Comix

 

Comicography

Every comic book or publication that I created or contributed to is listed below. Includes title, publisher, where published, year, and which of my stories and art are included.

My Comix

The Daily Collegian. Fresno State University, Fresno, CA. 1970 – 1974

23 full-page comic stories.

    Frezno Funnies - Presenting 1984

    Frezno Funnies - At the Zoo

    Cataclysm Comix

    As seen By...

    Going to School

    Daze in the Life

    Saint Nick Against the World

    Battle

    Kidz of Aquarius Comix

    10 Speed Tommy (2 pages)

    10 Speed Tommy - The Bike Thieves

    Turmoil in Turkeyland

    Joe Grease - Comic Strip Killer

    Blow Up Comix

    The Whole Schtick

    Front Line Fighting Warthogs

    Intersection

    Alexander Kazakow - From the Great War

    Strictly Middle Class Guilt Comix (2 pages)

    The story of the Kid Who Ate Too Many Candy Bars

    Ten Speed Tommy Fights back Against “Them” (2 pages)

    The Origin of Ten Speed Tommy (3 pages)

    The Origin of Mystery Cat

   

    Numerous Political cartoons.


    Lady in a Hole. 1972 - 1973.

    Daily serial comic strip. 36 episodes.


    Madcap Maritime Mammals. 1973.

    Daily serial comic strip. 41 episodes.


    Mystery Cat. 1974.

    Daily serial comic strip. Quarter-page format.


Frezno Funnies. Doug Hansen. Fresno, CA: Commonwealth Graphics, 1973.

Self-published 24-page comic book.

    Frezno Funnies. Front Cover. 4-color process..

    Wanna get destroyed? Inside front cover. B&W

    Billy Thrills. 8 pages. B&W

    Baloney News and World Report. 4 pages B&W

    Bungo Magga and the Warthog in “Desert Madness.” 20 pages B&W

    Jailbird Blues. 1 page. B&W

    Read billy Thrills. Back Cover. 4-color process.


The Devil’s Bargain. R. W. Huntington. Fresno, CA: Usher Enterprises, 1973.

8 page tabloid format.

    Front and back cover art and 4 illustrations.


Animal-8-Pager. Doug Hansen. Fresno, CA: Flying Pyramid Enterprises, 1974.

Self published 8-page comic book. Printed in blue ink.

    Animal 8 Pager - Rhino Pilot. front cover. B&W

    Front Line Fighting Warthogs (reprinted from Collegian). 1 page. B&W

    Seacows at Le Mans. 1 page. B&W

    Alexander Kazakow - From the Great War. (reprinted from Collegian). 1 page. B&W

    Flying Seacows. 1 page. B&W

    Seacows thru History - Presenting the Hero of Tsushima. 1 page. B&W

    Seacows over Britain. 1 page. B&W

    Lt. F.H. Lawson SeaEagle, USMC. Back cover. B&W pencil & Zip-a-Tone.

   

Amabolis Insania. Long Beach, CA: Curt Metz, 1975.

    Danny and Sue’s Wedding: 2-page center spread, B&W.


Frezno Funnies Number Two. Doug Hansen. Fresno, CA: Flying Pyramid Enterprises, 1975. Tabloid format. All 20 pages are B&W.

Astersik* indicates story is a reprint from Daily Collegian.

    Frezno Funnies Number Two. Front Cover

    Inside front cover - Frezno Funnies.

    The story of the Kid Who Ate Too Many Candy Bars*

    Alexander Kazakow - From the Great War*)

    Kidz of Aquarius Comix*

    Turmoil in Turkeyland*

    Intersection*

    The 7 Wonders of Fresno (Reprinted from posters) 4 pages.

    10 Speed Tommy* - 2 pages.

    Ten Speed Tommy Fights back Against “Them”* 2 pages.

    10 Speed Tommy - The Bike Thieves*

    The Origin of Ten Speed Tommy* (3 pages)

    Front Line Fighting Warthogs*


Valley Fever. Doug Hansen, ed. Fresno, CA: CSUF Comix, 1975.

Self-published comic book featuring the work of students from my FSU Comics class.

    Valley Fever. Front cover art, 2 colors.

    Add On Comix. 1 page.

    Shadow Pictures. 1 page.

    Fresno Fire Hydrants. Back cover art, 2 colors.


Beastiality Number One. Greg Spagnola, ed. Apandamandis Productions, 1976.

    Desert Jackpot: 3 pages, B&W.


Deadspawn Two. Joe Treacy, ed. Norfolk, VA; Apandamandis Productions, 1976.

    Mr. Yumm in the 21st Century: 5 pages, B&W.


Heebie Jeebie Funnies #1. Lemon Grove, CA., Joel Milke, 1976.

    The Kid Who Loved Planes: 2 pages, B&W.


Portable Fanzine. Fred Burkhart, ed. Cincinnati, OH. 1976.

    Saluting the Spirit of the Underground. Back cover, B&W.


Cap’n Retro. El Paso, TX: Texas Comic Books, Douglas Bryson, 1977.

    Captain Retro, Space Brat. 2 pages B&W.


Heebie Jeebie Funnies #2. Lemon Grove, CA: Pestiferous Publications, Joel Milke, 1977.

    Jam Session. Front cover, B&W.

    The Pig Pirates of Fresno Bay. 3 pages, B&W. Jam with Milke and Erling.


Journal of Popular Culture No. 1. Popular Culture Center West, Jack Venooker, 1977.

    Big Bang Real American Comix. 2 pages B&W.


Juice City  #1. Santa Cruz, CA: Tucker Petertil, 1977.

    Bungo and the Bathtub Porsche.   2 pages B&W.


Moon Comix #2. David Noon, ed. Birmingham, England: ArZak - The Arts Lab Press, 1977.

    The Kid Who Loved Planes. 2 pages B&W.


Slow Death No. 8. Ronald E. Turner, ed. San Francisco, CA: Last Gasp of San Francisco, 1977.

    Ozean Oinken. 3 pages, B&W.


Yikes No. 3. Pompton Plains, NJ: Stray Kat Studios, george Erling, Curt Metz,1977.

    Mr. Yumm and His New Appliances. 2 pages B&W.


Carpet Crawler Comics. Long Beach, CA: Tiny Tots Publications, 1978.

    When One & One Makes Three. 1 pages B&W.


Dope Comix No. 1. Denis Kitchen, ed. Princeton, WI: Kitchen Sink Enterprises, 1978.

    Little Bungo in Reeferland.  6 pages B&W.


Dope Comix No. 2. Denis Kitchen, ed. Princeton, WI: Kitchen Sink Enterprises, 1978.

    Wam Bong Hai.  6 pages B&W.


Forbidden Knowledge #2. Berkeley, CA: Last Gasp Publishing Co., 1978.

    Bwana Chifungo Tumbo. 2 pages B&W.


Jerry the Polar Bear. Norfolk, VA: Polar Bear Print Plant, Greg Spagnola,1978..

    Arctic Antics. 4 pages B&W.


San Diego Funnies. El Paso, TX: Douglas Bryson, 1978.

    Wanna Get Destroyed? (2nd version). 1 page B&W.

    Self-portrait, I page B&W.


Snarf No.8. Denis Kitchen, ed. Princeton, WI: Kitchen Sink Enterprises, 1978.

    Ten Speed Tommy, With Benjamin Dog. 2 pages B&W.


Animal Bite Comix. Doug Hansen, ed. Colorado Springs, CO. Everyman Studios, 1979.

A comic conceptualized and assembled by the artist.

    Animal Bite Comix. 4-color, hand separated front cover art.

    The Artist and His Muse. Inside front cover, B&W.

    Scaramouche. 6 pages B&W.

    Samurai Seacows. 1 page B&W.

    Seafarin’ Seacows. 1 page, B&W.

    Frenzy in Frezno. 4 pages, B&W. Jam with Warren Greenwood.

    The Hero of Tsushima. 1 page, B&W.

    Re-tread. 1 page, B&W.

    Samurai Seacows.  (WWII) 4-color, hand separated back cover art.


Dope Comix #3. Denis Kitchen, ed. Princeton, WI:  Kitchen Sink Enterprises, 1979.

    A Night in a Head Shop. 5 pages B&W, back cover in full color.


Zero Comics #4. Hollywood, CA: The Greenwood Organization, 1979.

    Frenzy in Frezno. 4 pages, B&W. Jam with Warren Greenwood.


Commies From Mars No. 2. Tim Boxell, ed. Berkeley, CA: Last Gasp Eco-Funnies, 1980.

    King of the Commies From Mars. 2 pages B&W.


Deadspawn Three. Columbus, OH: Joe Treacy, 1980.

A portfolio format comic book.

    Mr. Yumm Fights Back Against His TV. 5 pages B&W.


Eccentrics. Irving, TX: Jabberwocky Graphix, Brad Foster, 1980.

    Self-portrait included in front cover jam.

    Warthog Wedding. 1 page B&W.


Deadspawn 4. Columbus, OH: Joe Treacy, 1982.

A portfolio format comic book.

    Mr. Yumm Goes Berserk. 6 pages in full color, including a two-page pop-up.


Comix Wave #23. Clay Geerdes, ed. Berkeley, CA: Comix Wave Magazine, 1985.

    Comix Wave. Cover art, B&W.


Death Rattle #3. Princeton, WI: Kitchen Sink Press, Inc., 1986.

    Death Rattle. Four-color cover art.

    A Dead Man’s Chest. 10 pages, Baxter color.

Frezno Funnies - 1973

After a year or so of drawing cartoons for my college paper, The Daily Collegian, I thought I was ready for the mainstream (if such a thing existed) of underground comix publishing. I applied to Rip Off Press in San Francisco,
CA with a comic titled “Ha-Ha’s.” Rip Off Press was kind, but not interested. Most of that material ended up in my first comic book, Frezno Funnies. I put the word “Frezno” in the title because I was going to sell it in town, although none of the stories related to Fresno. My friend, comic and poster artist John Thompson, helped make it happen, the  He found me a truly “underground” printer who surreptitiously printed the comic for free, after hours, on the in-house press of a large local business establishment . I paid for ink and plates, then paid to have it folded, collated, bound and trimmed at a printer’s service shop. I did the color separations the rough-and-ready way many early comix were done - that is with adhesive Zip-a-Tone dot screens applied to acetate overlays that registered with the black “key line” art. I remember staring at the cover of Gilbert Shelton’s H Bomb Funnies, to try to figure out the process.
 

Animal-8-Pager - 1974

One of the Berkeley Comic Cons was coming up and I needed something new to bring with me. I had been doing stray comic pages about warthogs and seacows and figured this title would give the book some kind
of unity. I went to a local print shop and the guy suggested I print the book in some color besides black, to jazz it up a bit. I don’t know if I made a good call, but that’s why the book is all printed in blue. I had been doing warthog characters until I found out that Gilbert Shelton had already created the memorable “Wonder Warthog.” In my search to find a signature animal that no one else would draw, I chose the seacow (also dugong or manatee.) It amused me to put such a dull and unlikely animal in dramatic, violent, and historic roles.
 

Frezno Funnies Number Two - 1975

This tabloid-format comic reprints many of my fav
orite full-page stories from the Daily Collegian, and also reprints the Seven Wonders of Frezno, which had previously appeared as a set of four posters. This was printed on the presses of a now-defunct local newspaper called the Clovis Independent. The pages are big and match the size of the Collegian, but it floppy and hard to display and sell.
 

Animal Bite - 1979

I liked the animal theme so much, I decided to do another 32-page book with color covers. By this time (late ‘70s) I had many acquainta
nces in the world of comix. Mainly they were collectors whom I corresponded with, but many were also artists publishing their own books just like I was doing. It was common to invite other artists to contribute so I asked a number of those individuals to draw a page or two on an “animal” theme. Artwork from British and Norwegian artists is included. When I found I couldn’t afford to print the book myself, Artie Romero of Everyman Studios stepped in and had the book published.
 
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