mh 01 octopus pie
mh 01 octopus pie
Print Mint October 1969
First Printing July 4, 1969
In 1969, not long after the revolution began in San Francisco and sprouted up in Chicago (with Bijou Funnies), Kitchen was inspired by the power of the medium and launched his own comic book title, Mom’s Homemade Comics (“Straight from the Kitchen to you!”). After The Print Mint produced 4,000 copies of the book, Kitchen personally solicited copies at the Schlitz Circus Parade in 1969 with his brother and a couple of friends. Kitchen eventually sold 3,000 comics copies of the book in the Milwaukee area alone.
The remarkable thing about Mom’s is how it still manages to be funny today, over 40 years after its original publication. This is almost entirely due to Kitchen’s dazzling wit with words, which elevates the series above the average underground.
Denis Kitchen – 1-33, 34(t), 35-36 • Robert Crumb – 34
2 – untitled • 3 – South Pole • 7 – The Showdown • 8 – Things Like This Come & Go In Cycles • 9 – What’s For Desert? • 9 – You Blew That One • 10 – East Side Freaks • 11 – The Rescue • 12 – Loose Morals & Young People • 12 – Ed The Child Molester • 13 – Generation Gap? • 14 – Gimme Yer Money • 15 – Message • 21 – Bad Pun Comics • 22 – Mom’s Picture Quiz • 24 – War Games • 26 – Hermie & Louie • 27 – Tom Weasel • 28 – Dating • 29 – Thar’s Gold In Them Thar Hills • 30 – My Girl • 30 – Cousin Zeke • 31 – Granville • 32 – Slum Tourism • 33 – The U.F.O. • 34 – Letters • 35 – 51 Hudson • 36 – Do It