90’s mini-comics
oral history INTERVIEWS + ARCHIVES

 

CONTRIBUTE YOUR STORIES TO THE ARCHIVES

SELF RECORDING

  1. Get a phone or recording device and record yourself answering the questions at the bottom of the page or at THIS PDF LINK

  2. Fill out THIS FORM (it’s also at the bottom of this page.)

  3. Upload your audio file here. (Blue button below.)

  4. Fill out this Creative Commons Form here. (in short: your words and voice belong to you, but can be used by others for non-commercial activities. For anything commercial, you have the right to payment.)

  5. We will be in touch (with one more form) to tell you your contribution has been processed!

 

This is the form to fill out

 

these are the questions

90s-era Mini-Comics Oral History Archives 

LIST OF QUESTIONS

Intro

  1. Please say your name, the date and where you are recording from

  2. Some comics publications that you created or were a part of in the pre-internet era.

  3. Locations worked from in 80s/90s

  4. How would you describe your comics work?




Comics Production

  1. Tell us how you made your comics. what tools, did you use etc.

  2. Tell us how you readied your comics for print. 

  3. Tell us how you printed them

  4. How many did you print of your first comic, and how did that change over time?




Noticing / Awareness

  1. Tell us when you first saw evidence of people making their own comics

  2. Tell us a story of getting a comic that surprised or inspired you

  3. Did you ever read an issue of Factsheet 5 in the 80s or 90s?

  4. Did you ever order a comic or write to someone as a result of seeing it in Factsheet 5, SPCE, Comics F/X or any other analogue aggregator?

  5. Did you ever advertise in one of the above or was your work reviewed in it?




Community

  1. Tell the story of how you met your closest friend or peer in comics?

  2. Tell us about the first show/con situation where there were other people doing what you did?

  3. Tell us when you felt the most connected in the community, or the least connected, or both

  4. Who were/are your most significant peers in comics?

  5. Did you ever do collaborations or jams with them?

  6. How did they affect your own work?



Distribution

  1. Tell how you traded or sold your comics. 

  2. Tell us about some other comics you remember

  3. Did you feel connected to a particular store or venue that supported you/community?

  4. Were you ever part of any kind of distribution collective like Puppy Toss or did you submit to small distributors like Fandom House or Spit-and-a-Half?

  5. If you were involved in distribution, tell us how you found and chose what to distribute.



Wrap Up

  1. What do you miss about that time

  2. What do you not miss about that time

  3. Tell us one more memory. smother us with anecdotes!

  4. Tell us 3 people we should contact for these archives

 

THANK YOU!