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I take it that this comment is from Joel Milke? Nice job its a beautiful effort and a stand-out. Thank you for adding weight to the copies-were-not-signed-and-numbered part of its history.

I am glad that you enjoy it. Thank you. I really try to stop collecting before and past certain dates or my never-ending hobby will be really be never-ending. I do some some of Feazell's stuff but I really try to focus on his "early" stuff from the very late 70s and very early 80s. Basically the stuff that was listed in the Kennedy Guide. Pretty rare and hard to come by. Welcome aboard and keep an eye open.

M.L.F. (Mouse Liberation Front) Communique #2 (first, second and third printings) Published by: Roger May; Contributors: 1: Victor Moscoso; 2: Larry Rippee; 3: Denis Kitchen; 4: Larry Todd; 5: ?; 6: Scott Shaw; 7: Roger May; 8 and 9: (Jerry Weist, Clay Wilson, Melinda Gebbie, Clay Geerdes, Alex Toth, Frank Brunner, Steve Leialoha); 10: Al Gordon; 11: Artie Romero; 12: George DiCaprio; 13: Spain; 14: John Pound; 15: Greg Irons; 16: Bill Stout; Date: 1979; Price: first and second printings (no cover price) third printing (one dollar); Page Count: 16 pages; Size: mini (4.25 x 5.5); Kennedy #: 1276; Print information: first printing (150 copies); second and third printings (number of copies unknown); To me, M.L.F. Communique #2 is one of the most important and interesting mini comix ever published. Communique #1 was published by Dan O'Neill in CoEvolution magazine in response to Disney's Air Pirates lawsuit. I have seen Communique #1 listed in some archived underground collections as a standalone and found one blurry on-line image of an example that sold over 10 years ago. It's possible that O"Neill also published it outside the magazine edition. The second Communique was produced and published by Roger May at the 1979 San Diego Comic Con. It's the first installment of the series that Roger May would produce on an annually basis while at the convention (refer to page #1 of this thread to view the second issue of the series Horrible Misunderstandings #1). Various artists/comic notables were enlisted, given secret agent numbers to protect their identifies from reprisal by Disney and asked to produce a Mickey related drawing for the mini. As mentioned in my previous posting, I am not great at identifying artists from their work, but fortunately Jay Kennedy was able to learn the identify of each (except for page #5) which he then published in his guide. Its possible that the artist behind page 5 is actually Dan O'Neill and that Kennedy withheld his name to avoid more legal consequences - see agent 00571's work below. It's a practice tool for learning how to distinguish the some of the greats in the underground/newave just by their work. The second printing was produced in the same year by Artie Romero (Everyman Studios). It can be distinguished from the first printing by its superior print quality: all the blacks appear solid opposed to some the artwork in the first printing appears splotchy (regular office Xerox). I have inadvertently purchased the wrong printing over the years, so I have provided a side-by-side comparison (first printing top, second printing on the bottom). I can only add thing beyond Kennedy's citation. The third printing has cover art that is noticeably different than the first two printings. This is because Moscoso had sold the original artwork to a collector when Roger may had requested it for the third printing. The artwork was redone and a $1 price added by May.

I apologize. It was intentionally done to get more traffic, opposed to something like "Sulipa Zine". It's also an attempt at irony because Doug is (the the fourth time in this tread) such a nice and probably does not have an ominous bone in his body

Collected Iggy and Snurt #1 Published by: BOA Producrtions; Contributors: Dan Taylor; Date: 1980; Price: 50 cents; Page Count: 8 pages; Size: landscape mini (2.75 x 8.5); Kennedy #: 476; Print information: one printing of 100 signed and numbered copies; Sometimes the odd forum member asks the underground "experts" if they can assist with the identification of an artist on an unsigned piece of underground original art. I rarely ever have an idea. The best I can do is "that work looks familiar but the actual artist escapes me". Dan Taylor is one of few artists that I should be able to identify from across the room. Like his work or not, it's certainly distinctive.

If you are a Canadian comic collector chances are that you heard of Doug Sulipa and/or have made a purchase from his Winnipeg based on-line store. He has successfully managed to survive the up-and-downs of the comic marketplace for nearly 50 years. But how many of you know about his little talked about dark secret? About 2 years ago I was surprised to learn that Doug self-published a magazine sized fanzine in 1974. According to the inside front cover only about 200 copies were produced of the first and only issue.

Weirdo #1-3 Published by: self-published; Contributors: Rodney Schroeter; Date: 1977; 1979; 1980; Price: no cover price; Page Count: unfolded single sheet; 84 pages; 44 pages; Size: magazine (7.0 x 11.0); Kennedy #: 2179, 2180, 2181; Print information: #1 (one printing; number unknown); #2 (one printing; 1,000 signed and numbered copies); #3 (one printing; 1,500 signed and numbered copies); Prior to the Weirdo series, Rodney Schroeter also published Bat Comix #1 and Pick Pocket. Its in Bat Comix #1 (1974) that the Weirdo character was first introduced. I recently responded to the "Which Comic Started the Bronze Age?". My answer (of course) was Zap Comix #1. A harder question to answer would be "Which Comic Started the Alternative Comic Movement?". Whatever your answer, it should certainly include something with an alternative weirdness that is at least as strong as Weirdo.

Thanks V. I have never seen or heard of this comix. It's new to me.

A Fun Day at Pick-n-Pay Published by: unknown; Contributors: Bob Vojtko; Date: 1976; Price: store giveaway; Page Count: 16 pages; Size: magazine (8.25 x 10.5); Kennedy #: not cited; Print information: one printing; number of copiesunknown; A peripheral item documenting a busy period in the life of newaver Bob Vojtko. Any one who has read Bob Vojko's minis are probably also aware that he was employed by the Pick-n-Pay grocery store. I contacted Bob Vojtko and this is what he has to say: "I was working at the Pick-N-Pay grocery store at around 1975 when I started there. PNP at the time had around 60 stores in Northern Ohio area. I was working at the store in Lorain, Ohio as a stock clerk. PNP knew that I drew cartoons and they published a few in their in-house newsletters. Their advertising department contacted me about doing a coloring book about PNP for all their stores that each store would have a Santa Claus and pass out a coloring book to kids at Christmas in 1976. As far as numbers go, I never knew. I drew the book up and gave it to the main office and they took it from there. I did get paid for doing it, but I can't remember how much I paid. I was hoping it would lead to other things. But I only had the 15 minutes of fame. I ended up working full time in the grocery business for 42 years until I retired in 2017." I was lucky to have purchased a copy that had a letter (March 1979) that was composed by "Ms. Vojtko" to someone named "Jim" inserted in to it. The letter explains how busy Vojtko was during this period - working full at the supermarket until the evening and then working on his "gag cartooning" for some upcoming publications.

Manfurd P. The Wurm in "Deuteronomy" Published by: self published; Contributors: John Valandingham; Date: 1978; Price: no cover price; Page Count: 10 pages; Size: landscape mini (3.25 x 6.5); Kennedy #: 1220; Print information: one printing; 500 copies; several cover colour variants; This is one of the few comix titles that John Valandingham contributed to and his only solo effort (that I know of). The artwork is great and I wish Valandingham had produced more titles. If you have wondered what a worm would look like when doing a Macintosh apple then this is for you. It's rumoured that another another variant exists. One with a front cover that has different title captions. Keep your eyes open or post it if you should be so lucky.

New Gravity (mini) Published by: self-published; Contributors: Kalman Ben Abraham; Kent Robertson; Date: 1971; Price: one dollar; Page count: 16 pages; Size: mini; (4.5 x 5.5); Kennedy #: not cited; Print information: unknown; The New Gravity mini was submitted to the Gravity Research Foundation as an entry for its 1971 Awards for Essays on Gravity. I not sure if Kennedy was unaware of the third installment of New Gravity prior to the 1982 publication of his guide, but if it was known he made the decision to not reference it. Perhaps this is because any references to the San Francisco Comic Book Company, Apex Novelties, Don Donahue, Gary Arlington and the one-page ads by underground artists are not present unlike the first two issues of the series. An important note is that the New Gravity (mini) pre-dates Justin Green’s Spare Comics by about a year. Green is credited with producing the first “7 cent mini” underground title in 1972. Was Green aware of the New Gravity and its new format/production direction prior to publishing Spare Comics? Maybe the New Gravity could be credited with contributing to an important development within the underground movement instead of its intended premise to change our understanding of gravitational physics and extra-dimensional space.

The New Gravity #2 Published by: San Francisco Comic Book Company; Contributor: Kent Robertson; Kalman Ben Abraham; Date: 1970; Price: one dollar; Page Count: 108 pages; Size: magazine (7.75 x 10.5); Kennedy #: 1362; Print information: one printing; number of copies unknown; I guess that New Gravity #1 was successful enough to merit another issue and further exploration into the connection between gravity and space time field. This book hardly comes up for sale but the few issues that I have personally seen always have weird condition issues - ink streaks, brown cover stains.

The New Gravity #1 Published by: San Francisco Comic Book Company; Apex Novelties; Contributor: Kent Robertson; Date: 1969; Price: one dollar; Page Count: 76 pages; Size: comic (6.5 x 9.5); Kennedy #: 1361; Print information: one printing; number of copies unknown; I would have thought that Mirrors of Time (see page 17 of this thread) would be the only quasi-science, underground-related title. No, there are more of strangest-of-the-strange titles to be had. The New Gravity #1 attempts to explain the 4th dimension and it's relation to Einstein's Theory of Relatively. Correction: I am not too sure what this publication is actually attempting to explain. It's a pile of nonsense to me. However, I am interested in learning more about: why Gary Arlington and Don Donahue decided to published it; and more about Kent Robertson. I did not list the underground artists who contributed ads with artwork for publication in the New Gravity #1. I really feel that listing these artists would be false advertising to potential collectors.

Real Assassin Thrills (double signature) Published by: self published; Contributors: Jim Valentino; Rick Geary; Date: 1979; Price: no cover price; Page Count: 12 pages; unbound; Size: small comic (5.5 x 8.5); Kennedy #: 1661; Print information: one printing; 100 signed (and numbered copies ?); Similar to Joint Effort (see page 8 of this thread), Jim Valentino teams up with another artist (Rick Geary) to produce a jam comic. Kennedy reports that 100 signed and numbered copies were produced,where only Valentino signed some copies on the left-side of the back cover and with another variant having only Geary signing the left-side of the back cover. The copy posted here is unnumbered and signed by both artists on the back cover using what appears to be the same ink/pen.

Ra Thot 2nd Published by: Cone-Mune Visigraph; Contributors: Curt A. Sholtz aka Z. Mune; Date: 1982; Price: no cover price; Page Count: 16 pages; Size: digest (5.5 x 8.5); Kennedy #: post guide; Print information: one printing; two colour variants; yellow and blue; copies unknown Its the second issue of Ra Thot that provided a link to Gilgamesh and the Gods and the identity of Ra Thot's creator Z. Mune. As mentioned in the last post an astute collecting friend of mine (VM) recalled that he had seen the publisher, Cone-Mune Visigraph credited in another publication. When discussing the title with him, Curt Sholtz had this to say: "Raw thought number one I remember very well. My brothers and I drove into Detroit to burn the plates and print it ourselves at a printing cooperative. Ra thot/thought number two is really sketchy In my memory. I have not run across it in the last couple of years of shifting boxes, so I’m not sure if I still have one around. Z mune was the first character I created that I really thought of as my own. So I have used him it is a pseudonym from time to time. Most recently as the name of a cat character in a strip called stackcats." "I was just done with a teaching stint in northern Quebec and wanted to revisit my art childhood by doing another raw thot eight years later. I drew a bunch in a few days… Photocopied in Ann Arbour and I left a bunch of copies there just around in public places. And I think that was my main distribution point - interesting to see them still around So many years later."

Ra Thot (#1) Published by: Botavian Thought Central; Contributors: Z. Mune; Sandy Church; Cathi A. Churchill; Paul Johnson; C. Shoulty; L. Yaco; Date: 1973; Price: no cover price; Page Count: 36 pages; Size: comic (7.0 x 8.25); Kennedy #: 1648; Print information: one printing; number of copies unknown; Ra Thot is a rare Kennedy listed underground that (to date) doesn't seem to be offered in the on-line marketplace. But it still often appears on the wanted list of many collectors. I can find anything within the sales record. In my attempts to track down a copy I asked a knowledgeable collector if he knew the identity of "Z. Mune" or what I suspected to be "the moon". My friend did not but he did notice that same obscure publisher was involved with "Ra Thot #2" and Gilgamesh (previous post). I then contacted Curt Sholtz and confirmed that he is "Z. Mune" and responsible for Ra Thot or "raw thought". He adopted his moon pseudonym from the first character he ever created (see next post).

Gilgamesh and the Gods Published by: Pieran Press and Cone Mune Visigraph; Contributor: Curt A. Sholtz; Date: 1978; Price: no cover price; Page Count: 56 pages; Size: magazine (8.0 x 11.25); Kennedy #: not cited; Print information: unknown; While attending Brandon University in Canada, Curt Sholtz was introduced to the Epic of Gilamesh.. After three years and a lot of hard work he published his own account of the ancient Sumerian king. Its technically more of an illustrated story rather than a traditional comic. So why post it in an underground comix thread? The next 2 posts (from me) will explain.

The All Incisive Jaw Published by: Artpolice; Contributors: Frank Gaard; Carol Gaard; Fritz Wolfmeyer; Holly Anderson; Andy G. Baird; Bud Fisher; Steph Couran; Steve Sikora; Walter Joost; Chris Woodward; Dave Johnson; Mike Brehm; Ann Morgan; Mike Haiduck; Chuck Taylor; Date: 1979; Price: no cover price; Page Count: 24 pages; Size: magazine (8.5 x 11.0); Kennedy #: 1060; Print information: unknown; Kennedy cited about 25+ titles that were published by Minneapolis artist collective called the Artpolice. Within the 70ish titles produced by the collective between 1974 to 1994 are some of the rarest titles listed by Kennedy. Although All Incisive does not belong in the rarest of the rare category, it is definitely tough to track down. The guide describes the cover as having black print on pink stock and my example is reddish/pink print on white stock. Either Kennedy was wrong or there is a possibly variants or subsequent printings.

Nope. To fold a sheet means that 2 surfaces have contact. As I explained, I "curled" back the front cover on top of the inner cover. The red front cover (where my thumb is) is 4 inches above the black inner cover and my index finger. Then I took an image from directly above.

But it was not not folded. The image is a top view and not a side one, so it looks harsh. Please refer to the image and look at the 4 inch gap between my thumb and index finger. I very gently curled back the front cover - there was a gap of 4 inches between the 2 sides of cover. Rest assured that absolutely no folding had occurred. I actually have an image of the same book that was taken "post-fold". Judge for yourself the book was not affected in the slightest. Sorry for making you cry and thank you for your concern.

If you think that's painful, wait 20 years when I start my "I Cannot Take Them With Me When I Die - So Let's Shred Them" thread.

Nickel Bag #1-3 Published by: self-published; Contributors: John Edgar; Date: 1976; 1977; 1981; Price: 5 cents; Page Count: single sheet folded into 4 pages; Size: digest (5.25 x 8.5); Kennedy #: 1370; 1371; not cited; Print information: unknown; Some may not be aware that John Edgar produced a third issue of Nickel Bag #3 that was not cited in the Kennedy Guide.

The Bronze Age started (or the Silver Age ended) in February 1968. When Robert Crumb's wife and friends sold copies of Zap Comix #1 out of a baby carriage on the streets of San Francisco it changed very the definition of what is a comic.

SCASM #2 Published by: Syracuse Comic Art Society; Contributors: Mike Pardo; Larry McLend; David Kidd; David Borchart; Mike Dagenasis; Joe Shlabotnik; Buddy La Mars; O. Drap; Mark Penberthy; Tom Kidd; John Pierard; David Petrie; Tina Anderson; Date: 1975; Price: 75 cents; Page Count: 56 pages; Size: magazine (8.5 x 11.0); Kennedy #: 1741; Print information: unknown; A rare student-zine from the University of Syracuse. The first issue titled ICON was a article-based comic fanzine and was retooled into the comic format for its second issue.

Mirrors of Time Published by: Nova News; Contributors: Britt Wilkie; Tom Veitch; Date: 1971; Price: 50 cents; Page Count: 28 pages; Size: comic (6.75 x 9.75); Kennedy #: 1269; Print information: unknown; I do not know how to describe someone like Britt Wilkie. He's part artist, poet, activist, philosopher and bullsh*t-mathematician. Add up all of those "parts" and a publication like Mirrors of Time might be the result. This uncommon "comic" is Wilkie's is argument for disarmament through the use of his Nova Formula. According to him the Nova Formula clearly proves (without using mathematics!) that "History is the inverted mirror of radioactive decay". Makes me suspect that the Owsley acid being sold in San Francisco at the time is a lot stronger than anyone thought.