos on Keane. Geerdes looks back. Underground Station. Stengl on Keane.
November
• # Brass angel at high tide. 12 p. Giant cartoon heads in deadly combat. My typewriter breaks. Sumrall murder still unsolved. Campos on Keane. Lafler on Keane. Reviews by Hansen. THE BIL KEANE WATCH gets ink in THE OREGONIAN. Gary Usher starts his COMICS JOURNAL small press index. Logo by Michael Stengl.
• # Frisky and Little Mary, the doomed children of the "Grabby Elf". 12 p. Wayno on Keane. What's in and out for '93 by Snee. Old guy in Aberdeen, Wash. has the inside scoop on Turtles III film. Mike Culpepper profile. McJacksonstein got out of his cage. Zenick on Keane. Small press exhibition in Spain. Underground Station. Return of FACTSHEET FIVE? Bruce Sweeney profile. Usher list. Logo by Geerdes.
December
• # ZZZZZZZerk-gigga-gigga-BOINK! 12 p. CF/X leftovers. Hansen recalls Jane Oliver. Max. Traffic exposes McJacksonstein. Randy H. Crawford on Keane. Usher list. Logo by McJacksonstein.
• # (not numbered yet, but you're holding this issue in your hot little hands!) [ # The world is so big and we are so small, yet we're turning it to shit in no time at all]
[© Steve Willis, published with permission. Originally published in City Limits Gazette #H¼ and #The world is so big and we are so small, yet we're turning it to shit in no time at all. Additions and corrections welcome. Please do not republish without permission.]
February
• # #!*¢: First issue after hibernating several years. Chrislip writes about fanboys and underground classification. Willis addresses Cartoonists Northwest.
March
• # §¶¿: John E. converts to Islam, quits comix. Chrislip writes on good comix. Geerdes responds to Chrislip. Bad Beatles countdown begins.
• # Bézàngõ. Comics F/X 17 news. Profile on Ron "Gato" Vicens. Jay Kennedy mentioned by name in FAMILY CIRCUS panel.
April
• # ...---... Semantics and classification of comix.
• # zimbo. Chrislip on Misfit Lit Panel Discussion.
May
• # snoodlebee clapsaddle. Jay Kennedy solicits opinion on the new UNDERGROUND COMIX GUIDE.
• # 5 zillion and six. Dennis Pimple on comix classification. Wayno on same. Reviews by Lynn Hansen.
• # blue sky blue. The first BIL KEANE WATCH. News from Chrislip. Bruce Sweeney responds to Pimple.
June
• # meat of the tree. Geerdes on comix classification. UNDERGROUND STATION. Wayno on San Diego, art for money.
• # ¿¿¿¿¿. Descriptions of comix collections at Iowa State U., Michigan State U., Washington State U. Campos on Keane.
July
• # 8080642. Jerry Riddle on comix classification. Keane bibliography.
• # hup, hup hey! Chrislip, Wayno, and Lafler on the San Diego Con. Randy Scott and Randy Paske on Keane. Reviews by Lynn Hansen. First 8 page issue.
August
• # Pongo. Mike Culpepper on Kennedy's GUIDE and Finnish comix. Groth rationalizing the Eros line. A 20 year old Willis reprint. Reviews by Lynn Hansen. UNDERGROUND STATION. Book thief Blumberg cover. First 12 page issue.
• # 29, 70, 5 ... State employees wasting tax dollars. Campos on Keane. SEDUCTION OF THE INNOCENT REVISTED, Wayno on Keane. Brad Foster astounds the world by announcing wedding. Uptight librarians.
September
• # Banjo on my knee. Rick Griffin dead. Wine labels censored. STATE OF BEINGS #1, Alabama.
• # Terra Waldo. Dan Taylor donates 206 comix to WSU. Kevin Collier profile. Does Bruce Chrislip run around wearing a giant Richie Rich head?
October
• # dead porcupine icebox. Bob Richart, Campos, and Bolman on Keane. Chrislip on Shary Flenniken's Seattle talk. Dr. Seuss dead. STATE OF BEINGS #2, Alaska.
• # Lump o' pain. Ghost of Vaughn Bode by Bruce Chrislip. Bolman on Keane. Bad pun from Campos.
• # Chock full o' frogs. COMICS F/X will return. Arakelian on Kennedy's GUIDE. News from Chrislip. Reviews by Hansen. UNDERGROUND STATION. Wayno on Keane. 8 p. issue. STATE OF BEINGS #3, Arizona.
November
• # Digger Digger Rocking Chair. News from Chrislip. Reviews by Hansen. Wayno on Keane. Campos responds to Sweeney. Riddle on Kennedy's GUIDE and Crumb editions.
• # Bowling with Fred. Eerie coincidences in the lives of Millard Fillmore and Chester Alan Arthur.
December
• # Feverish clambake. News from Chrislip. Hickman on Keane. Kennedy on GUIDE. HECTOR chain cartoon. Reviews by Hansen. News from Feazell. State Historical Society of Wisconsin comix collection. 8 p. issue.
• # H¼. Here it am in your hot little hands.
****************************************************************************
THROUGH 1992 WITH CITY LIMITS GAZETTE
January
• # Whack on the head with a ballpeen hammer. 4 p. Bruce Chrislip recalls Wayne Gibson. Gibson bibliography. Dissmeyer wants to expose Eastman as a porno cartoonist.
• # Aged Richie Rich on his deathbed whispering "Rosebud". 4 p. Tim Ereneta poses "first minicomic" question. Reviews by Lynn Hansen. STATE OF BEINGS 5, California.
February
• # Look Ma, no brain! 8 p. Stan Yates retires from Iowa State U. Hal Hargit leaves Seattle and the world of comix. Dissmeyer on Eastman. Hector. Chrislip's 1st mini, review by Hansen, STATE OF BEINGS 6, Colorado.
• # Kitty McAdoodledoo. 4 p. More Dissmeyer on Eastman, new from Bruce Bolinger, Hansen on Romero, Feazell's 1st minicomic, STATE OF BEINGS 7, Connecticut.
March
• # Jobbo Bonobo's Night Terror. CF/X up for sale, Nicholson's 1st mini, Hansen on Eastman, Campos on selling out, history of MAD by Brian Rainville, reviews by Hansen, Don Martin calls CLG about THE BIL KEANE WATCH, what would you do if you woke up in the body of Fred Flintstone? 8 p.
• # §¶§¶§¶§¶§¶§¶§¶§¶§¶. 8 p. COMIC ART COLLECTION changes name and editor, Hansen on self-pubbing, Zenick on selling out, Dissmeyer on Keane, Vojtko on selling out, STATE OF BEINGS 8, Delaware. Logo by Riddle.
April
• # Lilacs out of the dead land. 4 p. PUNCH bites the dust, reviews by Hansen, Wayno's 1st minicomic, STATE OF BEINGS 9, Washington, DC, Minstrel's 1st mini, Campos on Keane. Minstrel logo.
• # Pete Best isn't. 12 p. Spiegelman gets a Pulitzer, news from Campos, Feazell, George Papp 1916-1989, Arakelian throws 1st punch at Ryan, Bob Richart stars in live television entertainment, Euro-Disney opens, Hansen on THE SIMPSONS, Hector, Bruce Chrislip profile. Wayno logo.
• # Milk of human kindness. 12 p. Mark Campos reports on Cartoonists Northwest panel discussion on small press, Nils Osmar follows with fine details, New Age cartoonist Joe Sumrall found murdered in Rainier, Wash., Jane Oliver on the horror of Keane, McQuiddy on Hansen and selling out, reviews by Hansen, news from Ted Delorme, Scott Johnson's visual suggestions. A man in San Antonio takes off his clothes and quacks like a duck. Logo by Campos.
May
• # Mongo Gasoline. 8 p. "Last free issue" of COMIC RELEASE released. Woody's 1st mini. Reynaldo's 1st mini. Dowers moves to Ocean Shores, Wash. Campos on Keane. Chad Woody's BEANWORLD action figures. S. Minstrel gets hitched. Hansen on comic strips. Ereneta in the body of Fred Flintstone. Major Mite, the Munchkin from McCleary. STATE OF BEINGS 10, Florida. Logo by Eifert.
• # Winged Monkey Angel Laughing At Midnight. 12 p. World's largest fungus -- found! Ryan fights back. Are we a hobby or what? Reviews by Hansen. Underground Station. David Chrislip profile. 1965 comix by Bruce Chrislip. Logo by Chad Woody.
June
• # Albanian sponge. 12 p. William Gaines dies at the age of 70. Robert "Sick Stick" Stike dies at 41. Dowers buys a copy machine. Ben Adams on Flintstone, 1st mini, and selling out. Hansen on Ron "Gato" Vicens. Jeff Nicholson profile. Logo by Bruce Bolinger.
• # :: [title characters not exact] 8 p. Alder and Arakelian jump on Ryan. Bob Richart wins the honor of the most twisted answer to the Flintstone question (and he looks so normal too ...) News from Reynaldo. Reviews by Hansen. Brad Foster on selling out. Dissmeyer sends something in illegible German. STATE OF BEINGS 11, Georgia. Logo by Max. Traffic.
July
• # Peeling the toaster. 12 p. Laird establishes Xeric Foundation, Luciano revisited, Underground Station, Wayno profile, Max. Traffic on the hobby, Geerdes jumps in as well. Logo by S. Minstrel.
• # Panda mouth wash. 12 p. Final issue of CF/X is released. Chad Woody on Chicago Comic Con. Kevin Brockschmidt gets hitched. Special dramatic BIL KEANE WATCH by Campos. Hansen personally visits CLG head office. Hansen reviews. Hansen's list of comix Kennedy skipped. Logo by S. Minstrel.
August
• # Purple bowling shoes on a spongy miniature golf course. 12 p. CLG letter to Russia tampered with. Lafler on hobbyism. Hank Arakelian profile. Hansen list continued. Max. Traffic visual BIL KEANE WATCH. Logo by Maximum Traffic.
• # Je me souviens. 12 p. Ed Martin employed by Dark Horse. Civic karma in McCleary. News from Troy Hickman. Marc Myers flees country. Mark Campos profile. John E. becomes a dad. Underground Station. The fallacy of California redeemption value by Hansen. Max. Traffic logo.
September
• # Mermaid, mermaid, have you ever seen blood? 12 p. Richart denounces Wow Cool Cartoon Factory. Reviews by Hansen. Lynn Hansen profile. Mike Lee on Keane. Michael Dowers profile. Chad Woody logo.
• # It's no fun being in a tiger suit alone, or an elephant suit either. 8 p. Toivo Rovainen on the last days of CF/X. Cartooning at the O.K. Hotel by Bruce Chrislip. Review by Chrislip. Campos on Keane. COMICS JOURNAL index discussed. Dissmeyer on Keane. STATE OF BEINGS 12, Hawaii. Logo by Frank G. Lloyd, Jr.
• # Overwhelming sadness of the monkey trapped in the garage. 8 p. Max. Traffic on Keane. San Diego Con report by Eifert. Underground Station. Comics and wrestling by Jerry Riddle. Reviews by Hansen. Ben Adams on Keane. STATE OF BEINGS 13, Idaho. Logo by Campos.
October
• # Pall bearers on roller skates. 8 p. McJacksonstein goes public. Bobby London's POPEYE censored. Underground Station. Willis profile. Multimedia project by Jeff Snee. Turn off your television by Max. Traffic. Logo by Snee. STATE OF BEINGS 14, Illinois.
• # I can't get the "Beverly Hillbillies" theme song out of my head. 12 p. Max. Traffic on Keane. Jane Oliver, 1954-1992. CLG endorses Clinton. EMERGENCY HORSE, Mike Lee, and Campos on Keane. Geerdes looks back. Underground Station. Stengl on Keane.
November
• # Brass angel at high tide. 12 p. Giant cartoon heads in deadly combat. My typewriter breaks. Sumrall murder still unsolved. Campos on Keane. Lafler on Keane. Reviews by Hansen. THE BIL KEANE WATCH gets ink in THE OREGONIAN. Gary Usher starts his COMICS JOURNAL small press index. Logo by Michael Stengl.
• # Frisky and Little Mary, the doomed children of the "Grabby Elf". 12 p. Wayno on Keane. What's in and out for '93 by Snee. Old guy in Aberdeen, Wash. has the inside scoop on Turtles III film. Mike Culpepper profile. McJacksonstein got out of his cage. Zenick on Keane. Small press exhibition in Spain. Underground Station. Return of FACTSHEET FIVE? Bruce Sweeney profile. Usher list. Logo by Geerdes.
December
• # ZZZZZZZerk-gigga-gigga-BOINK! 12 p. CF/X leftovers. Hansen recalls Jane Oliver. Max. Traffic exposes McJacksonstein. Randy H. Crawford on Keane. Usher list. Logo by McJacksonstein.
• # (not numbered yet, but you're holding this issue in your hot little hands!) [ # The world is so big and we are so small, yet we're turning it to shit in no time at all]
[© Steve Willis, published with permission. Originally published in City Limits Gazette #H¼ and #The world is so big and we are so small, yet we're turning it to shit in no time at all. Additions and corrections welcome. Please do not republish without permission.]
About
Partner Site
Latest Activity
Now available at PROFANITY HILLFLOATING MOATSby Tony Remple24 pgs / BW / 3 x 3$2.00
Please click on this link to a PDF File:
The 2010 Staple_pdf.pdf
Whoa! Now here's a Wayno comic I'd never seen before. Anybody got a copy of this?WARNING: Adults Only, NSFW, enter at your own risk.http://www.tijuanabible.org/tijuana-bible-comic-gallery/online-comic-and-cartoons/wee-wees-playhouse.html
Hey, here's the next installment in this series -- mini-reviews of the next 10 minis in the Newave! book:
http://avoidthefuture.blogspot.com/2010/03/newave-underground-mini-comix-of-1980s_14.html
I love this review series, hope it continues!
Time was certainly the thing that rail-roaded my visions of a new life as a comic diarist. It wasn't the execution that took that long, even: rather it was all the pencil chewing and beard stroking that accompanied coming up with just the right way…
These are the Poopsheet Foundation auctions currently on eBay as I type this. More on the way! If you have any questions let me know. CRUM BUMS mini-comic BRIAN RALPH
Fort Thunder 2000 THE SNOWMAN mini-comic JOHN
KERSCHBAUM winter 2002 underground c…
You guys should all go next year!
Just going through the Pro registration for SDCC makes me long for a smaller con like the one you attended. It would be cool to see literally thousands of small press comics all in one place. I'd probably be at your booth for hours. :)
© 2010 Created by Rick Bradford on Ning. Create a Ning Network!
