90s Mini-Comics Oral History Archives 90s Mini Comics Oral Histories

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Saša Rakezić (born 1963 in Pančevo, Serbia), better known by his pen name Aleksandar Zograf, is a Serbian cartoonist, who was working in the former Yugoslavia in the 80s and 90s. His was the main -and sometimes only- cartooning voice that many in the United States knew of from that region, and was very active in American mini-comics and underground publishing. Chris Lanier, on Zograf's website, writes, "Zograf's email dispatches (later collected in a book titled "Bulletins from Serbia," published by Slab-O-Concrete), ... talked about the images on Serbian TV, which mixed together old Yugoslavian war movies, Disney films, and news footage of gypsies taking scrap metal from a downed F-117 NATO plane. He mentioned the email battle of insults which took place after some Italians got hold of the email addresses of American bomber pilots, and forwarded them to Serbian friends living in towns that were slated for attack. He told how a refinery near his home was bombed, and released a cloud of steam that engulfed the area. He and his wife looked out the window of their flat, and "we saw just white fog, as if the whole world had disappeared..."


His many works include books about this time, Life Under Sanctions and Bulletins from Serbia, but he also created many dream comics, notably Psychonaut, and Dream Watcher.



His website is http://www.aleksandarzograf.com/http://www.aleksandarzograf.com/



We're very honored he spoke with us.

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90’S Mini-comics oral history project
Imagine… waiting two weeks to know if you got a LIKE.


Imagine taking an all nighter, a bunch of stapling and two trip to the copy store and post office in the cold to make a POST. In the decade before the internet, people made comics, and reached out to each other. They shared, they liked and loved. They connected through the mail, and through meet-ups and festivals.


This project 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.) These audio/video archives will exist at the University of Florida’s Digital Repository as well as the Sequential Artists Workshop’s Youtube channel and podcast links. In partnership with the University of Florida Samuel Proctor Oral History Project,The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum,and Spit and a Half Distribution. Project Head: Tom Hart, Sequential Artists Workshop Assistant Director: Emma Jensen, Sequential Artists Workshop Consultants: Megan Kelso, Tom Devlin, Matt Madden, Jessica Abel, Caitlin McGurk, Rob Clough https://www.sequentialartistsworkshop...


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Enjoy this interview with Tom Motley who treated us to page by page review of an issue of the Fandom House catalog from the early 90s and showing us so many of the things that were available in the catalog. This is a very visual episode, but you'll also hear grat stories, giving us context and a few really interesting cultural threads in there too.

I'm really happy Tom could come on and share with us. Tom is a kind soul and a really interesting creative thinker-- someone who's going to be experimenting and looking for how the medium works, but also celebrating the stranger more marginal ways in which people have made comics, and celebrating the stranger and more marginal creators.

It's great to have him as our guide, through this, walk through 80s and 90s mini-comics. Enjoy.

Thanks for listening!



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90’S Mini-comics oral history project
Imagine… waiting two weeks to know if you got a LIKE.


Imagine taking an all nighter, a bunch of stapling and two trip to the copy store and post office in the cold to make a POST. In the decade before the internet, people made comics, and reached out to each other. They shared, they liked and loved. They connected through the mail, and through meet-ups and festivals.


This project 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.) These audio/video archives will exist at the University of Florida’s Digital Repository as well as the Sequential Artists Workshop’s Youtube channel and podcast links. In partnership with the University of Florida Samuel Proctor Oral History Project,The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum,and Spit and a Half Distribution. Project Head: Tom Hart, Sequential Artists Workshop Assistant Director: Emma Jensen, Sequential Artists Workshop Consultants: Megan Kelso, Tom Devlin, Matt Madden, Jessica Abel, Caitlin McGurk, Rob Clough https://www.sequentialartistsworkshop...


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Joe Chiappetta is the creator of the much loved comic series, Silly Daddy. From his Wikipedia: Chiappetta began publishing Silly Daddy in 1991. A graphic novel collection of his work came out in 1994, featuring a decade of art. Chiappetta began posting Silly Daddy as a webcomic in 2004, and moved it to Blogger in early 2007.Born out of the American Independent Comics Movement, the comic started shortly after the birth of his first child in 1991, artist Joe Chiappetta began his career as "Silly Daddy", a mostly autobiographical comic series centered on his experience (and lack thereof) as a father. Major themes in this eclectic series include parenting, family relationships, goofing off, the search for joy and meaning in life, and redemption. The print comic version and the webcomic have elements of humor, surrealism, and slice-of-life observations.

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90’S Mini-comics oral history project
Imagine… waiting two weeks to know if you got a LIKE.


Imagine taking an all nighter, a bunch of stapling and two trip to the copy store and post office in the cold to make a POST. In the decade before the internet, people made comics, and reached out to each other. They shared, they liked and loved. They connected through the mail, and through meet-ups and festivals.


This project 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.) These audio/video archives will exist at the University of Florida’s Digital Repository as well as the Sequential Artists Workshop’s Youtube channel and podcast links. In partnership with the University of Florida Samuel Proctor Oral History Project,The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum,and Spit and a Half Distribution. Project Head: Tom Hart, Sequential Artists Workshop Assistant Director: Emma Jensen, Sequential Artists Workshop Consultants: Megan Kelso, Tom Devlin, Matt Madden, Jessica Abel, Caitlin McGurk, Rob Clough https://www.sequentialartistsworkshop...


💬 Find SAW on Instagram -   / comicsworkshop  
Twitter/X -   / comicsworkshop  
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Peter S. Conrad is a cartoonist best known for Attempted Not Known, Vidrio Cafe, and This Was 2020. He has been making comics from the San Jose, California area for decades. You can find his online work at https://attemptednotknown.com/ and http://www.vidriocafe.com/



https://www.sequentialartistsworkshop.org/90s-oral-history-project



90’S Mini-comics oral history project

Imagine… waiting two weeks to know if you got a LIKE.



Imagine taking an all nighter, a bunch of stapling and two trip to the copy store and post office in the cold to make a POST. In the decade before the internet, people made comics, and reached out to each other. They shared, they liked and loved. They connected through the mail, and through meet-ups and festivals.



This project 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.) These audio/video archives will exist at the University of Florida’s Digital Repository as well as the Sequential Artists Workshop’s Youtube channel and podcast links. In partnership with the University of Florida Samuel Proctor Oral History Project,The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum,and Spit and a Half Distribution. Project Head: Tom Hart, Sequential Artists Workshop Assistant Director: Emma Jensen, Sequential Artists Workshop Consultants: Megan Kelso, Tom Devlin, Matt Madden, Jessica Abel, Caitlin McGurk, Rob Clough https://www.sequentialartistsworkshop...



💬 Find SAW on Instagram -   / comicsworkshop  

Twitter/X -   / comicsworkshop  

Facebook -   / sequentialartistsworkshop  

Substack - https://sawcomics.substack.com/

💬 DONATIONS SAW Comics is a 501C-3 non-profit and we thrive on your support and donations!

You can support us on Patreon at   / sawcomics  

Or become a sustaining donor: ➡️➡️ https://learn.sawcomics.org/courses/saw-sustaining-member-donation

Thank you!

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Roberta Gregory is the legendary, groundbreaking cartoonist, the first woman to self-publish a full length solo comic, Dynamite Damsels in 1976 and she has continued to be involved in mini-comics and self-publishing through the 2000s. She's contributed to Gay Comix, Wimmen's Comix, Tits & Clits and is the solo author of Bitchy Bitch, Winging It, Sheila and the Unicorn and many more.

Thanks for listening!
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90’S Mini-comics oral history project
Imagine… waiting two weeks to know if you got a LIKE.


Imagine taking an all nighter, a bunch of stapling and two trip to the copy store and post office in the cold to make a POST. In the decade before the internet, people made comics, and reached out to each other. They shared, they liked and loved. They connected through the mail, and through meet-ups and festivals.


This project 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.) These audio/video archives will exist at the University of Florida’s Digital Repository as well as the Sequential Artists Workshop’s Youtube channel and podcast links. In partnership with the University of Florida Samuel Proctor Oral History Project,The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum,and Spit and a Half Distribution. Project Head: Tom Hart, Sequential Artists Workshop Assistant Director: Emma Jensen, Sequential Artists Workshop Consultants: Megan Kelso, Tom Devlin, Matt Madden, Jessica Abel, Caitlin McGurk, Rob Clough https://www.sequentialartistsworkshop...


💬 Find SAW on Instagram -   / comicsworkshop  
Twitter/X -   / comicsworkshop  
Facebook -   / sequentialartistsworkshop  
Substack - https://sawcomics.substack.com/
💬 DONATIONS SAW Comics is a 501C-3 non-profit and we thrive on your support and donations!
You can support us on Patreon at   / sawcomics  
Or become a sustaining donor at https://learn.sawcomics.org/courses/s...
Or become a sustaining donor: ➡️➡️ https://learn.sawcomics.org/courses/s...
Thank you!


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Fred Noland's specialty is visual storytelling, whether in animation, comics, or illustration. Noland’s comics have appeared in the New Yorker, Popula and the East Bay Express. His illustrations have appeared in LA Weekly, Nickelodeon Jr., Xbox Magazine, Revolver, Canoe & Kayak and more. He was the chief artist on the animated short series “Priced Out” which has been shown world-wide. His graphic novel biography about turn-of-the-century champion cyclist Major Taylor is scheduled for release from Drawn & Quarterly in 2025.



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.)