Kitchen Sink 1974-84
The Spirit is a fictional masked crimefighter created by cartoonist Will Eisner.
Wow what a project! This took nearly a week to sort, number, resize, construct the sliders, look up the reference material for every page, dates, artists, stories per article. This is our 2nd biggest project ever, after Boris Karloff’s 97 issue Mystery Magazine. Many pages also needed reoriented and cropped in half to make 2 vertical pages. (more…)
Kitchen Sink/Last Gasp April 1976 – April 1978
Wet Satin: Women’s Erotic Fantasies is a two-issue series of erotic comics by women edited by Trina Robbins. The first issue was published by Kitchen Sink Press in 1976. In 1978, Last Gasp reprinted the first issue and published a second. (more…)
Kitchen Sink September 1990 – August 1991
An anthology of humor stories by independent comics artists, including early computer-generated art. (more…)
Kitchen Sink 1987
Alien Fire was a rare jewel among alternative comics of the 1980s: a wonderfully-illustrated science fiction story that was as elusive and beautiful as it was free of cliches. That very originality doomed it: the comic was cancelled (criminally, in my opinion) by Kitchen Sink Comics after only 3 issues, as sales plummeted. It was no Heavy Metal. (more…)
Krupp Comic Works – Kitchen Sink 1972
In 1971 cartoonist Jim Mitchell was an equity partner in Denis Kitchen’s Krupp Comic Works, which included divisions for comic books (Kitchen Sink Enterprises), greeting cards, collectors buttons, a mail order business, a head shop, and an underground comics syndicate. That same year, Mitchell introduced Kitchen to Tyler Lantzy and Dan Molidor, who had collaborated on their own comic book, Dirt Ball Funnies, that they hoped Kitchen Sink would publish. (more…)
Kitchen Sink 1991-92
From the creator of the 2005 hit graphic novel Black Hole comes this new softcover edition of his other masterpiece of modern horror. Big Baby is a particularly impressionable young boy named Tony Delmonte, who lives in a seemingly typical American suburb until he sneaks out of his room one night and becomes entangled in a horrific plot involving summer camp murders and backyard burials. Burns’ clinical precision as an artist adds a sinister chill to his droll sense of humor, and his affection for 20th-century pulp fiction permeates throughout, creating a brilliant narrative that perfectly captures the unease and fear of adolescence. (more…)
Kitchen Sink 1984-90
Megaton Man (civilian alter ego: Trent Phloog) is a satirical superhero created by cartoonist “Dandy Don” Simpson. A parody of the superhero genre, Megaton Man is a gigantically-muscled but dim-witted oaf who starred in Simpson’s cheerfully absurd stories. (more…)
Kitchen Sink et all 1959-1983
Harvey Kurtzman (/ˈkɜːrtsmən/; October 3, 1924 – February 21, 1993) was an American cartoonist and editor. His best-known work includes writing and editing the parodic comic book Mad from 1952 until 1956, and writing the Little Annie Fanny strips in Playboy from 1962 until 1988. His work is noted for its satire and parody of popular culture, social critique, and attention to detail. Kurtzman’s working method has been likened to that of an auteur, and he expected those who illustrated his stories to follow his layouts strictly. (more…)
Kitchen Sink February 1987 – October 1996
Xenozoic Tales is an alternative comic book by Mark Schultz set in a post-apocalyptic future. Originally published by Kitchen Sink Press, the series began in 1986 with the story “Xenozoic!” which was included in the horror comics anthology Death Rattle #8. This was shortly followed by Xenozoic Tales #1 in February 1987. Kitchen Sink published 14 issues between 1987 and 1996 and it has since been reprinted by several publishers, including Marvel Comics, Dark Horse Comics, and Flesk Publications.
Kitchen Sink 1978-84
By 1978, the pot-smoking, LSD-tripping hippie era had long since passed and the counterculture revolution had failed to achieve its big-picture objectives regarding societal norms and government policies and operations. But the use of illicit drugs by the American public actually skyrocketed in the ’70s, with historical data from Gallup polls and surveys indicating a 600% increase in adults who said they had tried marijuana from 1969 to 1977. Illegal drug use was glamorized in various movies and popular rock music, and touted by comedians like George Carlin and Cheech and Chong. That year, the raunchy, drunken frat flick Animal House was the top-grossing movie in America and the pothead cult classic Up in Smoke earned top 10 ticket sale honors. (more…)