Yeah! anthologies are the comp records of the comics world! No better way to check out a bunch of artists.
I really want to take another swing at doing an anthology magazine. Nix Comics Quarterly never took off quite like I wanted it to... I was maybe too precious about about what I wanted it to be as an editor/publisher. (That said I gave a lot of paid gigs to both veteran and new cartoonists/artists. I just think it could have gone farther if I hadn't held the reins so tight.)
I have so many favorites. The Back From The Grave series was probably the most influential on me. Something about that Mort Todd art connecting the music and format to old EC Comics really got my creative gears a poppin'!
Sure, I love those old garage comps (Highs in the Mid Sixties being my favorite, most groan-inducing title) as well as the bootleg punk ones later on, Killed By Death and the Bloodstains series
Related, in a Nuggets sorta way: one year while I was tabling at the annual WFMU record fair, Lenny Kaye came up to my table and said... something complimentary? I'm not sure what because I went full-on muddle-brained fanboy.
Yeah! anthologies are the comp records of the comics world! No better way to check out a bunch of artists.
I really want to take another swing at doing an anthology magazine. Nix Comics Quarterly never took off quite like I wanted it to... I was maybe too precious about about what I wanted it to be as an editor/publisher. (That said I gave a lot of paid gigs to both veteran and new cartoonists/artists. I just think it could have gone farther if I hadn't held the reins so tight.)
Absolutely similar to comp records. Some of my pivotal faves:
Tuatara (Flying Nun)
Wanna Buy a Bridge? (Rough Trade)
No New York
Ethiopiques vol. 1
Love’s a Real Thing and any number of recent African reissues from the 70s…
I have so many favorites. The Back From The Grave series was probably the most influential on me. Something about that Mort Todd art connecting the music and format to old EC Comics really got my creative gears a poppin'!
Sure, I love those old garage comps (Highs in the Mid Sixties being my favorite, most groan-inducing title) as well as the bootleg punk ones later on, Killed By Death and the Bloodstains series
Related, in a Nuggets sorta way: one year while I was tabling at the annual WFMU record fair, Lenny Kaye came up to my table and said... something complimentary? I'm not sure what because I went full-on muddle-brained fanboy.