Yellow Dog (comics)
| Yellow Dog | |
|---|---|
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Print Mint |
| Schedule | weekly, then biannually |
| Format | Ongoing series |
| Genre | underground comix |
| Publication date | May 1968 – Fall 1973 |
| No. of issues | 22 |
| Creative team | |
| Artist(s) | Joel Beck, Robert Crumb, Rick Griffin, S. Clay Wilson, Kim Deitch, Gilbert Shelton, Victor Moscoso, Robert Williams, Jay Lynch, Vaughn Bodē, Justin Green, Trina Robbins, Larry Welz, Skip Williamson, Greg Irons, Harvey Kurtzman, George Metzger, Roger Brand, Joel Beck, Bill Griffith, Fred Schrier, Dave Sheridan, Carl Lundgren, Robert Armstrong |
| Editor(s) | Robert Crumb |
Yellow Dog was an underground comix newspaper and later comic book published by the Print Mint in Berkeley, California. It published 23 issues from 1968-1973, featuring many of the period's most notable underground cartoonists, including Robert Crumb, Joel Beck, Robert Williams, Rick Griffin, and Greg Irons, and Trina Robbins. Other frequent contributors included Andy Martin, Franz Cilensek, John Thompson, Buckwheat Florida, Jr., Jim Osborne, Ronald Lipking, and Hak Vogrin.
Crumb was the initial editor; editorial chores were shared and later taken over by other cartoonists.
Publication history
Yellow Dog started out as a tabloid-size fold-out newsprint broadsheet with black-and-white interiors featuring some yellow spot color. The first issue, published in May 1968,[1] had eight pages, while issue #2–8 had 16 pages. each. From issue #9–10 onward, Yellow Dog had at least 32 pages, most commonly running 44 pages long. With issue #13/#14 (July 1969), Yellow Dog switched format from a newspaper broadsheet to standard comic book size and format, with color covers and black-and-white interiors.
The first volume of Yellow Dog included seven issues, all published "as weekly as possible" in 1968. Vol. 2 began with issue #8 in 1969; eight issues were published that year. However, three of those issues (#9/#10, #11/#12, and #13/#14) were double issues. Yellow Dog published two issues in 1970, two issues in 1971, three issues in 1972, and two issues in 1973. Yellow Dog ceased publishing after 22 issues, numbered 1-25 because of the three double issues.
Robert Crumb illustrated the covers for issues #1–9/10, and then returned for issue #13/14 (July 1969), which was the last issue to which he contributed.
The first twelve issues of Yellow Dog were reprinted in 1973 as a fifth anniversary edition, and sold together in a manila envelope.
Issues guide
Volume 1
| # | Date | Cover artist | Contributors | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | May 1968 | Robert Crumb | Joel Beck, Franz Cilensek, Robert Crumb, Phil Gardner, Andy Martin, G. Ratten, John Thompson | |
| 2 | June 1968 | Robert Crumb | Joel Beck, Franz Cilensek, Robert Crumb, Phil Gardner, Rick Griffin, Andy Martin, Victor Moscoso, John Thompson, Ron White | |
| 3 | June 1968 | Robert Crumb | Joel Beck, Robert Crumb, Andy Martin, John Thompson, Ron White, S. Clay Wilson | |
| 4 | July 1968 | Robert Crumb | Joel Beck, Franz Cilensek, Robert Crumb, Steve Hayden, Andy Martin, John Thompson, Peter Webster, Ron White, S. Clay Wilson | |
| 5 | July 24, 1968 | Robert Crumb | S. Brunswick, Franz Cilensek, Robert Crumb, Kim Deitch, Dave Gilson, Andy Martin, Chuck McNaughton, Jim Osborne, John Thompson, Chas White, Ron White, S. Clay Wilson, Charles Winans | |
| 6 | July 1968 | Robert Crumb | Robert Crumb, Buckwheat Florida Jr., Andy Martin, Jim Osborne, Gilbert Shelton, John Thompson, Peter Webster, Ron White, S. Clay Wilson | |
| 7 | December 1968 | Robert Crumb | Joel Beck, Tom P. Cosparcito, Robert Crumb, Buckwheat Florida Jr., Victor Moscoso, Don Schenker, Gilbert Shelton, Robert Williams, S. Clay Wilson |
Volume 2
| # | Date | Cover artist | Contributors | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 1969 | Robert Crumb | Joel Beck, Robert Crumb, Buckwheat Florida Jr., Jon Gierlich, Rick Griffin, Andy Martin, Gilbert Shelton, Hak Vorging, Robert Williams, S. Clay Wilson | |
| 9/10 | April 1969 | Robert Crumb | Peter Almasy, Robert Crumb, Kim Deitch, Buckwheat Florida Jr., Don Grant, Jay Lynch, Dave Manning, Andy Martin, Jim Osborne, Kent Perry, Kay Rudin, Bob Schnepf, Gilbert Shelton, John Thompson, Hak Vogrin, Robert Williams, S. Clay Wilson | Kay Rudin becomes Yellow Dog's first female contributor |
| 11/12 | May 1969 | Skip Williamson | Peter Almasy, Joel Beck, Vaughn Bodē, Robert Crumb, Buckwheat Florida Jr., Justin Green, Ronald Lipking, Andy Martin, Jim Osborne, Kent Perry, Trina Robbins, Kay Rudin, Don Schenker, John Thompson, Hak Vogrin, Larry Welz, Skip Williamson, S. Clay Wilson | |
| 13/14 | July 1969 | Robert Crumb | Greg Irons, Jim Osborne, Robert Crumb, Ronald Lipking, Larry Welz, Richard Carse, Jay Lynch, Hak Vogrin, Gill Smitherman, Kay Rudin, S. Clay Wilson, Andy Martin, Peter Almasy | Switches format from tabloid to comics magazine |
| 15 | 1969 | Greg Irons | Rob Brown, Dan Clyne, Robert Dougherty, Renaud Facade, J. Gaccione, Jim Gardner, Justin Green, Greg Irons, Harvey Kurtzman,, Ronald Lipking, Jay Lynch, Ed Newton, Hak Vogrin, Larry Welz | Special Harvey Kurtzman tribute issue, including reprint of Kurtzman's "Compulsion on the Range"[2] |
| 16 | 1969 | Patrick Cosgrove | Joel Beck, Patrick Cosgrove, Fred Schrier, Hak Vogrin, Kincaid, Tripp Pollard, Ronald Lipking, John Thompson, Dan Clyne, Jim Gardner, J. Gaccione, Wink, Robert Dougherty | |
| 17 | March 1970 | Larry Welz | Robert Dougherty, Larry Welz, George Metzger, Rick Shubb, Ronald Lipking, Greg Irons, Assid Mic, J. Gaccione, Justin Green, Gill Smitherson, Trina Robbins | |
| 18 | November 1970 | Greg Irons | Greg Irons, Jim Evans, Jim Gardner, Patrick Cosgrove, Larry Welz, Roger Brand, Joel Beck, Bill Griffith, J. Freeman, J. Gaccione, John Thompson | |
| 19 | March 1971 | Roger Brand | Greg Irons, Roger Brand, Justin Green, Fred Schrier, J. Gaccione, Bill Griffith, David Webster, Claude Bawls, Trina Robbins, Dave Sheridan, Luis Medina | |
| 20 | July 1971 | Trina Robbins | Joe Roberts, Trina Robbins, Mervinius, Larry Rippee, Norman Quebedeau, Bill Griffith, Bob Riggs, Jim Gardner, D. Wood, David Webster, Greg Irons | |
| 21 | January 1972 | Carl Lundgren | R. W. B., Joray, Tom Bird, Justin Green, Rebb C. King, Carl Lundgren, George Metzger, Hak Vogrin | |
| 22 | 1972 | Joel Beck, Mervinius, Justin Green, Greg Irons, Rebb C. King, Michael McMillan, Joe Roberts, Pat Ryan, Craig A. Stormon | ||
| 23 | October 1972 | Jim Evans | Robert Armstrong, Jim Evans, Willy Mendes, Marty Nelson, Chris Pelletiere, Trina Robbins, Carl Spann, D. Wood | |
| 24 | March 1973 | Joe Roberts | Tim Boxell, Howard Cruse, Mervinius, Joe Roberts, Pat Ryan, R. Tomasic, D. Wood | |
| 25 | Fall 1973 | Trina Robbins | Joel Beck, Leslie Cabarga, Robert Cavey, Patrick Cosgrove, Dave Hereth, Rick Pflug, Trina Robbins, Joe Roberts |
See also
Notes
- ^ Fox, M. Steven. "Zap Comix," ComixJoint. Accessed Sept. 30, 2016.
- ^ Estren, Mark James (1993) [1974]. A History of Underground Comics (2 ed.). Ronin Publishing, pp. 54-55. ISBN 978-0-914171-64-5.
References
- Yellow Dog at the Grand Comics Database
- Yellow Dog at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
External links
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