arc 03 sheer poetry
arc 03 sheer poetry
Print Mint Fall 1975
Arcade expands from 44 to 52 pages for third issue, which gives more room for even more contributiors. Arcade #3 leads off with Robert Crumb paying homage to jug bands and depression-era blues, which is not my cup of tea, but you can’t blame Crumb for utilizing his talents on his passions. “Classics Crucified” (Justin Green) takes on “Crime and Punishment,” which about as exciting as George Kuchar’s biography, “H.P. Lovecraft” (neither is riveting).
On the plus side, Robert Armstrong’s “Mickey Rat” is pretty good and Willy Murphy keeps lightening the mood with his usually funny “Arnold Peck the Human Wreck.” Charles Bukowski also contributes some fine short fiction with “Bop Bop Against That Curtain” (with spot illustrations by R. Crumb).
Art Spiegelman (editor+) 3, 10 • Bill Griffith (editor+) 1, 3, 4, 16-25, 47 • Robert Crumb 1, 2(ad), 5-9, 29-31(a), 50-51(ad) • Robert Armstrong 3, 14, 15 • Charles Bukowski 3, 29-31(s) • Sally Cruikshank 3, 48 • Justin Green 3, 43-45 • Milt Gross 3, 40-42 • Denis Kitchen 3, 47 • Aline Kominsky 3, 38-39 • George Kuchar 3, 34-36 • Michael McMillian 3, 49 • Willy Murphy 3, 32-33 • Diane Noomin 3, 49 • Jim Osborne 3, 37 • Joe Schenkman 3, 48 • Gilbert Shelton 3, 52 • Spain Rodriguez 3, 11-13(a) • Robert Williams 3, 28 • S. Clay Wilson 3, 26-27 • Rory Hayes 4 • Sam Coleridge 11-14(s) • Dave Sheridan 50(ad) • John Wilie 50(ad) • Les Hancock 4(letter) • Bruce Sweeney 4(letter) • Anna Pomaska 4(letter) • Alfred Bergdoll 4(letter) • Herb Caen 4(letter) • John Copeland 4(letter) • Joe Streich 4(letter) • Jane Lynch 4(t)
2 – Ask Your Local Dealer (ad) • 2 – The Yum-Yum Book (ad) • 3 – Contents • 4 – The Outline • 4 – Letters • 5 – That’s Life • 10 – Spiegelman Moves To New York • 11 – Xanadu • 14 – Mickey Rat • 16 – A Fool’s Paradise Revisited • 26 – Deranged Doctors • 28 – Little Dainty Dimples • 29 – Bop Bop Against That Curtain • 32 – Arnold Peck The Human Wreck • 34 – H.P. Lovecraft 1890-1937 • 37 – They Shall Not Be Forgotten • 38 – Bunch Plays With Herself • 40 – Arcade Archives – Milt Gross • 43 – Classics Crucified • 47 – Sideshow • 50 – Ads • 51 – Ads • 52 – Gilbert Shelton’s Advanced Motoring Tips