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Writers / Artists: Brian Buniak

Cartoon Loonacy #035

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Some of the contents include: Mike Kazaleh's comics adaptation of Bob Dylan's "Subterranean Homesick Blues", Hank Arakelian's four-page article on Gustave Verbeck's "Incredible Upsidedowns", and a couple of (presumably previously unpublished) Frank Thorne sketches.

Characters appearing in art and comics include: Superswine, Pogo, Harold (he of the Purple Crayon), Gumby and Morty the Dog.

Fewer than 50 copies usually printed (probably more like 25).

Cartoon Loonacy #036

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This issue contains a 15-page story by Brian Buniak that stars Bettie Page and his characters Apricot O'Toon & Babette Quark. It's kind of a talk-show format and features guest panels drawn by Kurt Schaffenberger, Bob Laughlin, Gary Fields, Howard Simpson, George Erling, Howard Bender and Mark Campos.

Other standouts include: TV Guide parody cover by Buniak and three pages of Gene Deitch illustrations from The Record Changer.

Characters appearing in art and comics include: Wolverine, Cap'n Crunch, Stan Lee, Howard the Duck, Joe Camel, Fred Hembeck, Bazooka Joe, Moebius' Arzach, Rocky Squirrel, Cathy, Flattop, Astro Boy, Kermit the Frog, Goofy, Superman, Kitz 'n' Katz, Krazy Kat, Mr. Natural, Joe Matt, Barney the Dinosaur, Beany & Cecil, the Cat in the Hat, Wile E. Coyote, Joe Tater, Bill Clinton, Jessica Rabbit, Dagwood Bumstead, Captain Haddock and Ren & Stimpy.

Fewer than 50 copies usually printed (probably more like 25).

Cartoon Loonacy #037

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Characters appearing in art and comics include: Sylvester Stallone / Rambo, Linus Van Pelt, Dr. Doom, Dr. Radium and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.

This issue also came with a copy of Shel-Tone Catalog #2 (1993).

Fewer than 50 copies usually printed (probably more like 25).

Cartoon Loonacy #039

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Some of this issue's contents: Mark Campos' E.C. Comics-reminiscent cover, Brian Buniak's indepth analysis of Don Bluth's Thumbelina, a fold-out Buniak poster, a four-page jam comic between Gary Usher, Jeff Zenick and Jim Conatser.

Characters appearing in art and comics include: Bullwinkle Moose, Superman, Christopher Reeve, George Reeves, Margot Kidder, Noel Neill, Bert and Ernie, Big Bird, Oscar the Grouch, Snuffleupagus and Morty the Dog.

This issue also includes a Buniak flyer insert.

Cartoon Loonacy #040

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Some of this issue's contents: a Pee-Wee Herman fold-out poster by Buniak, Gary Usher's three-page comics adapation of Gary Roberts and the Satellites' "Do You Know the Difference Between Big Wood and Brush", Max Traffic's original zebra print (on heavy stock), candid photos of actresses Linnea Quigley and Lois Maxwell.

Characters appearing in art and comics include: Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Pepe LePew, Daffy Duck, Opus the penguin, Danny DeVito's Penguin, Judd Hirsch, Tim Burton, Sean Young, Kim Basinger, Warren Beatty, Yosemite Sam, Michigan J. Frog, Cher, Madonna, Melanie Griffith, Raquel Welch, Ellen Barkin, Lena Olin, Annette Bening, the Cat in the Hat, Hobbes, Barney Fife / Don Knotts, Felix the Cat, Garfield, Arsenio Hall, Danny Bonaduce, Bill Clinton and Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Cartoon Loonacy #041

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Some of this issue's contents: a couple of pages of Gene Deitch drawings (from the Record Changer, I think), Scott Saavedra's story of meeting Jack Kirby, a reprinting of the George Erling / Craig Yoe jam cover to Cartoon Loonacy #4, a fold-out with a Bill Holman "Smokey Stover" strip on one side and a Gene Ahern "Squirrel Cage" on the other, Brian Buniak's "How Not to Write Elfquest: New Blood", Buniak's three-page article on the film "Jack the Giant Killer", Buniak's fold-out poster of Bernie Goetz (!).

Characters appearing in art and comics include: Laurel and Hardy, Rocko's Modern Life, Nancy Ritz, Little Lulu, cast of Beverly Hills 90210, Ted Kennedy, Bart Simpson.

Fewer than 50 copies usually printed (probably more like 25).

Cartoon Loonacy #042

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Some of this issue's contents: a jam page by Steve Willis & Hank Arakelian based on Gustave Verbeck's "Upsidedowns"; a foldout poster of Rhett Butler & Scarlett O'Hara by Brian Buniak.

Characters appearing in art and comics include: Morty the Dog, TMNT, Hobbes, Madonna, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Arsenio Hall, Tom Cruise, Danny DeVito, Ed Sullivan, Ralph Kramden / Jackie Gleason, the Three Stooges, Jack Benny, Rochester, Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh.

Gary Fields provides a two-panel sneak peek at "The Toonage Mutant Ninja Turtle", a 17-page Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles story that was originally intended for "a TMNT special which was canceled before it saw print" (for the Archie line, I believe).

This issue also included two flyer inserts.

Fewer than 50 copies usually printed (probably more like 25).

Cartoon Loonacy #043

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Some of this issue's contents: a cartoon tribute to MAD Magazine's Alfred E. Neuman (originally done for the San Diego con program) by Pete Fitzgerald; a five-page "Romwald vs the State" comic by Vince Kimszal, Tim Corrigan and Brian Buniak originally planned for the Comix Unlimited fanzine in the mid '70s but never published; a foldout poster by Brian Buniak of Arnold Schwarzenegger as Conan the Barbarian.

Characters appearing in art and comics include Garfield & Odie, Batman, Davy Crockett, Green Lantern, Bugs Bunny, Jughead, Archie, Casper, Space Ghost, Mickey Mouse and They Might Be Giants' John Linnell and John Flansburgh.

This issue also included two flyer inserts.

Fewer than 50 copies printed (probably more like 25).

Cartoon Loonacy #044

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Some of this issue's contents: "Surrealism", a two-color collage illustration by Jim Ryan; two installments of 'Sherlock Holmes' Crime Scene Chronicles' by Jack C. Harris and Howard Bender.

Characters appearing in art and comics include: the Yellow Kid, Frankenstein, Mr. Spock, Mr. T, Herve Villechaize, Ralph Kramden / Jackie Gleason, W.C. Fields, Abraham Lincoln.

This issue also came with a glossy 10 × 8" promo illustration of the Three Stooges by Brian Buniak.

Despite what the cover says this is issue #44.

Fewer than 50 copies printed (probably more like 25).

Cartoon Loonacy #045

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Some of this issue's contents: five pages of Kazaleh material originally done for the Ren & Stimpy comic but never published; a nine-page jam comic by Hilary Barta, Scott Beaderstadt, Howard Bender, Brian Buniak, Daryll Collins, Barry Crain, George Erling, Pete Fitzgerald, Greg Gill, Mike Kazaleh, Brian Thomas and Bill Wray; a one-page jam drawing by Brad Foster, David Tosh, Wayne Truman, Craig Miller and Ben Dunn.

Characters appearing in art and comics include: Ren & Stimpy, Tor Johnson, Godzilla, Beetle Bailey's Sarge, Ted Danson, O.J. Simpson, Davy Crockett, Dudley Do-Right, Frankenstein, the Seven Dwarfs, Andy Capp, Dick Tracy and Santa Claus.

This issue also included a two-color Christmas card by Daryll Collins and a Max Traffic flyer insert.

Cartoon Loonacy #047

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Some of this issue's contents: three pages of Roger Langridge "Fred the Clown" strips (still called "Bill the Clown" at this point); a page of sketches collected at a convention (drawings by Jim Woodring, Peter Bagge, Mary Fleener, Roberta Gregory and David Lasky); gorgeous back cover by Hilary Barta.

Characters appearing in art and comics include: Bazooka Joe, Popeye, Little Orphan Annie, Zone, Jack Abel, Frank, Buddy Bradley and Bitchy Bitch.

Fewer than 50 copies printed (probably more like 25)

Cartoon Loonacy #048

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Some of this issue's contents: a seven-page comic by Mike Kazaleh starring Ed "Big Daddy" Roth's Rat Fink and family (I'm unsure whether this remains otherwise unpublished or not); a two-page jam comic by Brian Buniak, Jim Ryan, Gary Usher, George Erling, Pete Fitzgerald & Hilary Barta; a foldout poster of Marilyn Monroe by Brian Buniak; Gary Usher provides a checklist of John Edgar's work (he'd recently passed away).

Characters appearing in art and comics include: Rat Fink, Superswine, Cathy, Nancy Ritz, Daffy Duck, Little Lulu, Zippy the Pinhead (as a woman), Daredevil.

Fewer than 50 copies printed (probably more like 25).

Cartoon Loonacy #052

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The general theme for this issue is a tribute to Clay Geerdes who'd passed in 1997.

Some of the contents include: a reprinting of Geerdes' "Newave Manifesto"; past Comix World newsletter logos by Gilbert Shelton, S. Clay Wilson, John Edgar, Rick Geary, Bob Vojtko, J.R. Williams, Jim Valentino, Dave Sim, Larry Todd, Spain, Scott Shaw!, Grass Green, Trina Robbins, Gary Whitney, Par Holman and others; samples from Comix World including art by Kevin Eastman, George Kochell, John Howard and Spain; "James Kochalka, Super Waiter" strips by David Lasky; Virgil Partch gag cartoons; a printed version of Willis' Morty Comix #2083 (7/26/97)

Characters appearing in art and comics include: Cerebus, Fat Freddy's Cat, Panda Khan, Green Lantern, Megaton Man, Mr. Monster, Antisocialman, Tor Johnson, Dick Tracy, John Wayne, Fred Flintstone, Barney Rubble, Patrick Stewart/Jean-Luc Picard, Doctor Sputnik

Fewer than 50 copies usually printed (probably more like 25).

Centrail Mailer for this issue: Bruce Chrislip?

Cartoon Loonacy #053

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Some of this issue's contents: six pages of Langridge's "Fred the Clown" strips (still called "Bill the Clown" at this point); a Skinned-Alive Boy strip by Traffic and Edward Bolman; more.

Characters appearing in art and comics include: Santa Claus, Calvin & Hobbes, The Family Circus, Fred the Clown, and Salvador Dali.

The cover is a Christmas collage of work by Jaime Hernandez, Jim Valentino, Bruce Chrislip and others. This issue also included a flyer insert that's a one-page jam comic (with the last panel blank) by Darryl Cunningham, Caspar Williams, Vic Pratt, Steve Willis and others.

Central Mailer for this issue: Bruce Chrislip

Fewer than 50 copies printed but probably more like 25.

This mailing also included a copy of Mike Kazaleh's Line the Dustbin Funnies #1 comic book.

Cartoon Loonacy #054

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Some of this issue's contents: 17 pages of b-movie reviews by Mike Bannon and Pete Fitzgerald (lots of poster/ad repros too); Bruce Chrislip discusses the number of times he's been drawn as a comic book character (with relevant panels reproduced by Steve Willis, George Metzger, Peter Bagge); "Seventeen Minute Pit-Bull Funnies" by Jim Ryan; a one-page jam comic by Darryl Cunningham, Caspar Williams, Steve Willis, Bruce Chrislip & others; a "Peanuts" parody of sorts by Mike Kazaleh.

Characters appearing in art and comics include: Fred MacMurray, Richard Deacon, Little Lulu, Lucy Van Pelt, Gumby, Zorak, Bob's Big Boy, Skidoo (from Felix the Cat).

Central Mailer for this issue: Bruce Chrislip

Cartoon Loonacy #055

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Characters appearing in art and comics include: Mama Cass, Kurt Bloch (Young Fresh Fellows), Elvis Costello, Jerry the Vampire

Central Mailer for this issue: Mark Campos

This issue also included inserts by Buniak (an Apricot O'Toon mini-comic), Siergey (?), and Roger Langridge (a mini-comic collecting redrawn stories he'd done for Marvel's A1 anthology).

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