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Prose and Cons of Mr. Toad

Published by: Dale Lee Coovert; Contributor: Bill Griffith; Date: 1974; Price: no cover price; Page Count: single sided page;

Size: magazine (8.5 x 11.0); Kennedy #: 1588; Print information: one printing; 100 numbered copies;

A giveaway that was provided with some copies of an issue of the Griffy Gazette. 

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Rockers

Publisher: R.L. Crabb; Date of Publication: 1984; Place of Publication: Nevada City, California; Cover Price: $3.50; Dimensions: 9" x 6"; Page Count: 48; Print Run: 2,500; Contributor(s): R.L. Crabb (Crabman)

Note(s): This was the first appearance of Crabb's Rockers characters, self-published four years prior to the series published by Rip Off Press, which ran to eight issues.

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Time's Awastin'

Published by: self published; Contributor: Kevin Brady; Date: 1975; Price: one cent; Page Count: single sheet folded into 4 pages;

Size: digest (folded; 5.5 x 8.5); Kennedy #: 2016; Print information: one printing; number of copies unknown;

Besides creating this promotional for an an upcoming event at the Yellow Gallery, Kevin Brady may also be known to some for his work with the Kevin East project, Pandemonium Express Funnies and several of Roger May's underground minis.

Edited January 6, 2020 by CDNComix

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Juicy

Published by: Roy Elliot Co.; Contributors: various artists; refer to the image of the inset page below; Date: 1974; Price: no cover price; Page Count: 16 pages;

Size: mini (4.25 x 4.5); Kennedy #: 1087; Print information: unknown;

Continuing my fascination with colour print minis is tee-shirt promotional issued by the Roy Elliot Company. Kennedy makes an interesting comment about how it "has a S. Clay Wilson story not published anywhere else". The story is spread out as a single panel on every second page. Also of note: design #11 was done by Michael McMillian and features the character from his ultra-rare mini called Hamburger Duck.

Edited January 9, 2020 by CDNComix

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Noesis the Comic for Brains (#1-4)

Published by: Protein Publishing Company; Contributor: David Stiennon, Gordon Ranney (all four issues); Carlos Lozano (#1 and #3); Robert Daughty jr. (#1); Don Daugherty (#2 and #3); Andrew Crocker (#2); Timothy Lang (#4);

Date: #1 and #2 (1978); #3 and #4 (1979); Price: one dollar; Page Count: 20 pages; Size: magazine (8.5 x 11.0); Kennedy #: 1386-1389; Print information: one printing; number of copies is unknown;

A series of pretty rare, comic fanzines produced by a teen-aged David RJ Stiennon. Around the same time, Stiennon also produced some other Kennedy tough finds: the Journal of Fat (#1-3) and Zoo Comics. These were sold issues were sold by him to his family and friends, classmates, on the street and at a local retailer (The Little Professor Book Store) for commission. He even designed, manufactured and sold printed tee-shirt. All this extraordinary behaviour from a young person may have caught the attention of Jay Kennedy, who visited Stiennon in the very early 80s to collect the publishing information that would later appear in the guide.

Edited January 10, 2020 by CDNComix

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Bloom

Publisher: Artists' Workshop Press; Date of Publication: August, 1967; Place of Publication: Detroit, Michigan; Cover Price: $0.50; Dimensions: 5-1/2 x 8-1/2"; Page Count: 26; Print Run: 500; Contributor(s): Gary Grimshaw, John Ka

Note(s): Some of the illustrations in this publication first appeared in The Sun, a newspaper founded in 1967 by political activist John Sinclair, circulated in Detroit, MI.

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Tie-Tac

Published by: Warm Neck Funnies; Contributors: Larry Gonick; Mike Baron; Date: 1974; Price: 50 cents; Page Count: 24 pages;

Size: magazine (7.5 x 10.5); Kennedy #: 2013; Print information: one printing; number of copies is unknown;

The Warm Neck Funnies was a small artistic network comprised of several members from Boston and surrounding areas. This thread has already featured work by a couple of members: Peter R. Thibeault (Art is an Eight Page Question and Kisser Comix, see page 1 of this thread) and Mark S. Fisher (Ike Lives and It's Me, see page 12 of this thread). If you have not read about their history, members were refereed to as Warm Neckers because of the long beards that they tended to grow at the time. Tie-Tac features the work  of two other Warm Neckers: Larry Gonick known for his Cartoon Histroy of the Universe series and Mike Baron who would later become well known in main stream comics.

Edited January 13, 2020 by CDNComix

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Ace of Space

Published by: self published; Contributor: J.R. Edgar; Date: 1983; Price: no cover price; Page Count: single page folded in half;

Size: digest (5.5 x 8.5); Kennedy #: not cited; created post publication of the guide; Print information: one printing; 150 copies;

I had posted the three issue of Edgar's Nickelbag on page 17 of this thread. I could have technically posted Ace of Space as the unnamed fourth issue of the series. The dilemmas and decisions of underground collecting wieney. 

Edited January 15, 2020 by CDNComix

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Oracle Comix #1 and #2

Published by: Thru Black Holes Comix; Contributors: Michael Roden (#1 and #2); Steve Fox (#1); Don Marsh (#2); Edward H. Dorn (#2); Raoul Newk (#2); Date: 1980 and1981; Price: one dollar; Page Count: 24 pages;

Size: comic; #1 (6.5 x 8.5); #2 (7.0 x 8.5)  Kennedy #: 1458 and 1459; Print information: one printing; 800 copies (#1); 300 copies (#2);

A pretty brother-and-sister set from Michael Roden. The designs of any his coloured cover comix are always striking and well thought out.

Edited January 20, 2020 by CDNComix

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Hari-Kari Komiks

Published by: self-published; Contributors: Marc Myers; Date: 1980; Price: no cover price; Page Count: 8 pages;

Size: mini (4.25 x 5.5); Kennedy #: 952; Print information: xeroxed batches of 50 copies; only 2 batches were "printed" at the time of the publication of the Kennedy guide;

Some of us track which states/locals underground comix were produced. If you wanted an example to fill your vacant "Nebraska hole" then look no further.

Edited January 27, 2020 by CDNComix

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Depraved Comix

Published by: New Wave Productions; Contributors: Tommy Donohue; Quentin Bufogle; Date: 1982; Price: $2.25; Page Count: 52 pages;

Size: magazine (7.5 x 11.0); Kennedy #: not cited; Print information: one printing; 1000 copies;

Published around the time that the Kennedy Guide was being printed, Depraved Comix wasn't listed within any guide until the FUGG 2015/16. It could be one of last "underground" colour cover magazines ever produced.

Edited February 6, 2020 by CDNComix

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Earthworm Comix #1

Published by: Underground Comix Group; Contributors: Bill O'Connell; Stanley Hurwitz;Ellen Wineberg; Bruce Grand Pre; Dave Fitzpatrick; Kieth Gamble; Jim Gaudet; Date: 1970; Price: 25 cents; Page Count: 12 pages;

Size: tabloid (11.25 x 17.25); Kennedy #: 635; Print information: one printing; number of copies unknown;

Another underground project launched by persons who probably had spent most their time, energy and enthusiasm on creating/publishing, instead of distribution/sales planning. Copies of Earthworm are rare to uncommon in the on-line market.

Edited February 6, 2020 by CDNComix

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C*nt Fart Funnies

Published by: Clandestine Comics Company; Contributors: Al Grennier; Tom Hosier; Scar Tissue; Ti-Yi; D. Micloskey; Worm; Date: 1973; Price: 25 cents; Page Count: 24 pages;

Size: mini (4.25 x 5.5); Kennedy #: 562; Print information: one printing; number of copies unknown;

By the time Al Grennier's and Tom Hosier's Purple Warp series was beginning to wind down, they also produced this silly, sex-spoof mini.

Edited February 10, 2020 by CDNComix

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Gloomy Tunes and Morbid Melodies

Published by: Texas Print Inc.; Contributor: Douglas Bryson; Date: 1975; Price: 50 cents; Page Count: 28 pages;

Size: magazine (8.5 x 11.0); Kennedy #: 870; Print information: one printing; 500 numbered copies;

Kennedy cites that there were 500 numbered copies of Gloomy Tunes and these were signed. My copy and a few fully described on-line copies were not signed. Perhaps only a percentage of the total were indeed signed by Byson or the actual copy cited by Kennedy was a special case.

Edited February 12, 2020 by CDNComix

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This is Not Zebra #2

Published by: Clandestine Comic Company; Contributor: Al Greenier; Date: 1972; Price: no cover price; Page Count: 8 pages;

Size: mini (4.25 x 5.5); Kennedy #: 2000; Print information: one printing; number of copies unknown;

Similar story to Tom Hosier's Worm Magazine (see page 18 of this thread), where Al Greenier as a high school student produced and circulated a zine called Zebra. Because Zebra spoofed some of the school's faculty, it was banned by administrators and Greenier had to promise to not produce any further issues. Greenier bent his promise by producing This is not Zebra #1 and #2.

Edited February 17, 2020 by CDNComix

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The Last Toque

Published by: Ralph T. Reese; Contributors: Ralph T. Reese; George Metzger; Terry Stroud; Martin; Date: 1971; Price: 35 cents; Page Count: 16 pages;

Size: newspaper (11.5 x 17.75); Kennedy #: 1143; Print information: one printing; number of copies unknown;

Fairly early all-comix underground newspaper from some of the people responsible for also contributing/creating/publishing other underground notables such as: Gory Stories, Eternal Tales, Everwuchawe (Terry Stroud); Big Apple, 100% Organic Compost, Enigma!, Drool (Ralph Reese);  Brain Fantasy, Fog City, No Ducks and many others (George Metzger). No idea who Martin is or was.

Edited February 20, 2020 by CDNComix

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Who is this Man and What Does He Want from You?

Publisher: G.N.U. International, Date of Publication: 1984, Place of Publication: Bandon, Oregon, Cover Price: Free, Dimensions: 4-1/8" x 2-1/4", Page Count: 12, Print Run: unknown, Contributor(s): Steve Gregg

 

[ADAMANTIUM]

5 minutes ago, comixbible said:

Who is this Man and What Does He Want from You?

Publisher: G.N.U. International, Date of Publication: 1984, Place of Publication: Bandon, Oregon, Cover Price: Free, Dimensions: 4-1/8" x 2-1/4", Page Count: 12, Print Run: unknown, Contributor(s): Steve Gregg

 

I like this. I remember in the 80's there being lots of them, yet you hardly see them nowadays. Times past, there was a church that had cartoons and tracks (they're called) that were free for the taking, in slots at the vestibule

I'd read them at age 8-11 wondering how the cartoon would eventually end the same everytime, easier to read those as a young'n

[Senormac]

35 minutes ago, ADAMANTIUM said:

I like this. I remember in the 80's there being lots of them, yet you hardly see them nowadays. Times past, there was a church that had cartoons and tracks (they're called) that were free for the taking, in slots at the vestibule

I'd read them at age 8-11 wondering how the cartoon would eventually end the same everytime, easier to read those as a young'n

Might that be Jack Chick tracts ?  

https://chick.com/products/category?type=tracts

[ADAMANTIUM]

37 minutes ago, Senormac said:

Might that be Jack Chick tracts ?  

https://chick.com/products/category?type=tracts

Ya I think that looks like them, or some variation, I dont remember the titles, but I think those were them