Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.misc,alt.zines,alt.comics.alternative From: [ah 804] at [FreeNet.Carleton.CA] (Kipp Lightburn) Subject: ZINE: KNOTTED #3 !! Date: Fri, 17 Jun 1994 05:19:34 GMT __ __ __ __ ______ ______ ____ _____ | / \ | \ | | | \ | / \ | | | | | | | \ / \ | | | | | | | \ \ | | | | | | | | \ | \ | | / | | | |__ / | \ | | | | / ----------------------------------------------- The Electronic Zine of the Comic Book World ----------------------------------------------- Issue #3 June 1994 ------------------- EditoR: - Kipp Lightburn [[ah 804] at [freenet.carleton.ca]] ContributorS: - Gary St. Lawrence (The Saint) [[s--i--t] at [express.ctron.com]] - Rich J. Johnston [[R J Johnston] at [newcastle.ac.uk]] - Thrasher [[rettig c h] at [ucunix.san.uc.edu]] - Jeff Mason [[j r m] at [elm.circa.ufl.edu]] - Jonas M Westover-1 [[west 0160] at [gold.tc.umn.edu]] - John Macauley [[m--au--y] at [bnr.ca]] - Mike B [[m--k--b] at [village.com]] - James Drew [[j r d] at [frame.com]] DeadPooL: - Capital City Comics (For messing with the indy market) StuntS: - Stan Lee's Hairpiece PubliC RelationS: - Tank Girl and Co. Pick oF tHe IsH: - Madman Comics #2 ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- |-------------------| TABLE OF CONTENTS |-------------------| - Knotted Notes [ Incoherant rambling from behind the scenes ] - Hero + Genocide = SPANDEXOCIDE?!?!?!?! [ An editorial on the overpopulation of the super hero ] - Letters to the Editor [ Frustrated screams and a little praise, all in one basket! ] (Who'da thunk?) - A CyberPunk Comic? [ Thoughts on Ghost Rider 2099 ] - Hey... Enhance This! [ A look at Marketing, and enhancments ] - Comic Characters Smoking?!?! The Horror! [ Thrasher on kicking unheroic habits ] - Comic Book Industry Addresses [ A comprehensive list of Comic Book companies and their mailing addresses V:5.3 ] --------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- KNOTTED NOTES: If you want to subscribe to KNOTTED: Address: [h--k--w] at [csd.uwo.ca] Subject: KNOTTED: Subscribe Body: Subscribe me to KNOTTED If you wish to be unsubscribed, just drop a request to: Address: [h--k--w] at [csd.uwo.ca] Subject: KNOTTED: Unsubscribe Body: I am crazy, I don't like KNOTTED. Submissions for the next issue of KNOTTED are now being accepted by the editor. Please send any material to: Address: [ah 804] at [FreeNet.Carleton.CA] (Kipp Lightburn) Requests for back issues of KNOTTED (1-2) can be send to: Address: [h--k--w] at [csd.uwo.ca] Subject: KNOTTED: back issues Body: [List KNOTTED issues desired] Stop looking at your watch will ya! I know I'm late. Very late, much later than expected. I've been without a phone line for around a month, and I lost some stuff when my hard drive tried to eat itself. It was a pretty gruesome sight. ("Hey you! Ugly!" It said to me, "Get me some tobasco sauce and some Tequila!" Needless to say I was alarmed.) So if you submitted and its not in this issue, I'm really sorry. There will be no further computer problems in the future. Well no forseeable ones anyhow. ;^) I'm still looking for someone to do an Industry News column so if you feel you fit the bill well then get off yer butt dammit! We publish everything we get, so no matter how big (or small) it is, if you submit it, it will see print. The only exception to the rule is stuff that is profusely offensive. Is there anyone involved in LNH that would be willing to do an article on it? How it came to be, what it's doing now, and anything else interesting. Also if anyone wants to do any creative fiction using current comic industry characters, be my guest. There is a possibilty that KNOTTED will have a really decent piece on Tank Girl in the future, complete with interviews with Jamie Hewlett and Alan Martins. I'll let you know. I'm also looking for someone to do an article on LNH (Legion of Net Heroes). Well you must be tired of reading this incoherant psycho-babble. Here's KNOTTED #3 (At last) ----------------------------- Hero + Genocide = SPANDEXOCIDE?!?!?!?!? (Editorial) ---------------------------------------------------- It's said that in Hong Kong there is three people per square foot of land (Or some similiar saying). Given the state of comics nowadays, in the combined comic universes there must be at least five supertypes per square foot. And given the size of superheroes nowadays, thats kind of tough. Some called it the glut, some say it still is a glut. It is the overpopulation of superheroes in our current comic book industry. Unfortunately since genocide is not a possibility theres not much that can be done as long as the sales justify it. And from the looks of things the sales are justifying it. However is that because of preference or availability? I walk into my fine local comic shops and all of them shuffle out the standard logo's; the 'M', the 'DC', the 'i' and the other bigger names. Occasionally, (More so lately but still not enough) smaller independent titles find there way into the horde. Gasping for air. Their stacks of five copies living in the shade of the high stack of 50 odd Deathmate: Red. (Which have been sitting there for a while). They are the overlooked and underestimated. Some have wormed their way out. To a degree this is in thanks to Polybagged Comic Fanzines that include previews and prototypes that let the reader actually sit down with a sample and say, "So this is whats been inside that title I always overlook!" Agreed, money plays a HUGE role in this. The big Corps have the money the little creators don't. The big corps can pay for their Multi-Media ad campaigns, their polybagged, neo acidic, VHS, infrared, sequins, holographic, styrofoam, pre-washed, denim gimmick covers and the little guys can't. I'm not sitting here with my blame stick hitting anyone over the head. I'm just saying that it's too bad little gems get overlooked simply because someone feels that since they have the first 30 issues of X-men and have completely lost interest, they should buy #31 over the little gem because it looks better when you try to sell your collection if you have a complete run. I do also recognize that this is changing slowly but surely. There are some real great titles that have managed to dig to the forefront without the ice pick and night goggles. This is a very good thing. It's a trend I hope continues. It would also be nice to see Marvel print some stuff without SuperHeroes in it. Unlikely, improbable, and they'd never do it because their stockholders wouldn't want the comics to get TOO creative. That's too risky for the Corporation. Forget profit margins and dividends just show me that you love what you do. When that happens, the comic shines like nothing else... Kipp Lightburn [ah 804] at [freenet.carleton.ca] --------------------- LETTERS TO THE EDITOR --------------------- Date: Tue Mar 1 14:31:50 1994 From: [j r d] at [frame.com] (James Drew) Subject: Knotted While I appreciate your electronic 'zine, I don't appreciate the attitude of one of your contributors, "Thrasher", in saying: "I could probably sum up any normal male's feelings in one word, namely 'Yowza.'" The implication of this being that men -- especially gay men -- who don't agree are somehow abnormal. Now it may be that neither you nor "Thrasher" intended any offense by this; in fact, I expect that this is an innocent implication. It is there nonetheless and claiming innocence is not a good excuse for bowing to the line of thought pandered by arch-conservative segments of the populace. A better word to use would have been "straight" or "heterosexual". The point still comes across as well, the use of "probably" still recognizes that not all heterosexual men are turned on by large breasts, and most importantly, it does not demean any group of people. Thanks for the time. I'll look forward to reading the next issue of Knotted. Jim Drew [j r d] at [frame.com] ------------------------------- I don't think Thrasher intended to offend you. Or anyone for that matter. His comments were simply worded in such a way that if you were looking for it, you could see offense. But then one can find offense in pretty much anything nowadays... ------------------------------- Date: Fri Apr 15 07:22:10 1994 From: [m--k--b] at [village.com] (Mike B.) Read KNOTTED and would like to say I enjoyed it. I was intrested in more information on the new Milk and Cheese (the first number two) thought maybe you'd know. thanks mike ------------------------------- Anybody out there got a bunch of stuff that they want to share with the rest of the class about Milk and Cheese? Some reviews? ------------------------------- From: John MacAuley Email: [m--au--y] at [bnr.ca], [h--k--w] at [uwo.ca] Dear Editor, I would like to congratulate the contributors for writing a "zine" that is in touch with my current feelings of the comic book industry. Kipp's editorial discussions about the lack of Marvel/DC story lines that actually convey a story worth reading is a reflection of my feelings. I started reading comics again as an adult about 6 years ago, and after a short lived 14 months gave it up. My main reason for quiting was that I couldn't handle the pointless plots in many of the Marvel issues I collected. I just became bored. However, last year I once again dove into reading full force. I found that KnightFall could hold my attention, but found that Batman: LotDK was exactly the type of comic I was looking for. Many of the stories are well written and tell a meaningful story. The comic industry really neads more developed story lines if they are to survive. Thrasher's "STRONG WOMEN OR BUST!?" article was an echo of a conversation I had with my wife about the Catwoman comic. She also noticed the large pair of breast that always seemed to be centered on the front page. I had to admit to her that I was so use to seeing overly developed women in comics that I did not take notice of the "casaba melons" postioned in plain sight. Frankly, I don't read comics to look at women's or men's body parts (see above paragraph) and I think the whole uproar is a crock. Why someone targeted Catwoman and not any of the plethora of other comics that have overly large breast contained in them is beyond me. Bye until next time, John. ------------------------------- Date: Fri Feb 25 15:05:01 1994 From: [west 0160] at [gold.tc.umn.edu] (Jonas M Westover-1) Subject: Sandman Dear Sir, I am sorry that you find that Sandman is a 'sellout' comic. I know that you did not use those words to describe what you read (if indeed you do read the book), but you grouped that particular book in with the other Vertigo titles. That generalization, I feel, I a mistake. As all generalizations do, this categorization of just another 'mature' comic makes the book seem nothing less than a reaction of a company to the readers' whims. The bottom line is that this book is not written by a company, or a subspace of that company, but by one person: Neil Gaiman. This man is one of the finest comic writers of all time in my opinion, and is able to craft a tale like few others in the industry. This individual style is what makes Sandman into the great title that it is, and was did not change after its initiation into Vertigo. In fact, without Sandman, I highly doubt that Vertigo would've ever been created. Well, I just wanted to say few words in defense of one of the greatest comics ever to have been published. I hope that if you do not already read this book, you will pick up a couple of the stories ( I highly suggest the short story collection 'Dream Country') and just look at the way Gaiman crafts this into an expression of himself and not the masses or a company. Thank you for your time, Jonas Westover ------------------------------- Ack! I've gone over it a few times, I did state that there were exceptions to the rule. Sandman is one of those. By far. Neil Gaiman has done a superlative job of keeping the corporate hands off of his work. Sandman is untainted. And Gaiman is by far one of the best writers and creative minds this industry has to offer. (I've got Angels and Visitations on special order at my local bookstore.) ------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------- | KNITTY GRITTY KNOTTY ARTICLES | ----------------------------------------------- A CyberPunk Comic? ------------------ By Kipp Lightburn It's title is "GHOST RIDER 2099" and it is a Cyberpunk comic. Marvel Comics, the industry giant (only because of quantity, never because of quality) has released into the growing comic market their take on the whole CyberPunk fiction genre. I'm not telling you to buy it, to never look at it, or to wipe an orifice of your choice with it. I'm just going to tell you what my impressions were. The title has put out 3 issues as I write this. It's as though Marvel Comics brass sat down with the writer Len Kaminski and began throwing copies of William Gibson's books at him. "This," they cried over money bloated stomachs, "this is what we want. There's money here! Go get it." And money is what this comic says it wants. The first issue sports a nifty gimmick cover, all shiny and nice. It is a feeble attempt at justifying the cover price. The second issue is packaged along with promotional stuff for some video game the likes of which I'd never heard of. A big whopping poster. Oooh aaah. From first glance you get the impression that the company doesn't believe the title will sell itself and requires some capitalist help. And then after you finish looking at the silver shiny cover, or finish tearing open the polybag, you finally get a glance inside. The artwork, has so far been supplied by Chris Bachalo, with Mark Buckingham doing the finishes. Now in my opinion Bachalo is amazing. At least his work on "Death: The High Cost of Living" was something to behold. Each of the characters he drew had a definite life when you looked at them. And his facial expressions were anything but static. Unfortunately Bachalo will be leaving at some point to do Marvel's new title GENERATION X. Kaminski can write a story. Kaminski can write a good story. Kaminski was writing his own story based in a world which is a near photocopy of the generic MetroPlex/Sprawl. The dialogue he writes is occasionally very very good. But sometimes, unless you're versed in the literature of Cyberpunk, you get lost quickly. Though this seems to have camled down a little bit as of issue #3. I little but not much. Cyberpunk. I guess marvel figured that if William Gibson could sell oodles of copies of Neuromancer, why couldn't they do the same? ---------------------------- ---------------------------- Date: Mon Feb 28 07:29:00 1994 Title: Hey -- enhance this! Written By: John MacAuley ([h--k--w] at [csd.uwo.ca]) I was delivering my April order to my local comic shop a few weeks ago when a very interesting, if not a bit bitter, com- ment exploded from the owners usually quiet mouth. You will understand his dilemma when you realize that the size of his shop is not capable of handling the devious plots of those evil incarnate publishers and their continuous barrage of col- lector edition comics. Pssst... Did you here that if you collect every issue of Marvel comics for the month of April and mail in the bar codes you can receive an "Enhanced Polybagged Ashcan Collector's Edition Spider-Man #0 with an animated cell from the upcoming movie and a special 16 page insert comic not available for retail." Ok, so it is not that bad. But did you know that Marvel is shipping no less than ten enhanced comics and two ashcans in the month of April. Just think what this does to dealers that want to stock both the enhanced and regular edition com- ics. My dealer is purchasing only enhanced comics since he cannot afford to purchase both, and does not want to get burned if only the enhanced comics sell. I can't blame him, nor would I want to. Marvel must have made money on pre- vious months exploits into the collector's edition comic mar- ket and decided to extend the market to its fullest. The extra money they charge for a cover made of thin cardboard or foil is just not worth it, and I definitely will not purchase it just to feel Lobo's (DC) belt buckle! I think that both DC and Mar- vel are going to crash and burn very soon if they do not get their regular issues to the stores on time. As I write this arti- cle Force Works #1 is already two months overdue. I must complement Marvel on the marketing strategy behind their new interest in the ashcan market. Produce a comic with minimal effort and without colour which will sell for more than half the price of a regular issue. They must make a killing with people just speculating that it will increase in value. Has anyone noticed that each of the ash- cans produced so far has contained part of the story not held in issue #1 of the comic? So they are now forcing people interested in reading issue #1 to buy the ashcan so that they can read the beginning of the story line. I wonder which mar- keting marvel at Marvel thought that up? What about these independent comic producers like Dag- ger enterprises that have promotions asking you to purchase a certain number of their comics to receive a free issue #0 of some useless trash? These guys sure aren't "independent" of the marketing strategies of the big two. Maybe it means they are independent of free thought? Now I don't want you to get the wrong idea. I like to see change in the industry that is "good" for the readers. What I don't like to see are blatant attempts by comic producers to sell comics through something other than good stories or art. But what can I do about it? Nothing. Always bitter, John. ----------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- COMIC CHARACTERS SMOKING?!?! THE HORROR! by Thrasher The latest stink involves a seven year-old boy's letter to Marvel about several of its characters smoking in the first Marvel Masterpieces card series. Because this young person's dad also happens to be an anti-smoking activist, Marvel has supposedly promised not to show any of its characters smoking on any future card sets. 1) These cards came out in 1992, where was the kid then? Did he have to take two years to decide whether or not it was worth writing in about? On an irrelevant side note, where did the kid get the money to buy this card set. Boxes were around forty dollars when they came out, and sets sell for around twenty bucks for just the regular cards. Didn't daddy sit down with his son and look over the product BEFORE he bought them? 2) Let's look at the "offenders" shall we? We've got: #2--Blaze, #29--Gambit, #43--Kingpin, #64--Nick Fury, and #80--Red Skull. In the case of two of these, Kingpin and Red Skull, the individual is a villain. It's all right if they were behind the deaths of countless people, but smoking, oh my God! 3) Of course, they didn't bother to mention the bottle of champagne in #81--Silver Sable. Lord knows, that encourages drinking, another of the seven deadly sins. 4) While were at it, let's count the individuals with any deadly weapons: Guns: Blaze, Bishop, Cable, Bullseye, Deathlok, Nick Fury, Nomad, Punisher, and Silver Sable Bladed weapons: Archangel, Elektra, Psylocke, Shatterstar and Wolverine Other weapons: Apocalypse (Mace), Daredevil (Night sticks), Gambit (Quarterstaff), Hobgoblin (Bombs), Hawkeye (Arrows), Green Goblin (Bombs), Ghost Rider (Chain), Iron Man (Repulsor rays), Magneto (All sorts of heavy tools), Mole Man (Quarterstaff), Night Thrasher (Night sticks), and Thor (Hammer) (If I really wanted to get picky, I could cite Captain America and Major Victory for using their shields offensively.) Not to mention all the other characters with claws and energy blasting powers. Aren't all these things more harmful than a character slowly killing him or herself with tobacco? Come on people, we've got vampires, homocidal maniacs, and asylum escapees with their own books, and we need to worry about the smoking problem? 5) We've already been seeing it over in the X-Men titles. Wolverine's healing factor is no longer up to snuff, so he decided to give up on the cigars, and now Gambit is forced to take his outside and freeze to death because Beast decided to make the whole mansion smoke-free. (Gee, they couldn't use that Shi'ar technology to put an air recycler in Gambit's room, could they?) 6) Need I list the T&A shots of the women in the card set? Take a look for yourself, and you'll see what I mean. Doesn't this incite lust and sexual awareness? Where was the kid's dad on this? No, lung cancer and emphysema are SO much worse than the spread of AIDS and all the teenage pregnancy running around in today's society. Just take a look at the books people, we've got "heroes" with a death count higher than the Vietnam War, and people are worried about the few characters that smoke. I'm very disappointed with Marvel in general for buckling down under this little bit of pressure. Of course, maybe we can use this to our advantage, like say a letter similar to the following: Dear Marvel Comics, During the course of 1993, your company produced over one hundred different books with enhanced covers. Assuming you printed at least 75,000 copies of each book, that was 750,000 comic books with the aforementioned enhanced covers. Now if you encourage kids to buy them and save them, that doesn't promote recycling and saving the environment. I'm disappointed that a company as large as you would not encourage recycling. Age By the way, writing this in crayon would probably add to the authenticity. Bonus points if you can get your younger sibling or cousin to write it. [T h rasher rettig c h] at [ucunix.san.uc.edu] ------------------------------- ------------------------------- Comic Book Industry Addresses ----------------------------- V5.3, May 8, 1994 Compiled by Jeff Mason ([j r m] at [elm.circa.ufl.edu]) Thanks to Kenneth Chisholm, Richard A. Schumacher, Wayne Wong, Lance Smith, James Drew, Mark Stadel, Paula Marie Bailey, Otto J. Makela, Marcus Harwell, Rick Klaw, Michael Fragassi, Patrick Sauriol, Neil McAllister, Tom Wentzel, Justin C, Mark Ou, E.A. Sumner, Rich Johnston, Christopher Howard, Winston Edmond, Preston Sweet, Michel Vrana for updates. Please let me know of additions and innacuracies. If you know FOR SURE that a company has folded, please let me know. The second phone number for any given company is their Fax number (if I can squeeze it in). Addresses added in V5.3: >Abalone Press, 6210 Harlow Drive, Bremerton, WA 98312. >Alternative Concepts, 3848 Niles Road, St Joseph, MI 49085. >Babble On Press, 1715 Woodland Drive, Vancouver B.C., CANADA V5N 3N6. >Chiasmus Publishing, P.O. Box 19872, Kalamazoo, MI 49019. >Craig Baxter, 214 NW 4th Ave, Box 5, Gainesville, FL 32601. >Cranial Stomp Comix, Route 1 Box 172-B1, Willard, MO 65781. >Cult Press, 1047 West Carson St #3, Torrance, CA 90502. 370-328-5830. >Fanny, 10 Acklam Road, Unit 6A, London, England W10 5QZ. >Heebeejeebees, P.O. Box 20427, Seattle, WA 98102. >Simon Bosse, 564 Maple Street, St Lambert QC, CANADA J4P 2S7. >Skin Graft, P.O. Box 257546, Chicago, IL 60625. >Strawberry Jelly Comix, 202 East Main Street, Apt G, Hahira, GA 31632. Addresses changed in V5.3: >Chaos! Comics, 7349 Via Paseo Del Sur, Suite 515-208, Scottsdale, AZ 85258. >Raging Rhino, P.O. Box 618, Hollywood, FL 33022. ====================================================================== A-Girl, 137 S. San Fernando Blvd #231, Burbank, CA 91502. Aardvark-Vanaheim, P.O. Box 1674 Stn C. Kitchner, Ontario, N2G 4R2 CANADA. Abalone Press, 6210 Harlow Drive, Bremerton, WA 98312. Abstract Studio, 8600 Westpark #107, Houston, TX 77063. 713-783-2655. Adhesive Comics, P.O. Box 5372, Austin, TX 78763-5372. 512-478-9900. Aeon, 5014-D Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle, WA 98105. Alaffinity, P.O. Box 272064, Concord, CA 94527-2064. 510-370-0762. Alliance Comics, 812 Stevens Ave., Portland, ME 04102. Alpha Productions, P.O. Box 1172, Rockland, ME 04841. 207-594-4950. Alternative Concepts, 3848 Niles Road, St Joseph, MI 49085. American Splendor, P.O. Box 18471, Cleveland Heights, OH 44118. Americomics, P.O. Box 1216, Longwood, FL 32752. AmF Comics, P.O. Box 168, Falconer, NY 14733-0168. Anarchy Press, Box 1489 Sudden Valley, Bellingham, WA 98226. Ancient Brain Parts, P.O. Box 14891, Portland, OR 97214. Andromeda Publications, 2113 Dundas St W. Toronto, Ontario CA M6R 1X1. Angry Isis, 1982 15th Sreet, San Francisco, CA 94114. Anime UK , 3rd Floor, 70 Mortimer Street, London W1N 7DF UK. Antarctic, 7272 Wurzbach #204, San Antonio, TX 78240. 210-614-0396. Anthem Comics, 20 Fashion Roseway, 220W, Toronto, Ontario, M2N 6B5 CANADA. Apocalypse Ltd., Unit 3, 28 Canal St., South Wigston, Leicester, LE8 2PL, UK. Apple Press Inc., 25 Juniper Rd., Box 787, Bethel, CT 06801. Archie Comics, 325 Fayatte Ave, Mamaroneck, NY 10543. 914-381-5155. Arcomics, 218 East 24th Street, Elyria, OH 44035. Aria Press, 12638-28 Jefferson Ave #173, Newport News, VA 23602. 804-874-5247. Atomeka (c/o Kitchen Sink). Attic Books, 15 Danbury Road, Ridgefield, CT 06877. Avernus Comics, 906 South 18th Street, Lafayette, IN 47905. Axis Comics, 19591 Mack Avenue. Gross Pointe Woods, MI 48236. Babble On Press, 1715 Woodland Drive, Vancouver B.C., CANADA V5N 3N6. Bad Habits, PO Box 3684, Chico, CA 95927. Bangtro Comics, P.O. Box 138027, Chicago, IL 60613. 312-604-9103. Beanworld Press, P.O. Box 664, Wilmette, IL 60091. Bill Cole Enterprises, Box 60, Randolph, MA 0236-0060. 617-986-2653. Blackball, Unit 22, Eurolink Centre, 49 Effra Road, London, SW2 1BZ, UK. Blackbird Comics, 1201 Levison, Albert Lea, MN 56007. 507-377-8980. Black Eye, 338 Kribs St, Cambridge, Ontario, Canada N3C 3J3. 519-658-0416. Blackmore Publishing, 6281 S. Dolphin Dr., Floral City, FL 34436. Blackout Comics, 23 Lone Star Lane, Manalapan, NJ 07726. 908-446-7894. Blue Comet Press (c/o Heroic Publishing). Bongo Entertainment, 1999 Avenue of the Stars, LA, CA 90607. 310-788-1367. Boom Boom, P.O. Box 181, 4505 University Way NE, Seattle, WA 98105. Borthick, P.O. Box 890932, Oklahoma City, OK 73189. Brainstorm Comics Inc., 457 Main Street, Suite 162, Farmingdale, NY 11735. Bud Plant Comic Art, PO Box 1689, Grass Valley, CA 95945. 800-242-6642. CFD, 360-A W. Merrick Road, Suite 350, Valley Stream, NY 11580. Caliber Press, 11904 Farmington Road, Livonia, MI 48150. 313-425-7930. Cape City, 503 Pond Street, Bristol, PA 19007. Capital City, P.O. Box 8156, Madison, WI 53708. 608-223-2000. Cards Illustrated (c/o Warrior Publications) 515-280-3861. Cartoon Books, P.O. Box 1583, Los Gatos, CA 95031-1583. 408-353-8203/8881. Cat-Head Comics, P.O. Box 576, Hudson, MA 01749. Catalan Communications, 43 E. 19th Street, NY, NY 10003. 212-254-4996. Century Publishing, 990 Grove Street, Evanston, IL 60201. 708-491-6440. Chaos! Comics, 7349 Via Paseo Del Sur, Suite 515-208, Scottsdale, AZ 85258. Chiasmus Publishing, P.O. Box 19872, Kalamazoo, MI 49019. Claypool Comics, 647 Grand Avenue, Leonia, NJ 07605. Colin Upton, 6424 Chester, Vancouver, B.C., V5W 3C3, CANADA. Comely Communications Inc., 265 Massey Rd., Guelph, Ontario, N1K 1B2, CANADA. Comics Buyer's Guide, 700 E. State St., Iola, WI 54990. 715-445-2214/4087. Comics Hawaii Dist, 4420 Lawahana St #3, Honolulu, Hawaii 96818. Comics Values Monthly (c/o Attic Books). Continuity Publishing, 62 West 45th St., New York, NY 10036. 212-869-4170. Continum Comics, 70 East 10th Street SPT 2D, New York, NY 10012. Craig Baxter, 214 NW 4th Ave, Box 5, Gainesville, FL 32601. Cranial Stomp Comix, Route 1 Box 172-B1, Willard, MO 65781. Cult Press, 1047 West Carson St #3, Torrance, CA 90502. 370-328-5830. DC Comics, 1325 Avenue of the Americas, NY, NY 10019. 212-636-5400. Dagger Comics, 516 Oliver Road, Montgomery, AL 36117. Damage, P.O. Box 1773, Lynwood, CA 90262. Dark Horse Comics, 10956 SE Main St., Milwaukie, OR 97222. 503-652-8815. Dark Vision Studios, 826 Elm Street, Reading, PA 19605. Day One Comics, 1021 Arlington Blvd. Suite 912, Arlington VA 22209. Defiant, 232 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016. Diamond, 1966 Greenspring Dr, Timonium, MD 21093. 800-783-2981. Dimension X Inc., 17C Lion's Head Plaza, Suite 213, Somerdale, NJ 08083. Disney Comics, 500 S. Buena Vista St, Burbank, CA 91521. 818-567-5739. Double Diamond, 9300 Northgate Blvd #116, Austin, TX 78758. 512-837-5545. Drawn & Quarterly, 5550 Jeanne Mance St., #16, Montreal, Quebec H2V-4K6. Dreamhaven Books (c/o Palliard Press). Eclipse Books, P.O. Box 1099, Forestville, CA 95436. 707-887-1521. Egesta Comics, 35 Fulwell Circle, Downsview, Ontario, M3J 1Y4, CANADA. Epic Comics (c/o Marvel comics). Eros Comics, P.O. Box 25070, Seattle, WA 98125-1970. 800-657-1100. Eternity Comics (c/o Malibu). Eugenus, 3635 Hill Blvd, Suite 520, Jefferson Valley, NY 10535. Exhibit A Press, 4657 Cajon Way, San Diego, CA 11561. 619-286-6350. Express Press, 12253 Ohio St., Eureka, CA 95501. Fanny, 10 Acklam Road, Unit 6A, London, England W10 5QZ. Fantagor Press, P.O. Box 8632, Kansas City, MO 64114. 816-942-7805. Fantagraphics, 7563 Lake City Way NE, Seattle, WA 98115. 800-657-1100 Flashpoint Comics, P.O. Box 1529, New Port Richey, FL 34656. Fleetway, 3rd Floor, Greater London House, Hampstead Rd, London NW1 7QQ Friendly Frank's Distr., 908 Westgate, Addison, IL 60101. 708-543-1300. Gauntlet Comics (c/o Caliber Press). Gene Phillips, 2750 Holly Hall #1105, Houston, TX 77054. Genesis West Publishing, PO Box 845, Simi, CA 93062. 805-496-1178. Giant Ass Publishing, P.O. Box 214, New Haven, CT 06502. Gladstone, 212 S. Montezuma, Prescott AZ 86303. 602-776-1300. Golden Realm Unlimited Inc., FDR Station, Box 671, New York, NY 10150. Good Taste Products, P.O. Box 267869, Chicago, IL 60626. Gothic Images, c/o Terry Jackson, P.O. Box 44, Oklahoma City, OK 73008 Graph-X Press, P.O Box 32292, Tuscon, AZ 85751. Graphitti Designs, 1140 N Kraemer Blvd, Unit B, Anaheim CA 92806-1919. Hanthercraft Publications, P.O. Box 719, Corinth, MS 38834. Hard Boiled Comics (c/o Eros Comics). Harris Comics, 1115 Broadway, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10010. Harvey Comics, 100 Wilshire Blvd, Santa Monica, CA 91401. 310-451-3377. Heavy Metal, 584 Broadway, Suite 608, New York, NY 10012. Heebeejeebees, P.O. Box 20427, Seattle, WA 98102. Hero Illustrated (c/o Warrior Publications) 708-268-2498. Heroic, 6433 California Ave, Long Beach, CA 90805. 310-422-3528. Heroes World Dist, 961 Rt 10 E, RBC L, Randolph, NJ 07869. 201-927-4447. High Drive Publications, 4505 University Way NE, Box 536, Seattle, WA 98105. Highland Graphics, Box 88, Baddeck, Nova Scotia, CANADA. Humanity Inc., 77 West Main Street, Suite 115, Smithtown, NY 11787. Ianus, 5000 Iberville St, Studio #332, Montreal, Quebec, H2H 2S6 CANADA. Image Comics, 2400 E Katella Ave #1065, Anaheim, CA 92608. 714-634-4644. Joel Orff. P.O. Box 582953, Minneapolis, NM 55458-2953. King Hell Press; P.O. Box 1731; West Townshend, VT 05359. Kitchen Sink, 320 Riverside Dr., Northampton, MA 01060. 800-365-7465. Last Gasp, 777 Florida St, San Francisco, CA 94110. 800-848-4277. Lightning Comics, 19111 West 10 Mile Road, #200, Southfield, MI 48075. London Night Studios, P.O. Box 5249, Hickory, NC 28601. MBS Publishing Ltd., 4 Greenfield Rd, Old Swan, Liberpool, L13 3BN ENGLAND. MU Press (c/o Aeon). Mad Love, P.O. Box 61, Northampton, NN1 4DD, UK. Mad Monkey Press, 33 Villiers St, #105, Toronto, Ontario, M5A 1A9, CANADA. Magian Line, P.O. Box 170712, San Francisco, CA 94117. Makeshift Media, 6515 19th Avenue NW, Seattle, WA 98117. Malibu Comics, 26707 W. Agoura Rd, Calbasa, CA 91302. 818-878-7400/878-7455. Marvel Comics UK, 13/15 Arundel St., London, WC2R 3DX, UK. Marvel Comics, 387 Park Ave S., NY, NY 10016. 212-696-0808. Subsc 203-743-5331. Matt Feazell, c/o Not Available Comics, 3867 Bristow, Detroit MI 48212 Milestone Media, 119 West 23rd Street, Suite 409, New York, NY 10011. Millennium, 105 Edgewater Rd., Narragansett, RI 02882. 401-783-2843. Mirage Publications, P.O. Box 486, Northhampton, MA 01061. Mirage Studios, P.O. Box 417, Haydenville, MA 01039. Modern Historicality, P.O. Box 877, Tallahassee, FL 32302. Mojo Press, P.O. Box 140005, Austin, TX 78714. 512-926-7360 Monster Comics (c/o Eros Comics). Mulehide Graphics, P.O. Box 5844, Bellingham WA 98227-5844, USA. NBM, 185 Madison Ave., Ste. 1502, New York, NY, 10016 NEC, P.O. Box 310, Quincy, MA 02269. 617-783-1848. No Joke Productions, P.O. Box 50454, Austin, TX 78763-0454. Now Comics, 60 Revere Dr., #200, Northbrook, IL 60062. 708-205-2950. Oatmeal, 40 Moss Ave #204, Oakland, CA 94610-1301. Optic Nerve, P.O. Box 4025, Berkeley, CA 94704. Outside In, 8057 13th NW, Seattle, WA, 98117. Overstreet, P.O. Box 2610, Cleveland, TN 37320-2610. 615-472-4135. Palliard Press, 1309 4th St SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414-2029. 612-379-0657. Paragon Publicatons (c/o AC Comics). Pen & Ink, P.O. Box 549, El Centro, CA 92244. 619-352-5458. Perception Comics, P.O. Box 195, Lincoln, MO 65338. Peristaltic Press, P.O. Box 95973, Seattle, WA 98145. 206-329-2847. Planet Studios, P.O. Box 729, Chimayo, NM 87522. 505-351-4155. Protoplasm Press, 276 Mainsail Drive, Westerville, OH 43801. Pure Imagination, 88 Lexington Ave. 2E, New York, NY 10016. 212-682-0025. Radical Comix, P.O. Box 931054, Los Angeles, CA 90093. Raging Rhino, P.O. Box 618, Hollywood, FL 33022. Rebel Studios, 4716 Judy Court, Sacramento, CA 95841. 916-443-7629. RetroGrafix, M. Cohen, 2130 Williams #3, Bellingham, WA 98225. 206-647-2801. Revolutionary, 9528 Miramar Rd, #213, San Diego, CA 92126. 619-530-4800. Rip Off Press, P.O. Box 4686, Auburn, CA 95604. Rubber Blanket Press, PO Box 3067, Uptown Station, Hoboken, NJ 07030. Russ Cochran, P.O. Box 469, West Plains, MO 65775. 417-256-2224. SQP Productions, P.O. Box 4569, Toms River, NJ 08754. 908-505-8850. Schism Comics, 19785 West 12 Mile Rd, Suite 190, Southfield, MI 48076. Sean Bieri, 1521 Hubbard #4, Detroit, MI 48209. Shane Simmons, 733 43rd Avenue, Lachine, Quebec, H8T 2J5, CANADA. Simon Bosse, 564 Maple Street, St Lambert QC, CANADA J4P 2S7. Skin Graft, P.O. Box 257546, Chicago, IL 60625. Sky Comics, 264 Main Street, Florence, KY 41042. Slave Labor, 979 S. Bascom Ave., San Jose, CA 95128. 800-866-8929/408-279-0451. Starbur Corporation (c/o Caliber). 800-346-8940. Starhead Comix, P.O. Box 30044, Seattle, WA 98103. Starlog, 475 Park Avenue South, New York, New York 10016-6989. Strawberry Jelly Comix, 202 East Main Street, Apt G, Hahira, GA 31632. Taliesin Press, P.O. Box 40904, Mesa, AZ, 85274-0904. 602-464-2534 m-f. Thinkblots, Box 47536, 1-1020 Austin Ave, Coquitlam, BC, CANADA V3K 2A0 Titan Books Ltd., 58 St. Giles High St., London, WC2H 8LH, ENGLAND. Tome Press (c/o Caliber) Topps Comics, 254 36th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11232. Tragedy Strikes Press, 30 Wyndham St N, Guelph, Ontario, CANADA N1H 4E5. Triumphant Comics, 855-D Conklin Street, Farmingdale, NY 11735. Tundra (c/o Kitchen Sink) Tuscany, 1146 North Central, #365, Glendale, CA 91202. 818-507-4751. U.S. Manga, 250 West 57th St, Suite #317, NY, NY 10107. 1-800-MANGA-77. Ultracomics (c/o Harvey Comics). Valiant, 275 7th Ave, 14th Floor, NY, NY 10001. 212-366-4900. Vanguard Comics, 3000 Carlisle, #214, Dallas, TX 75204. 214-871-1180. Visual Assault, 2402 Bronx Park E, 1st Fl, Bronx, NY 10467. 718-519-8303. Viz, P.O. Box 77010, San Francisco, CA 94107. 415-546-7073. Warp Graphics, 43 Haight Ave, Poughkeepsie, NY 12603. 914-473-9277. Warrior Publications, 1920 Highland Ave, Suite 222, Lombard, IL 60148. Wayne A. Lee, #204-2256 Brunswick St., Vancouver, B.C., V5T 3L7, CANADA. Wizard, 100 B1 Red Schoolhouse Rd, Chestnut Ridge, NY 10977. 914-268-2000. ------------------------------- End Knots --------- Hope you liked it, please feel free to send in stuff. We want whatever you can give. 'The Saint' if you are still out there could you let me know? A HUGE thanks goes to John Macauley for taking on the job of the Subscriptions. God bless his wonderful soul. If you haven't already done so, SUBSCRIBE! Thanks to John, you can. (Thanks John). 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