Writers / Artists: Hilary Barta

Collection of fictional comic book covers including spoofs of Mars Attacks, Conan the Barbarian, the Smurfs, Hot Stuff (the Little Devil) and Mark Twain's The Mysterious Stranger.
Published in mid to late '80s? Possibly two printings, one from mid '80s and one from late '80s.




Hilary Barta's occasionally-published collection of faux comic book covers. Each issue is numbered but I'm not sure that any of them are consecutive.
Some (not all) copies are unstapled.



This is set up like a normal eight-page mini and it reads like that but an added bonus is that the cover unfolds to an 8½ × 11" drawing and so does the centerspread.
8 pages plus two fold-outs.
![APC Tales #[16?]](https://poopsheetfoundation.com/media/com_mtree/images/listings/s/11571.jpg)
Possibly #16?
Two-color cover


Numbered edition?
Dayglo orange cardstock cover.
There may be more contributors than listed above.

Some of this issue's contents: five pages of Kazaleh material originally done for the Ren & Stimpy comic but never published; a nine-page jam comic by Hilary Barta, Scott Beaderstadt, Howard Bender, Brian Buniak, Daryll Collins, Barry Crain, George Erling, Pete Fitzgerald, Greg Gill, Mike Kazaleh, Brian Thomas and Bill Wray; a one-page jam drawing by Brad Foster, David Tosh, Wayne Truman, Craig Miller and Ben Dunn.
Characters appearing in art and comics include: Ren & Stimpy, Tor Johnson, Godzilla, Beetle Bailey's Sarge, Ted Danson, O.J. Simpson, Davy Crockett, Dudley Do-Right, Frankenstein, the Seven Dwarfs, Andy Capp, Dick Tracy and Santa Claus.
This issue also included a two-color Christmas card by Daryll Collins and a Max Traffic flyer insert.

Some of this issue's contents: three pages of Roger Langridge "Fred the Clown" strips (still called "Bill the Clown" at this point); a page of sketches collected at a convention (drawings by Jim Woodring, Peter Bagge, Mary Fleener, Roberta Gregory and David Lasky); gorgeous back cover by Hilary Barta.
Characters appearing in art and comics include: Bazooka Joe, Popeye, Little Orphan Annie, Zone, Jack Abel, Frank, Buddy Bradley and Bitchy Bitch.
Fewer than 50 copies printed (probably more like 25)

Some of this issue's contents: a seven-page comic by Mike Kazaleh starring Ed "Big Daddy" Roth's Rat Fink and family (I'm unsure whether this remains otherwise unpublished or not); a two-page jam comic by Brian Buniak, Jim Ryan, Gary Usher, George Erling, Pete Fitzgerald & Hilary Barta; a foldout poster of Marilyn Monroe by Brian Buniak; Gary Usher provides a checklist of John Edgar's work (he'd recently passed away).
Characters appearing in art and comics include: Rat Fink, Superswine, Cathy, Nancy Ritz, Daffy Duck, Little Lulu, Zippy the Pinhead (as a woman), Daredevil.
Fewer than 50 copies printed (probably more like 25).


Some of this issue's contents: six pages of Langridge's "Fred the Clown" strips (still called "Bill the Clown" at this point); a Skinned-Alive Boy strip by Traffic and Edward Bolman; more.
Characters appearing in art and comics include: Santa Claus, Calvin & Hobbes, The Family Circus, Fred the Clown, and Salvador Dali.
The cover is a Christmas collage of work by Jaime Hernandez, Jim Valentino, Bruce Chrislip and others. This issue also included a flyer insert that's a one-page jam comic (with the last panel blank) by Darryl Cunningham, Caspar Williams, Vic Pratt, Steve Willis and others.
Central Mailer for this issue: Bruce Chrislip
Fewer than 50 copies printed but probably more like 25.
This mailing also included a copy of Mike Kazaleh's Line the Dustbin Funnies #1 comic book.

Some of the contents include: eight pages of Young Neil comics by David Lasky
Characters appearing in art and comics include: Powhatan, Davy Crocket, Buddy Ebsen/Jed Clampett, Xal-Kor the Human Cat, Abraham Lincoln
Fewer than 50 copies usually printed (probably more like 25).
Centrail Mailer for this issue: Mark Campos


Some of the contents include: a bound-in silkscreen print by Buzz Buzzizyk (of a John Miller drawing)
Characters appearing in art and comics include: Hulk, Sub-Mariner
Fewer than 50 copies usually printed (probably more like 25).
Centrail Mailer for this issue: Mark Campos

Science fiction-themed issue.
Contents include a fold-out faux movie poster jam page by Repka, Buniak, Kraiger, Barta, Erling, Campos and Ryan.
Characters appearing in art and comics include: Walt Disney, Mars Attacks martians, the Creature from the Black Lagoon and plenty of BEMs!
Fewer than 50 copies usually printed (probably more like 25).
Centrail Mailer for this issue: Mark Campos
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