Once I’d discovered the small press underground I was pretty active. From 1989 until about 1992 or 1993 I published 19 minicomics and contributed to countless minicomics and zines. (I also drew five issues of Misspent Youths in 1990/91.) I should have samples of most of that work in the stack of boxes that sitting my “library”. If I ever sort those boxes I might find the title of the zine this illustration was submitted to. It and three others (to follow) were submitted for cover illustrations. I know at least two of them were used but I don’t remember which two.
Lifeforms Unlimited 1990
This was a logo done in 1990 for a friend for a t-shirt design. Lifeforms Unlimited was … not exactly a company. It wasn’t a club or an organization. It was sort of the handle of a group of people who hung out and partied together. I still know most of them. The friend who commission the logo however, him I’ve lost track of.
Mother and Child 1990
This is the last of the Factsheet Five submissions from that sketchbook. It’s not the last piece of art from 1990. I’ve still got a few examples to show you.
Heartless 1990
By now it probably looks like most of my submissions to Factsheet Five were horror themed. A lot of them were. A lot of them weren’t. The ones that weren’t were not in the sketchbook I scanned for this set of posts. Of course, if you’ve been reading this blog for any length of time you know I am a big fan of monsters and icky things. Not much has changed since 1990. Heck, not much has changed since 1967 or so, the year I found out about dinosaurs. I’ve got drawings that my mother saved from the really old days. But I’ll spare you those. At least for now.
Face Off 1990
Factsheet Five art submission from 1990.
Bondage 1990
For this illustration I tried to experiment with different tones by shading with pencil. The art was then photocopied (not scanned – this was 1990, I didn’t own a computer) and then mailed (not emailed, no internet) to Factsheet Five. By the time the art saw print (if it saw print) the pencil shading would have blurred into an interesting texture.
Misc 1990
Mike Gunderloy broke down his reviews in Factsheet Five into different categories. Each category got its own graphic. This was my submission for the Misc section.
Tacky 1990
Spot illustration for Factsheet Five.
Ouch?
Candle in Tentacle 1990
Another spot illustration for Factsheet Five, drawn in 1990. What nefarious doings is this creature engaged in?
Scream 1990
Another spot illustration submitted to Factsheet Five in 1990. At the time I was using a lot of stippling in my illustrations. I like the ethereal look the technique can give an illustration. I’d probably still use it now and then if it wasn’t so time consuming.
