Year: 1985

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MUPress #039


Two-color cover.
Magazine size?
The cover image in this entry was taken from a news release in Fan Scene #4 (Kevin Collier, 1985). A proper cover scan would be preferable.




Four printings.

Photo of Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird.

Stick figure jam comic between the APC, High School Comics and Not Available guys.
Some copies were untrimmed/unstapled and designed to unfold.

Mini collection of loopy, goopy jam drawings by Jeff Gaither and Bill Fitts.

Published in 1985, released to the public in '86.


Full-color covers on glossy stock, b&w interiors.

Comix by Nicholson (full name unknown). A story starring Rambo, a Jack Kerouac parody, more.

Some (if not all) copies have hand-airbrushed covers.

Generally speaking, Not Available printings beyond the 1st have a datestamp on the front or back cover which is the printing date of the batch that copy was from. Matt Feazell says those post-1st printings were usually 60 copies or fewer.
1st printing: June 20, 1985
Other known printings:

"A collection of Cynicalman drawings by comics fans attending the Charlotte Alternacon, April 21, 1985."
There may be more contributors than listed above.
Generally speaking, Not Available printings beyond the 1st have a datestamp on the front or back cover which is the printing date of the batch that copy was from. Matt Feazell says those post-1st printings were usually 60 copies or fewer.
1st printing: ?
Other known printings:
September 6, [no year in datestamp]

Cynicalman drawings by attendees of the 1985 Chicago ComiCon.
There may be more contributors than listed above.
Generally speaking, Not Available printings beyond the 1st have a datestamp on the front or back cover which is the printing date of the batch that copy was from. Matt Feazell says those post-1st printings were usually 60 copies or fewer.
1st printing appears to be July 1985.
Other known printings:
April 30, 1986
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