Always glad to help, Bob,
hat or no hat, it's wonderful the stuff you can find on the web if you look - well, at least I'm constantly amazed by it. Rudy Franke was a local guy (San Jose) and we used to run into each other at the shops. He sort of introduced us to Corben and that's how we got him involved in Promethean. Same with Jonny Chambers. Man, those were wonderful days.
Peace, Jim (|:{>
I have original Biljo White art of the Eye, from Voice of Comicdom. It was done like a newspaper comic strip and VOC also had strips by Ron Foss, etc.par
The first Corben art I ever saw was "Monsters Rule" in VOC. That story attacks anti-miscegenation by having human - alien sex. I have always been amused by the bestiality aspect of Corben's Rowlf. (I'm poking Yoc and Narf now for partially gagging me.)
I still have multiple copies of Promethean Ent. #5, if mem. serves the one with R. Crumb interview and foldout Robert Williams cover painting. IMO Prometh. Ent. #5 was probably the best fanzine of all time.
Since I'm in a poking mood, Jim, do you think R. Crumb's Comics and Stories was autobiographical? Do you think that maybe Sandra Crumb's anger/hate of her brother R. arose from event like that in R. Crumb's Comics and Stories? Crumb was here in Richmond a few months ago, but I didn't go because I didn't want to PAY to see him, and I wasn't happy with the format of the discussion -- one of his friends asking him questions. I wonder if anyone ever asked him my question above.
I saw Ken Kesey at VCU (Richmond) at no charge. He seemed to indicate regret that excessive pot (etc.) use might make folks lazy and stupid.
I saw Arthur C. Clarke (accused by some of having been a pedophile -- he was openly bisexual) at VPI (Blacksburg VA) back circa 1968. He had been invited by a fellow colleague, a physics prof at VPI / Va Tech. Clarke answered questions about his sf and was very congenial. At that talk I met Steve Rasnic Tem only then he was (if mem. serves) Steve Rasnick. Rasnic Tem showed me an original Vaughn Bode drawing someone in N3F had GIVEN him!
I vaguely remember another fanzine associated(?) with Voice of Comicdom, if mem. serves published by Bill Dubay....
Peace and mischief!
Bob