Chicago
A gritty, urban, terrifying memoir of life on Chicago’s mean streets in 1977. At age 19 Glen experiences homelessness, starvation, despair and comix! Riveting!
Date: 2015
BOOKS & PUBLICATIONS
Hotwire Comics Vol 1, 2, 3
A comix anthology aimed at bringing back some of the pulpy edginess of old crime comics as well as the 1960s’ U.G.s.
Date: 2006, 2008, 2009
Hotwire Comics Vol 1 On Amazon
Hotwire Comics Vol 2 On Amazon
Hotwire Comics Vol 3 On Amazon
Zero Zero
A comix anthology—edited by the late, lamented Kim Thompson—includes some of the best cartoonists of the 1990s.
Date: 1995-1997
Zero Zero #19 On Amazon
Zero Zero #20 On Amazon
Guttersnipe #2
The continuing collection of zesty tales, both autobiographical and fantastical about life in some dangerous places.
Date: 1996
Guttersnipe #2 (1996) On Amazon
Guttersnipe #1
A collection of zesty tales, both autobiographical and fantastical about life in some dangerous places. Anthropomorphic flowers, serial killing snakes, booze, porn, other niceties.
Date: 1994
Guttersnipe #1 (1994) On Amazon
Snake Eyes
A comix anthology (editors: Glenn Head and Kaz) with a lot of the best comix talent going at the time.
Date: 1990, 1992, 2001
Snake Eyes #1 (1990) On Amazon
Snake Eyes #2 (1992) On Amazon
Snake Eyes #3 (2001) On Amazon
Avenue D
An expanded edition with yet more hilarious urban wretchedness. Introduction by Kim Deitch.
Date: 2001
Avenue D On Amazon
Avenue D – 1986
Life and death on the lower east side. Gritty tales of urban woe and street level squalor. Self published.
Date: 1986
Avenue D (1986) On Amazon
Weirdo
Robert Crumb’s comix anthology brought together some of the best, the craziest and the most you-name-it cartoonists to Weirdo between 1981 and 1993.
Date: 1989
Weirdo On Amazon
Bad News
Comix anthology put together by Art Spiegelman’s S.V.A. independent study class. Bad News #1 and #2 are self-published. Bad News #3 was edited by Paul Karasik and Mark Newgarden, published by Fantagraphics.
Date: 1983, 1984, 1988
Mind Riot: Coming of Age in Comix
An autobiography anthology about teenagers. Count on the big names (Simon & Schuster) to screw you! They printed my strip minus one page, no apology, no excuse, nothing! Yeesh!
Date: 1997
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