Thursday, April 20, 2023

Watching Comics: Comic Book Manifesto Portland Haul Year Two

 Here's my notes on what Comic Book Manifesto covered in their recent Portland Haul trio of videos, books listed in order they appeared in the videos and some scattered comments from me...


1. MAGAZINES


HEAVY METAL November 1977; July 1981; April 1982; August 1983; April 1984; May 1984; June 1984; July 1984; August 1984; December 1985; Winter 1986; Fall 1988; January 1990; July 1990; March 1992; November 1993; September 1996;  January 1997; July 1997; January 1998; March 1998; November 2001; July 2002; November 2002; March 2003; May 2003; September 2003; May 2004; November 2004; July 2006;

HEAVY METAL WAR MACHINE
HEAVY METAL PINUP
HEAVY METAL BINDER
PRIME CUTS 1 3 7 This was my absolute favorite Fantagraphics anthology, very influential on my prose and comics reading through the 90s
SAP
PRYDERI BOOK ONE: TERRA AWAKENING
ELEGANT LADIES (JABBERWOCKY GRAPHIX) Brad Foster was "small" press, but the printing quality on everything he did (from mini-comics up to books like this) was of the highest quality
COMIC CULTURE V2#5
HEARTBREAK HOTEL 3
WORLD WAR 3 ILLUSTRATED 24 25 I just picked up an old issue in the wild after seeing this video
COMIC BOOK ARTIST 1 11 12 13 I have the Sheldon Mayer flipbook issue, highly recommended as there really isn't a lot out there about this important figure in comics history


2. COMICS


MS. TREE 11 14 16 24 27 29 35 36 37 38 40 I like Ms.Tree a lot more now then I did when it was being published
MS. TREE'S 1950'S THREE-DIMENIONAL CRIME
DART (IMAGE) 2 3 Colin has initiated me into the cult of Joseph Szekeres, thanks (I think)
ARMY@LOVE: THE ART OF WAR 1-5 Oh yes, a Rick Veitch series I didn't know existed!
SECOND CITY (HARRIER) 1 2 3 I've got this one, lots of classic Phil Elliott at Harrier
BRAVE OLD WORLD 1-4
SEDUCTION OF THE INNOCENT (ECLIPSE) 1-6 Highly recommended bargain books
THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI 1-3
PIRATE CORPS (ETERNITY) 1-4 I'm really jealous seeing all this very early Evan Dorkin art, good stuff
PIRATE CORPS SPECIAL
PIRATE CORPS  (SLAVE LABOR?) 1-4
PROBE 1-3
CASCADE COMIX MONTHLY  6 19 21 Artie Romero and crew did such a nice job on this, it's basically an underground fanzine of very high standards
SAVAGE DRAGON 128 250
DALGODA 1-8
MONSTER POSSE 1-3
GILGAMESH II 1-4
Nth MAN: THE ULTIMATE NINJA 1-16
ANDROMEDA 4
ETERNAL COMICS (underground)
WIPE OUT 2 (underground)
NESTROBBER 1 Wow, a self-published comic from Jo Duffy. Did not expect that.
CRAZY FOR THE GIRL 1
BARBARIENNE 1
SHRIKE 2
ROYAL GUARD 2
SPIDER-MAN AND DAREDEVIL SPECIAL EDITION 1 I had SO many of these reprints, truly the good, the bad, and the ugly.
ALEX NINO'S NIGHTMARE 1 What an incredible find this is, a really mediocre publisher did right by Alex Nino's art
CHAINGANG 2
TONGUE LASH: THE HIDDEN PLACE 1
TROLLORDS SPECIAL 1: JERRY'S BIG FUN BOOK
SHATTERED EARTH 1
NINJA FUNNIES 1
HOWL 1 (ETERNITY)
GIN-RYU 3
CHAMPIONS 1 (WONDERWORLD)
ICON DEVIL 1 (1989 series)
WAR BABIES 1
CROWBAR 9 (FLOATING WORLD)
CARNOSAUR CARNAGE 
AMMO ARMAGEDDON
WOLF RUN (JOE ZABEL/GARY DUMM) I always wanted to try these guys self-published work. Nice to get a look inside one
PURPLE CAT (underground)
PORK ROAST (underground)
50'S FUNNIES 1 (underground)
GYRO FORCE 1 (underground)
NO SUCH THING AS MONSTERS 2
FISHMASTERS 1
THE MIDNITE SKULKER: RETURN OF THE DUCK KNIGHT 2 This cover is the illustration for the definition of "beautiful-ugly"
ROBO BEAST
DRAGON BLADE 
DOLPHIN DROIDS (Shakes head knowing he will pick this up if he ever sees it in the bins)
DEATH'S HEAD 1 (CRYSTAL)
GAMBIT 1 (ORACLE) I've come across this online before, and appreciate the look inside. 

So many great undergrounds and black and white boom books to see here, thanks Colin.

3. GRAPHIC NOVELS


PRETTY IN INK Trina Robbins

SHADOW AND LIGHT Quinn

JULES FEIFFER'S AMERICA A real classic that i wish was economically feasible for a complete reprinting

SHANGHAI Attilio Micheluzzi I remember the Pacific Comics Club as purveyors of many classic comic strip reprints, not surprised they brought out some european translations

HEAVY METAL PRESENTS: CONQUERING ARMIES Gal and Dionnet

A NUT AT THE OPERA Maurice Vellekoop

THE PIN-UP edited by Mark Gabor 

BUCK ROGERS hardcover The kind of comic-centered book you would find in your local library in the 80s, along with any Maurice Horn edited books

jOOST SWARTE BOOK

DEATH TRAP Lane Milburn

THE CLOUDS ABOVE Jordan Crane

ORIGINAL COMIC ART GUIDE Jerry Weist

WAKING UP IN AMERICA Ted Rall

LONG RED HAIR Meags Fitzgerald

CRITICAL CHIPS (Short Box)

THE DAYS GO BY LIKE BROKEN RECORDS jeff Levine

WATERWISE Joel Orff One of my favorite 90s artists, who evidently lasted long past that decade

GASH Soren G Mosdal

COMICS AND THEIR CREATORS (1944)

DISASTER AND RESISTANCE Seth Tobocman

LANGOSH AND PEPPI: FUGITIVE DAYS Veronica Post

TALES FROM THE NEW AGE Robert Inwood

THE UNEXPURGATED CARL BARKS (Hamilton) A sweet find. Naughty but nice by the Duck Artist

THE ORDER OF THE FORGE Victor Gischler and Tazio Bettin I know Tazio art from recent issues of 2000 A.D.

NOW LET ME FLY Ronald Wimberly Brahm Revel

ORDINARY VICTORIES: WHAT IS PRECIOUS? Manu Larcenet

WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW and

YEARS OF THE ELEPHANT both by Willy Linthout I like the looks of this art, by someone I've never heard of

COLOSSUS: GOD'S COUNTRY Ann Nocenti Rick Leonardi P. Craig Russell

NORTHGAURD BOOK ONE: MANIFEST DESTINY Mark Shainblum Gabriel Morrissette

FROM INSIDE John Bergin

WONDER WOMAN: THE TRUE AMAZON Jill Thompson

THAT KIND OF GIRL Molly Kiely

MICHAEL MOORCOCK'S MULTIVERSE (DC) This is one DC/Vertigo I almost bought when it first came out. Still tempting

THE GROT Pat Grant I've had this on my Hoopla reading list forever

GREYSUIT: PROJECT MONARCH Pat Mills John Higgins

THE NAM VOLUME 1 Doug Murray Michael Golden Holy shit. The printing on this compared to the regular Marvel comics of the time is ridiculous

THE DEDINI GALLERY Eldon Dedini

WINTER OF OUR PANDEMIC David Collier

AZOTH Rick Veitch [fourth volume of the collected RARE BIT FIENDS] Colin and I are longtime members of the Rick Veitch Fan Club

GEORGE ORWELL 1984 Fido Nesti

CLAIRE BRETECHER MOTHERS

ELMO VOLUME ONE Cecil Jensen

THE SURVIVORS (Fantagraphics) Hermann Love to see these very early Fantagraphics efforts

PEARLS OF LOVE Levis and Leroi Fuck YouTube we come for the euro-porn (that doesn't sound right)

THUNDERBIRDS (UK) 1-5 These look amazing!

NATIONAL LAMPOON PRESENTS THE VERY LARGE BOOK OF COMICAL FUNNIES

ALIA'S MISSION Mark Alan Stamaty

SPANISH FLY VOLUME 1 Tobalina

SUGAR AND SPICE: LITTLE GIRLS IN THE FUNNIES exhibition catalogue

JIHAD Igor Baranko

THE HAPPY WARRIOR: THE LIFE STORY OF WINSTON CHURCHILL (UK)

THE QUEST FOR ABERZEN BOOK ONE: TO THE DEATH Marc N'Guessan Christophe Gibelin

ARMED AND DANGEROUS Mezzo and Pirus

TRUTH SERUM Jonathan Adams

THIS PETTY PACE (1946) Mary Petty Who the hell is this? She was brilliant, a nice unique style

DRAWING ROOM ONLY Garrett Price

THE RED SEAS: UNDER THE BANNER OF KING DEATH Ian Edginton Steve Yeowell

DESPERATION ROW Merezette and Di Giorgio Comic Book Manifesto roots out so many of these lost-to-time european translations, there's quite a few on this list

UTHER THE HALF DEAD KING Dan Abnett and Bo Hampton

THE AMERICAN GUNMAKER: JOHN M. BROWNING (1978) One of those things you will only see in a Colin video, something completely removed from the comics establishment at large

RICHARD CORBEN'S FUNNY BOOK published in Kansas City, MO (1976) by Nickelodeon Press The star book of all three videos! An incredible score.



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