CDNComix

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Self Destruct (hand coloured cover "edition") Published by: San Francisco Comic Book Company; Contributors: Art Spiegelman; Bill Griffith; Date: 1973; Price: 7 cents; Page Count: 8 pages; Size: mini (4.5 x 5.5); Kennedy #: 1760; Print information: one printing; copies unknown; This is the first SFCC/Gary Arlington "7 cent" mini that I have posted on in this thread. I may not be the first one ever produced; or the most popular one; or even the best one, but it does seem to one of the rarer ones within the series for whatever reason. I have noticed maybe only two copies offered for sale within the past 5 years. The copy that I have posted was hand coloured by Art Spiegelman in presentation to Bill Griffith.

Amra-Arma Meets the Lurker Within! Published by: Amra Arma; Contributor: Jeff Karl; Kurt Bischoff; Date: 1974; Price: no cover price; Page Count: 36 pages; Size: comic (6.75 x 8.75); Kennedy #: 68; Print information: one printing; number of copies is unknown; A beautiful giveaway produced by the 70s experimental rock band, Amra Arma. I had mentioned very early within this thread that there are only one or two examples of full-colour mini comix. This book is the only example of a full colour, full sized, underground comic that comes to mind. Although it's on the rare side, collectors still can take comfort from how well the book was produced (quality heavy acid free stock) and the increased likelihood of encountering high grade examples for sale.

Comix World 1980 Mini-Catalog Published by: self published; Contributor: unknown; Date: free; Price: catalogue giveaway; $7.95; Page Count: 8 pages; Size: mini (4.25 x 5.5); Kennedy #: not cited; Print information: unknown; I have a few reasons for listing this, including: 1) I never realized that Comix World had ever issued a catalogue. It's considerably rarer than the vast majority of CW titles; 2) the second page lists 10 reasons why people should get excited about CW minis. Sort of supports some of the answers I give "the Blob" earlier in the page regarding why low run, small press comix were produced by the artists; 3) to tease/annoy a fellow collector who had very recently made some slightly critical comments regarding some of the CW titles.

Spaz Comix #1 and #2 Published by: self published; Contributor: Chaz Balun; Jack Lewis; Grant Belotti; Date: 1975; 1977; Price: no cover price; $7.95; Page Count: 12 pages; Size: mini (4.25 x 5.5); Kennedy #: 1871-1872; Print information: one printing; 200 copies; Chas Balun produced a handful of great minis: Mr Hostile (page 14 of this thread), the Mighty Spaz series and Spaz Comix. I only recently found out (since i never owned a copy) that Balun was also a contributor to a well known, non-underground series, Gore Shriek.

Terra-Luna Tabloid #1 Published by: self published; Contributor: Paul Karol; Date: 1977; Price: 35 cents; Page Count: 12 pages; Size: newspaper (11.5 x 17.5; Kennedy #: 1988; Print information: one printing; 5,000 of 10,000 copies destroyed by flood; Why bother with self-publishing a couple of hundred minis for $20, when you could instead have 10,000 tabloid copies professionally printed for at least over $1000 (not adjusted for inflation). If things do not work out sales wise, then at least collectors of the future like me will thank you for it. Thanks Paul.

Adventures in Pathology Published by: self published; Contributor: Tom Hosier; Date: 1978; Price: 75 cents; Page Count: 16 pages; Size: landscape digest (4.25 x 11.0); Kennedy #: 20; Print information: one printing; number of copies unknown; Last week, a friend and I were discussing Tom Hosier and some of his ealry work. We were going to contact him to get some information about another one of his publications, but sadly found out that he died a few years ago. Adventures in Pathology a photo-collage story overlaid with captions and artwork. Interesting but not my favourite example of his work, but I believe it to be the only all Tom Hosier publication.

Thanks comixbible. I must admit that the name of the publisher "Dolphin-Moon" and one of the contributors "Aumiller" rang as being familiar. I must admit that I could not recall from memory but had to resort to keywording my collection list. The same publisher was also responsible for "Guest Check Comix" which also included Aumiller .

Thanks for the interest from the Blob who asked a number of questions/made comments on four separate posts. 1) Greetings from Kokonino: What was this made for? Given out to friends? Sold at his favorite head shop? Just curious. I have never contacted George Erling, so you would have to ask him for the answer. But I can take a guess and would say that his minis with the puny runs of under 40 copies were just made for creative sake and then given away to friends and other artists. I have asked that exact same question (were these made to sell or to be given away) from other creators with tiny print runs. Most reply that they realized at the time that there was no commercial potential with producing larger runs and seeking the item in a shop. These were produced out of creative need in an amount that would cover the sharing aspect. But also be aware that Erling did produce a few minis/digests that had normal newave runs of around 500 copies that were intended to be sold either in a store or through the mail. 2) Orange Bode: Vaughn Bode was dead by 1978, so maybe that's why he didn't raise a stink? I thought the exact same thing just after I posted and was going to look-up his date-of-death, but forgot. Yes, I would agree. But to be fair I did not perform any due diligence and research the person (Bob Coughlin) behind Orange Bode to see if he knew Bode or someone from his estate. It's just my opinion that it's weird to produce a 160 page reprint publication under the justification of producing a catalog for a 4 item mail auction. To be fair even at a price of $7 (1978) per book, I do not see the potential for a large profit after paying to produce a 160 pager. 3) A Fun Day at the Pick N Pay: The guy had a dream, had some stuff published, but I guess it was never enough to get out of the grocery store. Yes, most never made in big or were able to earn anything resembling a living. It's like any art form (acting, music etc) or athletics, where many are driven to pursue their passion but very few succeed professionally. But that's the thrust behind the newave movement - self-publish to get your message out there. 4) Cartoon Lunacy #98: Only 25 copies? Do they just print one for each contributor? Yes, most APAs have tiny runs and were produced just for a single event like a convention or to be shared among the contributors.

Orange Bode Published by: Chimneysweep Nostalgia Company; Contributors: Bob Coughlin; Vaughn Bode; Date: 1978; Price: seven dollars; Page Count: 164 pages; Size: comic; (6.75 x 8.5); Kennedy #: 1461; Print information: unknown; A fairly rare "catalog" that reprints Vaughn Bode's work from Syracuse university's Daily Orange newspaper. The premise presented by the creator was to drum up interest for up-coming auction (1979) of Vaughn Bode items. The back cover outlines all four items offered in the mail auction. I wonder if the real intent was to reprint (maybe without permission or compensation) over 160 pages of Bode's work and sell copies of the "catalog" at $7 per unit to interested fans. If it did not bother Bode then it it does not bother me.

Industrial Toilet Paper (#1-3) Published by: self published by Jaime "Bill Shut" Alder; Contributors: Jamie Alder (#1-3); Michael Roden (#1-3); Kelly Alder (#1-2); Jim Siergey (#1-2); Mike Hill (#1-2); David Stanford (#1-2); Brad Foster (#1-2); Clifford K. Neal (#1); Dale Lee Coovert (#1); Artie Edward Romero (#1); Tom Brinkmann (#1); Chris Estey (#1); Roldo (#1); Mel Tearle (#1); Ed Dorn (#1); Curt Metz (#1); Walter Rodgers (#1); Douglas Bryson (#1); Jeff Curtis (#1); Marc Meyers (#1); Bruce Chrislip (#1); Blake Alder (#1); Jim Valentino (#2); William Strejc (#2); Steven F. Scharff (#2); David Miller (#2); Rick McCollum (#2); Joe Zabel (#2); Frodo (#2); Ajax Axel (3#); Marsh (#3); Tim Corrigan (#3); Mike Urban (#3); Bob "X" Moriarty (#3); Steve Willis (#3); Larry Weir (#3);; Date: 1982 (#1-2); 1989 (#3); Price: $2.25 (#1); ncp (#2); $1 (#3); Page Count: 48 pages (#1); 20 pages (#2-3); Size: digest; (5.5 x 8.5); Kennedy #: not cited; Print information: unknown; Probably the last hurrah for the Jaime Alder lead, newave-zine comic series, but what a closer. My favourite part (Valentino's cover art for issue #2 is a close second) from all three issues does not involve any artwork. Clifford Neal submitted (what was then) his current resume along with artwork to Jaime Alder for issue #1. It supports the theory the weird ones are also the smart ones - Masters in Engineering from Cornell.

Crazy Duck Published by: Lava Press; Contributor: Lari Davidson; Vaughn Fraser; Jeffery Jorna; Date: 1980; Price: one dollar; Page Count: 32 pages; Size: small comic; (6.75 x 8.5); Kennedy #: not cited; Print information: produced in Canada otherwise unknown; The very first time that I saw the cover of Crazy Duck, I immediately knew that I had to find a copy. It's not great art but something about the cover cracks me up every time.

Greetings from Kokonino Published by: self published; Contributor: George Erling; Date: 1981; Price: no cover price; Page Count: 12 pages; Size: mini (4.25 x 4.5); Kennedy #: not cited; Print information: one printing; 39 signed and numbered copies; I believe that groaned before on this thread about how hard some of Erling's books are to find and collect - see page 6 (Too Many Mickeez) and page 11 (Pencil Comix #1 and #2) of this thread. But I would have never predicted that I would be able to land a small run, Erling mini that was not identified by the Kennedy Guide.

I would recommend excel because of the sort and filter function. If you have lots of books and plan on tracking specifics (contributors, date, publisher, etc) then the sort/filter functions allow for grouped reports. You can later tie-in the excel worksheet to MS Access and incorporate images with the text content.

Bird Brains #1-3 Published by: Old Hat Productions; Contributor: Raymond H. Allard; Date: 1976; 1978; 1979; Price: one dollar; Page Count: 36 pages (#1); 32 pages (#2 and #3); Size: magazine (8.5 x 11.0); Kennedy #: 276-278; Print information: one printing; 200 copies (#1); 100 copies (#2 and #3); A DIY anthropomorphic that Kennedy described as being "fanzine-ish". I am never sure if the term within the guide is meant to be apologetic, dismissive or code for "not a true underground".

Worm Magazine #2 Published by: Clandestine Comic Company; Contributors: Tom Hosier; Ed Henderson; Justin Green; Dave Micloskey; Danny Martin; Laurie Divine; Al Greenier; Bill Griffith; Rick Schwab; David Zack; Paul Gervais; Date: 1973; Price: 50 cents; Page Count: 40 pages; Size: comic (7.0 x 8.5); Kennedy #: 2245; Print information: one printing; number of copies is unknown; More friends, more pages and more colour.

Worm Magazine #1-1/2 Published by: Clandestine Comic Company; Contributors: Tom Hosier; Ed Henderson; Hulk; Dave Micloskey; Brian Kamens; Date: 1973; Price: 15 cents; Page Count: 12 pages; Size: mini (4.25 x 5.5); Kennedy #: 2244; Print information: one printing; number of copies is unknown; Worm Magazine 1-1/2 is the second edition of a Xeroxed, magazine sized student-zine that Hosier and some friends created in high school. I would love to get my fat greedy hands on a copy of the first edition. The same gang went on to create or contribute to other series including Purple Warp and Modern Correspondence.

Amazon Tales Published by: Third Coast Printing and Art Press; Contributor: Scarlett Moon; Date: 1978; Price: 45 cents; Page Count: 8 pages; Size: digest (4.5 x 8.5); Kennedy #: 56; Print information: one printing of 250 copies; On page 4 of this thread, I had posted another similar work by Scarlett Moon - Hash Slinger. It only had a single printing of 100 copies, but I have seen more copies of it for sale than Amazon Tales which according to Kennedy had a run that was 2.5 times larger.