90s Mini-Comics Oral History Archives

Lark Pien is the author of Long Tail Kitty, Mr. Elephanter, Mr Boombha, and more! The 90s Mini Comics Oral History aims to collect the stories of ANYONE who made self-published mini-comics in the roughly 10 years before the broad acceptance of the internet (the 90’s, give or take.)

Robyn Chapman is the proprietor of the press Paper Rocket Mini-Comics and author of True Porn, American Cult, Drawing Comics Lab, and more! The 90s Mini Comics Oral History aims to collect the stories of ANYONE who made self-published mini-comics in the roughly 10 years before the broad acceptance of the internet (the 90’s, give or take.)

Jodie Corney is the author of the comic Pretend Best Friend! The 90s Mini Comics Oral History aims to collect the stories of ANYONE who made self-published mini-comics in the roughly 10 years before the broad acceptance of the internet (the 90’s, give or take.)

Robyn Adams is the creator of Homozone 5 and contributor to Theatre of Terror: Revenge of the Queers, and Prism Comics Alphabet anthology. The 90s Mini Comics Oral History aims to collect the stories of ANYONE who made self-published mini-comics in the roughly 10 years before the broad acceptance of the internet (the 90’s, give or take.)

Jesse Reklaw is the author of Couch Tag, Keeping Score, Lovf, The Night of Your Life, Dreamtoons, and more! The 90s Mini Comics Oral History aims to collect the stories of ANYONE who made self-published mini-comics in the roughly 10 years before the broad acceptance of the internet (the 90’s, give or take.)

Michael Comeau is the author of Hellberta, Winter Cosmos, and Slomeauzine! The 90s Mini Comics Oral History aims to collect the stories of ANYONE who made self-published mini-comics in the roughly 10 years before the broad acceptance of the internet (the 90’s, give or take.)

John Kelly is the creator, editor, and publisher of the Dummy zine! The 90s Mini Comics Oral History aims to collect the stories of ANYONE who made self-published mini-comics in the roughly 10 years before the broad acceptance of the internet (the 90’s, give or take.)

Seena Shamsavari is the author of Boy Crazy Boy, Concerned Muthers, Atash and the Man-Gods of the Homoverse, and more! The 90s Mini Comics Oral History aims to collect the stories of ANYONE who made self-published mini-comics in the roughly 10 years before the broad acceptance of the internet (the 90’s, give or take.)

Trevor Alixopulos is the author of Lipstick Traces, The Hot Breath of War, and more! The 90s Mini Comics Oral History aims to collect the stories of ANYONE who made self-published mini-comics in the roughly 10 years before the broad acceptance of the internet (the 90’s, give or take.)

Mark Connery is the author of Rudy, Melamine Car Bomb, and more! The 90s Mini Comics Oral History aims to collect the stories of ANYONE who made self-published mini-comics in the roughly 10 years before the broad acceptance of the internet (the 90’s, give or take.)

Mike Taylor is the creator of Late Era Clash, Scenery, In Christ There Is No East or West, and more! The 90s Mini Comics Oral History aims to collect the stories of ANYONE who made self-published mini-comics in the roughly 10 years before the broad acceptance of the internet (the 90’s, give or take.)

Mark Newgarden was a regular contributor to Raw Magazine and is the author of We All Die Alone, How to Read Nancy, Cheap Laffs, and more! The 90s Mini Comics Oral History aims to collect the stories of ANYONE who made self-published mini-comics in the roughly 10 years before the broad acceptance of the internet (the 90’s, give or take.)

David Kiersh is the creator of After School Special, Dirtbags, and more! The 90s Mini Comics Oral History aims to collect the stories of ANYONE who made self-published mini-comics in the roughly 10 years before the broad acceptance of the internet (the 90’s, give or take.)

Fiona Smyth is the creator of Cheez, Sex is a Funny Word, Somnambulance, The Never Weres, and more! The 90s Mini Comics Oral History aims to collect the stories of ANYONE who made self-published mini-comics in the roughly 10 years before the broad acceptance of the internet (the 90’s, give or take.)

Megan Kelso is the creator of Artichoke Tales, The Squirrel Mother, Queen of the Black Black and more! The 90s Mini Comics Oral History aims to collect the stories of ANYONE who made self-published mini-comics in the roughly 10 years before the broad acceptance of the internet (the 90’s, give or take.)

Vanessa Davis is the creator of Spaniel Rage and Make Me a Woman! The 90s Mini Comics Oral History aims to collect the stories of ANYONE who made self-published mini-comics in the roughly 10 years before the broad acceptance of the internet (the 90’s, give or take.)

Diane DiMassa is the creator of Hothead Paisan: Homicidal Lesbian Terrorist, the iconic alternative comic! The 90s Mini Comics Oral History aims to collect the stories of ANYONE who made self-published mini-comics in the roughly 10 years before the broad acceptance of the internet (the 90’s, give or take.)

Paul Pope is the creator of Batman: Year 100, Battling Boys, THB, Heavy Liquid, and more! The 90s Mini Comics Oral History aims to collect the stories of ANYONE who made self-published mini-comics in the roughly 10 years before the broad acceptance of the internet (the 90’s, give or take.)

We're really honored to feature Craig Thompson. Craig is arguably one of the best cartoonists of his generation. In addition to having sold tons of books, he's also got a beautiful way with words and pictures and has garnered the appreciation of hundreds and thousands of people, including a lot of artists. So, it's wonderful to sit down with him, and it was really kind of a shock to hear him name me as one of his early inspirations; that's very kind. And Craig also expands the web by mentioning some other people at the end of this interview that we should be contacting. But more importantly, I want to talk about how that web expanded, because we went to a little, not only out of the way, but sort of secret cafe in Providence, Rhode Island to film this interview. It's surrounded by artist lofts, and we hadn't even started yet, and we're filming outside, and a woman, Claire, came up to us and we had her ask the questions because she was interested in what we were doing. By the tail end of this interview, and especially after the interview, we realized that Claire was deeply interested in these values. So much so that she was probably living them more than Craig or I. She and her partner, Femi, who also appeared for a few moments in the interview, have an art studio nearby where they host events and have art shows, and Claire, for instance, hates Instagram had some things to say about the soothing scrolling that is hurting her generation. And way more interestingly., the way you find out about events in their art studio is, you have to call their landline, which is a rotary phone. And so we were really happy to connect with artists almost half our age, who really believed in the value of face-to-face contact and walking across town or walking from town to town, and reaching out the slow way, and the the mindful way and also the cumbersome way. We were really honored to to be speaking with them. It's in the interest of connecting all these generations that these oral histories have been started and preserved. So, I want to thank Claire and Femi, and I also want to thank Craig for sitting down with us, and thank what's left of the really interesting parts of Providence, Rhode Island for being there, and the secret cafe and everything else have a listen. Thanks!

Byron Black is a cartoonist known for his contributions to the National Fantasy Fan Federation, and for his own creation: The Steppenwolf Chronicles. The 90s Mini Comics Oral History aims to collect the stories of ANYONE who made self-published mini-comics in the roughly 10 years before the broad acceptance of the internet (the 90’s, give or take.)