Poems 5¢

Still not quite here, even when i'm here. So just going to run a short teaser now, and hopefully i'll be more functional after sleepage.

People may remember B. Kliban for creating Cat memes that fascinated folks in the USA to the point of obsession and near madness decades before the web, but how many remember him as one of this country's great poets of the '70s?

Let us look (as parsed through his comics) -

Hopefully more better brain in head later, with words and things.
See you  then.

cartoons by B. Kliban from Whack Your Porcupine And Other Drawings and Never Eat Anything Bigger Than Your Head & Other Drawings (1976-7)

C'mon In!

Nope.
Decided i'm not coming out of my head today.

Why don't you folks step inside for a few instead...
(with less drugs and more colour)

Nope. Not going out there today.

NOTE: Three images from this post contain nudity and have been moved to our back room for adult content. It's really minor stuff, and probably not worth the effort to go look. But should you desire to do so,
please follow this link to The Other Voice Of ODD! archive of the original post to view the artwork. 

stuff by Gilbert Shelton, Kelly Freas, B.Kliban, life, -3-, Forte...  man my brain ain'

Uncomics 002 - Nationally Screwed

NOTE: The images for this article have been moved to our back room following the restructure of this site due to adult content. (Yes, that includes the Will Eisner pages) The text remains for you to decide if you want to go look at the pictures. Please follow this link to The Other Voice Of ODD! archive of the original post to view the artwork.

I've mentioned that part of my Comic Archeology projects is mining through old men's magazines. Some may think this an odd choice of place to look. So let's take a look at National Screw magazine, launched by ... shall we say carnally-infamous publisher Al Goldstein back in 1976.

Right there on the cover - an interview with Bill Gaines - the father of EC comics and Mad Magazine - and an all new comic from comics legend Wally Wood! Turning to the table of contents, the comic art sensibility is immediately evident, with artwork outweighing photos for the article images.

Flip through the magazine and you'll find abundant levels of art illustrations (including Don Martin!) and comic strips...

...the beginning of a four issue serialization of Wally Wood's new (at the time) Malice In Wonderland...


...and even photo layouts in comic book form...


...closing with a Norml ad featuring art by B. Kliban. (another day)

Comics are right there in the magazine's DNA every bit as much as flesh, fetish, and assorted filth.

But enough of all that. We'll come back to some of that later, but that's not why we're here today, let's jump to issue #3 for today's feature comic. In the turbulent 70s, everyone needed a little help to completely grok the ever-changing world around them.

Boundaries were falling, horizons were expanding, and there were no maps to this strange new social territory. Where could people turn for guidance? Who could teach us how to live in these times?

The even more legendary Will Eisner steps up to help with his all too brief guide to The Quality Of Life:

Will Eisner's work from National Screw #3 (1977) all other art from National Screw #1 (1976)