Comic Art and Culture Collection, 1969-2009

Overview of the Collection

Title
Comic Art and Culture Collection
Dates
1969-2009 (inclusive)
Quantity
9.25 Linear feet of shelf space, (17 Boxes)
Collection Number
SC 003.8 (collection)
Summary
The collection includes underground comics, zines, artist prints and posters, and comics-related media, games, and collectibles.
Repository
Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Terrell Library Suite 12
Pullman, WA
99164-5610
Telephone: 509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu
Access Restrictions

This collection is open and available for research use.

Languages
English.

Historical NoteReturn to Top

The underground newave/comix scene is a small but vibrant one, and much of the work produced is amateur in production value, if not in style, and is often photocopied, uncolored, and in alternative formats such as minicomix and microcomics.

This is one of several related comics/comix collections held in Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections at the Washington State University Libraries, dating back to the mid to late-1980s. Former WSU catalog librarian and newave/comix (hereafter referred to as comix) creator Steve Willis cataloged the first of these collections (SC 3.1, Steve Willis Comix Collection). Several of Willis's friends and fellow comix artists donated their personal collections, including Lynn Hansen (SC 3.2), Clark Dissmeyer (SC 3.5), Joseph M. Shea (SC 3.6), and Jeff Zenick (SC 3.7). Willis later donated a second collection (SC 3.4) of comix and small press materials, and continues to donate material as of 2015. For some of the items in this collection, the provenance is undocumented.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The Comic Art and Culture Collection includes materials from the American small press comix scene of the 1980s forward. It consists of underground comics, zines, artist prints and posters, and comics-related media, games, and collectibles. Many of the materials coincide with the growth of the underground comix scene (referred to by many cartoonists as "Newave" or "new wave").

In contrast to other collections in the SC 3.x series, this collection was established in 2015 as open-ended, comprising multiple accessions and accommodating future acquisitions. As established in 2015, the collection consists of items acquired from multiple sources, processed separately from other collections that are collector/creator-specific. Materials relate mainly to alternative comics and the underground comics scene, including oversize items such as artist prints and portfolios. Other materials included are various types of media, newspapers, and realia.

There is some complexity to determining whether comix and zines are best classified as “digest”, “micro” or “mini” size. For example, “mini” denotes small press or personal press production. It also refers to a physical size with no universal parameters, but which is generally smaller than “digest” or “standard” size materials. With that in mind, this collection is organized primarily around the distinction between small press and large press publication, with general attention to variations in physical size.

The collection includes items with sexually explicit content.

Series 1: Comics/Comix. This series includes items that are circulated by traditional, large press publishers.

Series 2: Small Press Comix/Comics and Zines, “Standard/Digest”. Includes items that are self-published or circulated by smaller presses in limited series.

Series 3: Small Press Comix/Comics and Zines, Additional Formats. Includes items that are self-published or circulated by smaller presses in limited series.

Subseries 3.1: “Mini”

Subseries 3.2: “Micro”

Subseries 3.3: “Small Press Oversize”

Series 4: Cards/Postcards - Art and Comics

Series 5: Comix/Comics-related educational, promotional and advertising material

Series 6: Newspapers, newsletters, and other periodicals

Series 7: Comix/Comics-related ephemera

Subseries 7.1: Assorted comix/comics ephemera

Subseries 7.2: Pins

Series 8: Artist prints and portfolios

Series 9: Posters

Series 10: Non-comics collectibles

Series 11: Media (audiovisual and other)

Subseries 11.1: Cassette

Subseries 11.2: CD-Rom

Subseries 11.3: LP

Subseries 11.4: VHS

Series 12: Games

Series 13: Realia

Series 14: Books/Encyclopedias. This series includes both small press and large press publications. These were collected/annotated by the Comic Art and Culture Collection’s primary donors or pertain to the main themes of the collection itself.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Copyright restrictions apply.

Preferred Citation

[Item Description]

Comic Art and Culture Collection (SC 3.8)

Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

This collection is arranged in 14 series, by type of material. Some series are further divided into subseries. Within each series or subseries, materials are arranged alphabetically (by title or description).

Location of Collection

(MASC staff use) 1:35 and map case.

Acquisition Information

This collection was established in 2015, comprising materials separated from multiple accessions. Additions are expected.

Future Additions

The repository expects to add materials to this collection.

Processing Note

This collection was processed by Robert Franklin. Revised and reprocessed by Kathryn Manis in 2018. The container list was updated in 2022 by Jean Baker.

Related Materials

Steve Willis Underground Comics Collection, 1966-1997 (SC 003.1)

Lynn R. Hansen Underground Comics Collection, 1899-1994 (SC 003.2)

Paul Brians Comics Collection, 1950-2004 (SC 003.3)

Steve Willis Comix and Small Press Collection, 1968-2004 (SC 003.4)

Clark Dissmeyer Comix and Small Press Collection, 1977-2002 (SC 003.5)

Joseph M. Shea Comix and Small Press Collection, 1967-2010 (SC 003.6)

Jeff Zenick Comix and Small Press Collection, 1984-2003 (SC 003.7)

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series 1: Comics/ComixReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
1.1
Batman vs. Catman
 1984
1.1
BLACK, #1-6 (signed copy)
 2017
1.1
Black [AF]: America's Sweetheart
 2017
1.1
Black [AF]: Devil's Dye, #1-2 (signed copy)
 2017
1.1
Bushido 1-4
 1988-1989
1.1
Channel Zero #1
 1998
1.1
City of Walls, Vol. 1-4 (signed copy)
 2017
1.1
The Cursed Earth 1-2
 1981-1982
1.1
Doomsday +1 Number 5
 1977
1.1
The Doomsday Squad 1-3
 1986
1.1
Downtime
 1989
1.1
Dreadstar Number 3
 1983
1.1
Ex-Mutants 1-2, 4-15
 1989-1990
1.2
Ex-Mutants Annual
 1988
1.2
Ex-Mutants Pin Up Book
 1988
1.2
Ex-Mutants: The Special Edition Number 1
 1987
1.2
Lawrence and Lim's Ex-Mutants Number 8
 1987
1.2
The Original Ex-Mutants: Gods or Men
 1988
1.2
Solo Ex-Mutants 1-6
 1988-1989
1.2
Ghost Rider: Danny Ketch #1-5
 2009
1.2
Grendel 24-25
 1988
1.2
Havok and Wolverine: Meltdown 2-4
 1988-1989
1.2
Itchy Planet Number 1
 1988
1.2
Jeremiah 1-2
 1991
1.2
Jughead #1-8, 13-14, 16
 2015-2017
1.2
Juicy Mother, Number 1: Celebration
 2005
1.2
Jules Feiffer "Sick Sick Sick: a guide to non-confident living" and "Feiffer on Nixon: The Cartoon Presidency"
 1958, 1974
1.3
Junji Ito's Cat Diary: Yon and Mu
 2015
1.3
Kamandi: The Last Boy on Earth 1-3
 1972-1973
1.3
The Last American 1-4
 1990-1991
1.3
Logan's Run 1-6
 1990-1991
1.3
Logan's World 1-4
 1991
1.3
Miracleman Number 14
 1988
1.3
My Favorite Thing is Monsters
 2019
1.3
O Fanzine Das Xornadas
 1994, 1997
1.3
Oni Double Feature #2
 1998
1.3
Snapchat
 2016
1.3
Vector
 1986-1987
1.4
Venom: Tooth and Claw (Collected Edition)
 2018
1.4
Warhammer 40,000: Marneus Calgar #1,2
 2020
1.4
Warhammer 40,000: Sisters of Battle #1-5
 undated
1.4
Watson and Holmes, Vol. 2
 2016
1.4
Witch Doctor (10th Anniversary Edition)
 2019

Series 2: Small Press Comics/Comix and Zines, "Standard/Digest"Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
2.1
100% Pittsburgh
 1996
2.1
9-11 / 9-11: A Tale of Two Cities / A Tragedy of Two Times
 2002
2.1
Adventures of a System Admin #1-2
 undated
2.1
Aero Through the Ages
 2009
2.1
Animal Crackers
 2013
2.1
Apocalypse Dad
 undated
2.1
Apricot O'Toon Vol. 1, 1-2
 2016
2.1
The Artist's Showcase Number 5
 undated
2.1
The Assasin and the Whiner Number 4
 1996
2.1
Baby Sue Vol. 3, #2-4
 1996-1998
2.1
Back Drop 1904-1916
 2012
2.1
Blackmoon
 1985
2.1
Blood Desert (Adam Yeater)
 2020, 2021
2.1
Bovine Gazette
 1994
2.1
Braque 1-2
 undated
2.1
Bronx Heroes 2.0 - 10th Anniversary (signed copy)
 2015
2.1
The Bruno Cult (Zenick/Howe)
 2000
2.1
Bubonix #12-13
 1995
2.1
Buttocks-Blasting (Warning: Sexually Explicit Material)
 1998
2.1
A Cartoon History of the Nuclear Arms Race
 1984, 1992
2.1
Chicago Cartoon
 1993
2.1
Chip Henry Trip Comics
 1981
2.1
Cobalt - 60
 1984
2.1
Cody Drawings (Mike Cody)
 2022
2.1
Collectors Link Fanzine #2, 3
 2021, 2022
2.1
Concave Up #4-6
 1997-1998
2.2
Cornelia Cartoons #4, 9, 14-15
 2004 -
2.2
The Secret Dreams of Cornelia
 undated
2.2
Cranium Frenzy #11, 12, 13 (Steve Willis)
 2022
2.2
Crashpad #1
 2021
2.2
Cross Current
 1989
2.2
Damp Squibs Number 1 (Warning: Sexually Explicit Material)
 1994
2.2
A Death in the Cards
 1994
2.2
Decent Dudes
 1992
2.2
Dog Walk Dog #1-2
 2012
2.2
Dregs #2-3
 1994
2.2
Droll Funnies (Warning: Sexually Explicit Material)
 1984
2.2
Dusk Book #1
 1995
2.2
Ed Thud Comix #1-2
 1991-1992
2.2
Elephant Volume 2, Number 3
 2018
2.2
Ever Onward (Warning: Sexually Explicit Material)
 1985
2.2
Exapno Mapcase Number 4
 2005
2.2
Fantasy Frontiers Presents: Small Press Corner
 undated
2.2
Flaming Couch #5, 7
 1997-1998
2.2
The Forever War #1-3
 1990-1991
2.2
Freaky Fall/Winter 2022-2023
 2022
2.2
Fred & Ned Comics (Warning: Sexually Explicit Material)
 1980
2.2
The Funny Files Number 1
 1986
2.2
Great Adventure of Kanzan & Juttoku
 undated
2.2
The Great Nebraska Sea by Allan Danzig
 undated
2.2
The Greatest Hero: Black Power, #4 (signed copy)
 2019
2.2
Hank & Hannah Comics (Warning: Sexually Explicit Material)
 1982, 1990
2.2
Health and Weath: A Graphic Guide to the US Healthcare System
 2021
2.2
Hey Kids Comics!
 2022
2.2
The Incredibly Stupid Misadventures of Fred Fortune (and his chums!!!) #1-3
 1994
2.3
Jezinkas
 2013
2.3
Journey of Boy #1-5
 undated
2.3
Joy + Spider Number 1
 undated
2.3
King-Cat Comix & Stories #81
 2021
2.3
The Kindlin' Quarterly Number 8
 2012
2.3
The Last Whole Mirth Catalog #1 (copy 2/5)
 2008
2.3
Lead Balloons
 1995
2.3
LED Balloons
 undated
2.3
Louisiana Seventy South
 undated
2.3
Made-Up Stuff is Stranger than Fiction, Annual Number 1
 1992
2.3
Made-Up Stuff is Stranger than Fiction, Issue Number 1
 1991
2.3
Manifesto Items, #6, #8
 2017-2018
2.3
Mistakes
 1996
2.3
Mixed Nuts! More from the Cartoonists Who Made the Funnies Funn
 2019
2.3
Modernman Number 8
 2013
2.3
Monkeydoodleeay: A Bestiary
 2022
2.3
morf
 2017
2.3
Morty Comix- Buzzizyk Bootleg Vol. 1-4 (Steve Willis)
 2022
2.3
Morty U-Shape
 undated
2.3
M.O.T.H.
 2003
2.3
Mouse Noir
 undated
2.3
My Troubles with CRUMB
 2019
2.3
Narayana: Selected Drawings (Warning: Sexually Explicit Material)
 1991
2.3
Nature & Spirit
 1989
2.3
The Nihilist Glee Club #2-8
 undated
2.3
No Pest Strips Vol. 1, Number 1
 1991
2.3
Nothing Left to Burn Comix
 1992
2.3
Not my Small Diary Number 8
 2000
2.3
NUT (New Untold Tales), Number 1
 2004
2.4
Oh, Comics! #24 Machines
 2016
2.4
Officer Byrd, Number 1
 1982
2.4
Paintings by billy #1-4
 undated
2.4
A Pair of Pissotieres in Genesis
 2016
2.4
A Patty Cake Special: Here There Be Monsters
 1997
2.4
Peculiar Paper People #1-13
 2014-2020
2.4
The Poetry & Erotic Art of Sparrky (Warning: Sexually Explicit Material)
 1986
2.4
Prisoner of Butt Planet (Warning: Sexually Explicit Material)
 1996
2.4
Popery, Number 2
 1994
2.4
Pure Insanity #4, 20
 1982, 2014
2.4
Real Scream Comics #17, 21
 1989-1992
2.4
Retreads (Steve Willis) #3, 8-14
 1986, 2005
2.4
The Rippers #1-2
 2008-2010
2.4
The Road to Golgonooza
 2022
2.4
Ronnie Raygun Hero of the Oppressors
 undated
2.4
Scribbles Number 2
 2013
2.5
Sextime Laffs, #1, 3 (Warning: Sexually Explicit Material)
 1992, 1994
2.5
Short Cut to Hell and other mysteries
 1995
2.5
Skeats Mix
 undated
2.5
Slow Death Zero: The Comix Anthology of Ecological Horror
 2020
2.5
Sugar Ray Finhead #1
 1994
2.5
Skim Lizard, Issue 2
 1993
2.5
Skin Phantom, Number 12
 1994
2.5
Slab-O-Concrete Sampler, Number 1
 undated
2.5
Slam Bang, Number 7
 2005
2.5
Slow Death of a Pseudo-Intellectual
 2018
2.5
Snafu #1, 4
 1981-1982
2.5
Snow Buni and her Phantasmagorical Dark Ride
 2020
2.5
Snow Buni Sample
 2020
2.5
SO BE IT (Warning: Sexually Explicit Material)
 1986
2.5
Social Skills, Number 1
 1996
2.5
So You Wanna Get a Tattoo
 undated
2.5
Sparrky & Duncan Go for a Run (Warning: Sexually Explicit Material)
 1985
2.5
Sparrky & Duncan Tell It Comics (Warning: Sexually Explicit Material)
 1986
2.5
Sparrky's Street Art
 1983
2.5
Stampede! #4-5
 2018-2019
2.5
The Staros Report
 1995
2.5
Steel Pulse: Pro-Wrestling Adventures, Number 4
 1989
2.5
Stratu's Diary Comics
 2022
2.5
Streetwise
 2000
2.5
The Surrealist Bird, Number 5
 2019
2.5
Suurikur Pizza, Number 6
 undated
2.5
Through a Basement Window (Dissmeyer)
 2017
2.6
Topical Studies #1, 12
 1992, 1995
2.6
Top Shelf
 1996
2.6
The Tragedy of Morty Prince of Denmark Act I-V (Steve Willis)
 2020-2021
2.6
Transcend (Jeff Zenick)
 1994
2.6
Tripping, Flickering… Art of Cliff Mason, a Street Vagabond
 1991
2.6
Troubled Man of the Modern South (Jeff Zenick)
 2018
2.6
True Stories of a Fictional Girl: Memoirs of a Phone Sex Operator #1-3
 undated
2.6
Ultra Klutz #20, 29
 1989-1990
2.6
Unbound
 2018
2.6
Unchain My Mongrel
 1994
2.6
Unconquerable Desires
 2016
2.6
Untitled [Hafla]
 undated
2.6
Virgin Commandos
 1992
2.6
Walt Doodley's Crocks and Stories
 2014
2.6
When the Heart Betrays the Blood + Addendums
 undated
2.6
White Buffalo Gazette (7 Issues)
 1999, 2014-2018, 2022
2.7
Windor & Newtwon: Weasel Snatchers Extraordinaire in "To Catch a Kolinsky"
 2014
2.7
A World Without Superheroes: Masada Complex (signed copy)
 undated
2.7
Xenographic 3
 2014
2.7
Xerography Debt #31, 33-34
 2012-2013
2.7
You Come Too (Jeff Zenick)
 1995
2.7
Zilch Comix
 1991

Series 3: Small Press Comics/Comix and ZinesReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Subseries Subseries 3.1: Mini
Box
3.1
[Untitled]
 2022
3.1
5 o'clock Shadow, Number 7
 1992
3.1
7 Finger Discount
 2016
3.1
After That #62
 2021
3.1
Allude
 1985
3.1
The Amazing Cynical Man #1 (1980) 40th Anniversary Edition
 2020
3.1
The Amazing Cyncical Man #28, 41-43
 2011, 2016-2017
3.1
The Amazing Cynical Man and the Board of Superheroes
 2019
3.1
The Amazing Cynical Man (First Series) #14-16
 2020, 2022
3.1
Andy Nukes
 2007-2014
3.1
As I Recall the 'Sixties
 1983/2012
3.1
Baby Sue Comix Postcard Series
 2012-2016
3.1
Bent Lemons aging hippie #1
 2013
3.1
Beware of the Hole in the Ozone!, Number 1
 1990
3.1
Big Flat City
 1993
3.1
A Bitter Grain of Salt
 1991
3.1
Blowfish #1-2
 2016
3.1
Board of Superheros #1-3
 2017-2018
3.1
Bottlecaps
 2018
3.1
Bug Infested Comics, Number 7
 2016
3.1
Buster
 2013
3.1
Butrum beaver #1
 2018
3.1
Butt Biscuit
 1989
3.1
Cactus Jokers
 2019
3.1
Cactus Planet
 2019, 2020
3.1
A Cartoonist and a Cat
 2010
3.1
Childhood Misconceptions, Number 2
 1995
3.1
The Chrome Dome: A Narrative
 1988
3.1
Copy
 2017
3.1
Copy That! #52-60
 2018-2019
3.1
Copy This #1-16, #18-22 (1 of 2)
 2014-2016
3.2
Copy This #24, 27-28, 30-39, 41-44, 46-49, 51 (2 of 2)
 2016-2018
3.2
Crack-Pipe Madness
 1996
3.2
Crazy Crap
 1985
3.2
CRUMBBeats, Number 1
 2014
3.2
Cunt! (Warning: Sexually Explicit Material)
 undated
3.2
Cute Girl, Number 2
 1994
3.2
Damn Weird, Number 4
 1993
3.2
Dante's Coat (Steve Willis)
 2012
3.2
Day Job, Number 1 (Warning: Sexually Explicit Material)
 2017
3.2
The Death of Antisocialman #5, 7, 8, 10
 1991-1992, 1996
3.2
Defenders of Mars, Chapter 4: Warning Part II
 2018
3.2
Dog Comix #6 1/2
 2009
3.2
Don't Ask Me! Comix #1
 2022
3.2
Don't Fuck with Me Comix #1 (Buzzizyk 13.1 Realia)
 2022
3.2
Drawn Freehand!
 2012
3.2
The Dream of Gale: the Unfrozen Cave Woman
 2018
3.2
Drone Strike
 undated
3.2
Ducks on a Boat
 2021
3.2
D-Tales, Number 1
 2008
3.2
Elephant Volume 2, Number 1
 2017
3.2
Exploring Time and Space
 1994
3.2
Exquisite Corpse Comix #14, 18
 undated
3.2
Fake Comics, Number 1
 2017
3.2
Fan' Toons #17, 26
 1987-1988
3.2
Fiver Fun Comics
 2015-2016
3.2
Feldspar #1, #1.2
 2002, 2015
3.2
Fightin' Guys, Number 2
 1986
3.2
Flatlands
 1984
3.2
Foppe Johnson's 1993 Xmas Comix
 1993
3.2
Fork of Doom
 2007
3.2
Forrest Gump
 undated
3.2
Fowl Scribblin's (Gary Fields)
 2022
3.2
Frankenpoop #1-3 (Gary Fields)
 2018, 2021
3.2
Free Space, Number 2
 2012
3.2
Garden Comics, Number 2
 1986
3.2
Gator Town #2, 3, 3.5, 4, 4.5, 5
 2021, 2022
3.2
Genuis with a Penis (Warning: Sexually Explicit Material)
 undated
3.2
The Gold Bug Variations
 undated
3.2
Goodbye to the Factory
 1990
3.2
The Grass is Greener Somewhere Else
 2016
3.2
Gray Matter
 undated
3.2
Harry and Me
 undated
3.2
Harold th' Armadillo #2-9, #11-15
 2021-2022
3.2
Headless Hal #1
 2014
3.3
The Highly Opinionated Mr. So & So
 2018
3.3
"I Can Do This"
 undated
3.3
I haven't got a cat… (for McCleary Minicomix Day)
 2012
3.3
I'm in love with a horse from Dallas…
 undated
3.3
Incidental Scrawling #4-5
 1993-1994
3.3
The Infernal Organ
 1990
3.3
The Insipid Six, Number 1
 1981
3.3
Inspired, Number 1
 2013
3.3
I Submit to You Comics
 undated
3.3
John, the dead, Number 1
 1991
3.3
Junior Class Drawings
 2015
3.3
Karma Lapel
 1997
3.3
The Kindlin' Quarterly Number 7: The Autobiographical Issue
 2012
3.3
Lousy Funeral
 2014
3.3
Lovecraft Donuts
 2022
3.3
Low Budget Funnies #9, #11
 2011, 2020
3.3
Lyrics from Leonard Cohen's New Album
 2016
3.3
Made Up
 2022
3.3
Meditation Funnies #8-11
 2022
3.3
Meeting Notes, Number 2
 2017
3.3
Memory Unit Comics (Mushy)
 undated
3.3
Modern Man #4, 6, 9
 2011-2015
3.3
Mondo Howie, No Way #8, 12-15
 1987-1988
3.3
Monster versus the Popculture Nihilists, Number 1
 2015
3.3
Morty Comix (multiple issues) (Steve Willis)
 1984-2022
3.3
MortyFied Comix #28
 undated
3.3
Mr. Fix and The Kiddie Show
 1988
3.3
mulmig #2-6 and unnumbered (Marc Myers)
 2019-2022
3.3
Mushy Comix (multiple issues) (Clark Dissmeyer)
 undated
3.3
Mushy Reads (Clark Dissmeyer)
 2021
3.3
Mushy Reads Clark Ashton Smith #3, 4, 5 (Clark Dissmeyer)
 2022
3.3
The Muttering Brainpan
 2021
3.3
My Life with Squirrels
 1993
3.3
My True Lies, Volume 1-3
 2017-2018
3.3
My War
 2014
3.3
Mystery Morty Comix #1
 2022
3.3
National Portrait Gallery: Cincinatti Branch Office
 2014
3.3
Ninja Guy #1-2
 2014, 2016
3.4
Noble Head Funnies #3, 5
 2010
3.4
Not Available Comics #28
 undated
3.4
Oaf
 undated
3.4
Obscuro Newz
 2022
3.4
Officer Byrd, Number 2
 1982
3.4
One Day Funnies: No Way Secret Publication, Number 2
 1987
3.4
Painful Science Fiction Stories, Number 1 (Warning: Sexually Explicit Material)
 1993
3.4
Paw Prints, Number 3
 1987
3.4
Perpetual Motion, Number 39
 2012
3.4
Phantom Girl
 2009
3.4
Pitbulls and Bamm-Bamm!
 undated
3.4
Plague of Humor #4-5 (Clark Dissmeyer)
 2022
3.4
Plotz, Number 1
 2011
3.4
Pretentious Piffle #1
 undated
3.4
The Preventative Maintenance Monthly, Number 472
 1992
3.4
Prime Evil (Bill Fugate)
 1984
3.4
Pseurealistic Creatures
 2013
3.4
The Purple Warp #1 (1972)
 2022
3.4
Revenge of the Jorks
 1986
3.4
Rib, Number 7 "Playing Politics"
 1994
3.4
Riley Country
 1989
3.4
The Rise and Fall of Mr. Fuck You Man
 undated
3.4
Rolling Papers
 1979
3.4
Scratchez
 1983
3.4
Seven Quotes
 undated
3.4
A Short Tragedy
 2022
3.4
Skibber-Bee-Bye, Number 2
 1998
3.4
Skinned Alive Boy (S.A.B) #8-9
 2005
3.4
Slab #1 (Matt Feazell)
 2022
3.4
Small Press Creative Explosion #4, 6, 7, 8, 10
 1997-1998
3.4
Smeary Soapbox Press-ents, Number 10
 2002-2003
3.4
Sombreros from Outer Space!
 undated
3.4
Some Things I Drawed #1 (Brad Foster)
 2022
3.4
Spaman
 undated
3.4
Space Team
 undated
3.4
Spud 'N' Ernie, Annual, Number 1
 1986
3.4
Supd and Erniew into the Cynicalverse! #1-5
 2019-2021
3.4
Squint #3-6
 2014-2018
3.4
Statues from Another Planet
 1993
3.4
Streamo, Number 1
 1987
3.4
Stup!d Boy
 2021
3.4
The Subliminal Zone Chronicles Comix Vol. 1, No. 4
 1992
3.4
The Surrealist Bird, Number 3
 2017
3.4
Teleporty Comix #1
 2022
3.4
Tin Head #1-2
 1987-1988
3.4
Tormento the Clown
 2017
3.4
Super Robot Trouble: Preview
 2016
3.4
To Touch the Face of Larry
 2012
3.4
Twenty Twelve Creative Review
 2013
3.4
Uncontrolled Copy, Number 6
 1986
3.4
Understanding Comics
 1993
3.4
Wag Rag #7, 8
 2020, 2021
3.4
Weird Beard in "Hair Hassles"
 undated
3.4
Weird Creeps, Number 1
 1987
3.4
Weirdx, Number 1/2
 2014
3.4
We Said That?, Number 1
 2018
3.4
What is Causing Mr. Foo to Lurch with Horror?
 2008
3.4
When the Night has Come and the Land is Dark
 2015
3.4
The White Suit (Bill Fugate)
 1983
3.4
Wild Cat #1-2
 undated
3.4
The World Seen Through Mr. Foster's Glasses
 1989
3.4
Write-In Morty the Dog for McCleary Mayor!
 2012
3.4
Yevs
 2022
3.4
Yow!
 2007
Subseries 3.2: Micro
Box
3.6
[Untitled] by Marc Myers
 undated
3.6
As I Recall the 'Sixties
 2018
3.6
Brix Skwikz
 undated
3.6
Bug Comics #1, 2 (Gary Fields)
 2016, 2017
3.6
Cardboard Comix #312
 undated
3.6
The Contract!
 undated
3.6
Heart Trouble?
 undated
3.6
Harold th' Armadillo #6
 undated
3.6
Index of Thing that Fly
 undated
3.6
Jimix, Number 18
 1991
3.6
Laffs
 2017
3.6
The Littlest Humvee
 undated
3.6
The Man With a Pickle for a Nose #4, 7
 2004
3.6
Miniscule Comix (Jon B. Cooke)
 2022
3.6
More Thoughts on Creative Tension (Austin Kleon)
 undated
3.6
Morty Comix (multiple issues) (Steve Willis)
 2022
3.6
Mushy Comix (multiple issues) (Clark Dissmeyer)
 undated
3.6
Not Morty
 2018
3.6
Official Gary Fields Studios Trading Cards (various)
 2022
3.6
Outstanding Stick Man, Number 1
 2014
3.6
Sandusky Was a Plastic Bore!
 undated
3.6
Small Art (Gary Fields)
 2022
3.6
Snow World, Act 1
 2015
3.6
Stand on my back! (Warning: Sexually Explicit Material)
 undated
3.6
Super Cool Comic
 undated
3.6
A Tribute to Bad Lyrics
 2010
3.6
Why I Draw Comics
 2011
3.6
Yosh Comix, Number 1
 1986
3.6
Zine 4
 2018
Subseries 3.3: Small Press Oversize
Box
0.1
Comical Funnies, Number 2
 undated
0.1
The Deadly Darlings and their Special Times with God (Warning: Sexually Explicit Material)
 undated
0.1
The Fence is Always Browner on the Other Side of the Grass
 undated
0.1
The Fury of the Four Corners
 undated
0.1
Intruder #3-4
 2012
0.1
Morty Comix #1853, 2877
 1989, 2018

Series 4: Cards/Postcards - Art and ComicsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
4.1
Untitled [Devil]
 undated
4.1
Untitled [Warrior on Horse, Jacques Boivin #J56)
 undated
4.1
Untitled [Jeff Zenick]
 undated
4.1
The Amazing Cynical Man (Various)
 1983, 1986
4.1
Andrew Brandon Mailer Series (Various)
 undated
4.1
An Embarrassment of Riches
 undated
4.1
"Ape Man & Mate" and "Ave Pan"
 1983
4.1
Beyond Romance: Love Fantasy (Jacques Boivin)
 undated
4.1
Board of School
 1990
4.1
Boys and Girls Grow Up #1, #3
 undated
4.1
Can You Imagine Being Sent to Jail for Possession of an Ounce of Gin
 undated
4.1
GANG Gay Pride Series (Assorted)
 undated
4.1
Have a Nice Day!! (Steve Willis & Mark Daniel)
 1990
4.1
Louis Jordan Memorial Postcards (2 of 4)
 1987
4.1
Mushy Comix Postcards, Mushy Comix #10
 undated
4.1
Pop Shop (for Keith Haring)
 1990
4.1
porcupineing
 1982
4.1
Ramesses the Great at Home
 1988
4.1
The Restrained
 1981
4.1
Scene in an Alien Discotheque (Jacques Boivin, #J45)
 undated
4.1
St. Ben's Soup Kitchen
 undated
4.1
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
 1985
4.1
There's One in Every Office
 1988
4.1
Vampire Vignettes (Various)
 1987
4.1
Where There's You There's a Way to Demonic Possession
 undated
4.1
White Punks on Soap
 1988

Series 5: Comix/Comics-related educational, promotional and advertising materialReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
5.1
Business Cards (Various)
 undated
5.1
A Common Ground: Communication and Alliance between Cataloger and Curator for Improved Access to Rare Books and Special Collections
 2000
5.1
Corn Tortilla Press (promotional sticker)
 undated
5.1
Creator Flyers (Various)
 undated
5.1
Event and Convention Flyers (Various)
 undated
5.1
Local 31-M, THE UNION and Peanuts Agree: you CAN get organized like that!!
 undated
5.1
Mark Campos: Posthumous Collection
 undated
5.1
Minis, Digests, etc.
 2016
5.1
MSU Comic Arts Minor
 2018
5.1
Olympia Comic Arts Festival
 2019
5.1
Podcast Flyers (Various)
 undated
5.1
Poopsheet Foundation
 undated
5.1
Psockology Sock Store
 2019
5.1
San Diego Comic Con Special
 1989
5.1
Short Run: 2018 Annual Report
 2019
5.1
S.P.A.C.E. (Small Press and Alternative Comics Expo)
 2018
5.1
The Vault of Horror
 undated
5.1
Using Comics to Educate
 undated

Series 6: Newspapers, newsletters, and other periodicalsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
6.1
129K Retread for Rowebrazzle 155 October 2022 (SnowBuni)
 2022
6.1
Catalog of Obscuro Comix and Other Stuff
 1994
0.1
Chico News & Review
 1986
6.1
Comic Book Creator No. 28 Spring 2022
 2022
6.1
Comics Buyer's Guide #928
 1991
6.1
Greenwood/Phinney Ridge Arts Guide
 1996
0.1
Inland 360
 2021
0.1
Lewiston Morning Tribune
 1986
0.1
The Mostly True Local News
 2017
6.1
Pacific Comics Catalog
 1979
6.1
Slingshot (Winter and Spring issues)
 2021-2022
6.1
Sound Choice Issue #6 (Bruce N. Duncan) (Warning: Sexually Explicit Material)
 1987
0.1
The Times Literary Supplement (and note)
 2017, 2021
0.1
Vision Quest, Issue #13
 2019
0.1
Willamette Week
 2022
6.1
Works in Progress
 2022

Series 7: Comix/Comics-related ephemeraReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Subseries 7.1: Assorted Comix Ephemera
Box
7.1
1987 Calendar
 1987
7.1
1983 Cynicalman Calendar
 1983
7.1
1984 Cynicalman Calendar
 1984
7.1
Acme Tools!
 undated
7.1
Birthday Card for Steve Willis
 2021
7.1
Bite it (A Connection Design Iron-on Transfer)
 undated
7.1
Buzzed Comix #1 (Mini Comic and Letter)
 2022
7.1
Comix by B.C.
 2022
7.1
Communication: Internal
 2022
7.1
Communication from Jim to Clark
 2022
7.1
Communications from Steve Willis
 2022
0.1
Communications Unlimited Envelope
 undated
7.1
Copy This Comics Checklists
 undated
7.1
Falun Dafa (flier)
 2022
7.1
Gary Fields Studios (Stickers)
 2017, 2019, 2020
7.1
Heat Haze by Paul Callus
 undated
7.1
The Digest Enthusiast (Trading Cards)
 2015-2016
7.1
Lynn Hansen Membership Cards (Various)
 1991-1997
7.1
Merry Christmas from Mushy
 undated
7.1
Mushy(s photocopied together)
 undated
7.1
No, it's Not Nixon!
 undated
7.1
Tony Venturelli (Various)
 undated
7.1
Tundra (Stickers)
 undated
7.1
Who is it? A Standard Issue God
 undated
Subseries 7.2: Pins
Box
7.2
Assorted Comix Pins
 undated

Series 8: Artist prints and portfoliosReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
8.1
[2 Untitled] by Chad Woody
 1993
0.2
[Untitled] Family Portrait by D. Miller
 undated
8.1
[Untitled] Prints of origional art by Billy McKay
 undated
8.1
[2 Untitled] Birds by GM
 1982
8.1
[Untitled] I think
 undated
8.1
[Untitled] by Mike Hill
 1999
8.1
[Untitled] Morty Comix sketches/in-progress
 undated
8.1
[Untitled] Snail on Mushroom
 undated
0.2
[Untitled] Snipers by Richard Corben
 1969
8.1
[Untitled] Unsafe abortions American Flag, Roe v. Wade
 undated
8.1
2 Me by Paul Tumey
 undated
8.1
Air Battle - Richard Corben
 1985
8.1
Alien Rectal Probe by Moonlight - Chad Woody
 undated
0.2
The Animated Cerebus
 1983
8.1
Arabian Nights - Corben
 1978
Mapcase 3
Cecil C. Addle No. 1
 1977
Mapcase 3
Cecil C. Addle No. 2
 1977
Mapcase 3
Cecil C. Addle No. 3
 1977
Mapcase 3
Cecil C. Addle No. 4
 1977
Mapcase 3
Cecil C. Addle No. 5
 1977
Mapcase 3
Cecil C. Addle No. 6
 1977
Mapcase 3
Cecil C. Addle No. 7
 1977
Mapcase 3
Cecil C. Addle No. 8
 1977
0.2
City: A Narrative Portfolio by Will Eisner
 1980
0.2
Comic Jazz: A Comic Art Portfolio
 1983
0.2
Corben Classics: Set 1 and Set 2
 1986
8.1
Cosmic Monster - Corben
 1975
0.2
The Dale Lee Planet Dinosaur Portfolio
 1982
0.2
Dark Mists
 1985
8.1
Don't Get Hysterical About Guided Missiles
 undated
8.1
Enchanted Treasure - Corben
 1983
8.1
Forest of Doom - Corben
 1983
0.2
The Gay Heartthrobs Portfolio (Warning: Sexually Explicit Material)
 1983
8.1
Green Man - Corben
 1984
8.1
Habittrails - Woody
 undated
8.1
His Master's Voice - Corben
 1972
0.2
Jack Kirby's Gods
 1972
0.2
Labyrinth
 1980
8.1
Lizard King - Corben
 1984
8.1
Magic Sword - Corben
 1983
8.1
The Man in the Forest - Jeff Bonivert
 1976
0.2
Marvel Comics Covers (Assorted)
 undated
8.1
Modernman - M. Hill
 1988
8.1
"My fingers got blowed up"
 2018
8.1
New York City Bar - Bonivert
 1976
8.1
"Nice Swing…" - Bruce Chrislip
 undated
8.1
Night Flight - Corben
 1985
0.2
Pilgor the Plunderer (Warning: Sexually Explicit Material)
 1981
0.2
The Portfolio of Underground Art
 1980
0.2
Rosamund
 1973
0.2
Scenes from the Magic Planet (Warning: Sexually Explicit Material)
 1979
0.2
Sketches
 undated
8.1
SkyCreek Red Ragged Rose What on Earth (Benefit Poster) - Ugly Duckling Graphics
 1977
8.1
Space Prodigal - Corben
 1980
0.2
The Street Enterprises Benefit Portfolio
 1975
8.1
S. Wilkinson (Assorted Untitled)
 undated
0.2
Tars Tarkas of Barsoom
 1970
8.1
The Tragic Demise of Old Grapes
 1987
8.1
Wizard's Dream - Corben
 1985
0.1
Woodland Fairy - Adrian Baker
 2001
8.1
Wood Demon - Corben
 1984

Series 9: PostersReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
0.1
[Untitled] by Billy McKay
 undated
9.1
39th Annual Charity Cat Show (Signed)
 1988
Mapcase 1
America…I'll Vote For That
 undated
Mapcase 1
Argent Park
 1980
Mapcase 1
Barzan and the Mountain Fresh
 undated
Mapcase 1
Bloodstar
 1975
0.1
The Chateau Presents…
 1975
Mapcase 1
Chiste
 1993
Mapcase 1
Den
 1978
Mapcase 1
Den in Muvovum
 1983
Mapcase 1
Eric the White Wolf
 1977
Mapcase 1
Foley's Thanksgiving Day Parade
 undated
Mapcase 2
Hambly Studios Calendar
 1974
Mapcase 2
I Saw All The Action at Chicago ComicCon
 undated
Mapcase 2
I Saw All The Action at Chicago ComicCon 3D
 undated
Mapcase 2
Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
 1993
Mapcase 2
La Premevere/La Plume
 undated
Mapcase 2
Mutant World
 1980
Mapcase 2
The National Parks: Nature
 1974
0.1
"P.M." (Preventative Maintenance) posters by Will Eisner, for use by United States Armed Forces in Vietnam: calendar, "December '67"; "Too Busy Fighting to Do PM?" (2 items, with acquisition documentation from donor Joseph M. Shea) circa 1967
 undated
Mapcase 2
The Simpsons
 undated
9.1
Sons of Champlin Blue Mountain Clover Benefit Concert
 undated
Mapcase 2
The Spirit
 undated
Mapcase 2
Stick Figure Presidents
 2017
Mapcase 2
Werewolf
 1984
Mapcase 2
"Whales?..." - Rand
 1975
Mapcase 3
Ray Collins, #1-6
 1977

Series 10: Non-comics collectiblesReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
10.1
American Culture Cards (Anthony Venturelli)
 2021
10.1
Death Cult - Jonestown Massacre Memorial Cards
 undated
10.1
Dig - Collector Cards
 1997
10.1
Mail Art - Maximum Traffic
 undated
10.1
Trading Cards (Misc.)
 undated
10.1
Wacky Packages
 1991, 2006, 2013, 2015

Series 11: Media (audiovisual and other)Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Subseries 11.1: Cassette
Box
11.1
Crystal Forest
 undated
11.1
John E. Snakebrain
 undated
11.1
Optimism
 undated
11.1
Ron, Ron, Ron, Ron
 undated
11.1
Shot by a Ray Gun, Number 4
 undated
Subseries 11.2: CD-Rom
Box
11.2
Formaline
 1995
11.2
The Amazing Cynical Man
 2012
11.2
The Country Side of Me (Edward Bradley)
 2021
Subseries 11.3: LP
Box
0.1
The Amazing Spiderman: A Rockomic!
 1972
11.2
LMNOP, "Forever Through the Sun" and "Three Colon Oh Oh"
 1985
11.2
"Seen the Light" and "Wind Blow"
 undated
11.2
The Fighters, "Breaking Bones for Laughs"
 1994
Subseries 11.4: VHS
Box
11.3
Onward
 1988
11.3
Bovine Videos #1, 2, 4
 undated

Series 12: GamesReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
12.1
The Astro Tarot
 2017
12.1
Gamma World
 1980, 1983
12.1
Trinity
 1986

Series 13: RealiaReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
13.1
Assorted Ceramics by Buzz Buzzyzick
 undated
13.1
Assorted Ceramics by Maximum Traffic
 undated
13.1
A Fragment from the Apocalypse #0
 2018
13.1
Fantastic Press www.slambang.us (pen)
 undated
0.2
T-Shirt (Jeff Zenick)
 undated

Series 14: Books/EncyclopediasReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
14.1
Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, Second Edition (Steve Willis annotations)
 1978
14.1
The Best of Wonder Wart-Hog
 2013
14.1
Brown Bagged Drawings
 1972
14.1
Cartoons and Caricatures (Bevix Hillier)
 1970
14.1
A Concise Dictionary of Comics
 2022
14.1
Kozmik Star Comics
 2021
14.1
Piggy Foxy and the Sword of Revolution
 2006
14.1
Pissing in the Snow & Other Ozark Folktales (Vance Randolph)
 1977
14.2
Poem A Mashup
 2022
14.2
Potluck Pogo
 1955
14.2
The Toon Treasury of Classic Children's Comics
 2009
14.2
Why Comics? From Underground to Everywhere
 2017

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Comic books, strips, etc.
  • Erotic comic books, strips, etc.
  • Games, Electronic games.
  • Graphic novels
  • New wave comics
  • Posters
  • Underground comic books, strips, etc.
  • Underground press publications

Finding aid prepared by Robert Franklin. Revised and editied by Kathryn Manis.
2016

CC Attribution
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

About Creative Commons Licenses in Archives West