Plain's End (prose poem)

Plain's End, a prose poem/freewrite of mine, based on impressions of Japan, and South Korea (and contents/cover) of Sunflower: A Literary Journal for Freewrites, 1st quarter, 1994, Berkeley, CA. Art/editing:Myeongsuk Jeong. A few web searches found almost no traces of the magazine (or the editor); which had its run right around the first glimmers of widespread internet availability (although one of the queries found this previous post of mine, from 2013).

 

Cosmic Art Nouveau

 

 Roman Scott collage/ airbrush/ink art. The back cover of the third issue of Poultry (1983).  

Poultry (zine)

The cover and two interior pages, with a couple poems from me and a tiny Roman Scott painting snippet, from Poultry Number Three, 1983, published by Alan Larsen, of Sherwood, Oregon. The maker issued a modest print run, I imagine. The 1980s were years fertile for zines and small publishers.

Weirdo Magazine

 

 Weirdo 1, spring 1981, Weirdo 6, summer 1982 (during the time of R. Crumb's editorship). Last Gasp, or "Last Gasp Eco-Funnies," published the magazine.

From the Nu:Wave in Comix: Mini-Comix article, Weirdo 6. Clark Dissmeyer: "He's got lots more!" On Oddities: "Psychotic little zine published by Roman Scott..."  Through this venue and certain other publications we encountered some kindred minds.

1986 Trip Journal

I finished posting my 1986 A Trip Journal.

A Trip Journal

Nocturne, Autumn 1988

Symbolist, horror, and surrealist-infused magazine, which included work (some collaborative) by myself, Todd Mecklem, Denise Dumars, G. Sutton Breiding, Thomas Ligotti, Billy Wolfenbarger, i. arguelles, Bruce Boston, Steve Rasnic Tem, Jessica Amanda Salmonson, Thomas Wiloch, and others. Edited and published by Michael J. Lotus and Vincent L. Michael.  Also published in its pages: an annotated translation of de Nerval's El Desdichado by Eric Basso.  The publication contained  photographs, collage, and various artwork as well.  The cover looks to be a vision from Gustav Meyrink's or Kafka's Prague.  I am in touch with a few of the writers and poets;  others have vanished.

Oddities V (ca. 1983) back cover

 

 

 

 

 

Cosmic planaria god art by Roman Scott.

Oddities V (ca. 1983), Inside Back Cover

 

 

 

Drawing by Jonathan Falk

Oddities V (ca. 1983) page 8

 

 

 

 

"Hypostasis" by Steve Sneyd.  "Art World Oddities" by John Engebretson.

Oddities 5 (ca. 1983) page 7

 

 

 

Background by Roman, poem about the soul-lacking social Darwinist by Steve Sneyd:  http://steve-sneyd.com/.  The "ransom note"-style poem and the unsigned "tarantula love" poem are mysterious -- I don't recall who created them, if I ever knew.

Oddities (ca. 1983) page 6

 

 

 

Drawings/ Collages by Paul S. Colvin, Jonathan Falk, and Marc Myers

 

Oddities V (ca. 1983) page 5

 

 

 

Poetry/ collage by Roman Scott

Oddities V (ca. 1983) page 4

 

 

 

Poetry by Bruce Boston.  More info about Bruce Boston:  http://bruceboston.com/

Oddities V (ca. 1983) page 3

 

 

 

 

 

Work by Impasto Artaud

Oddities V (ca. 1983) page 2

 

 

 

 

Story by Jonathan Falk

 

Oddities V (ca. 1983) page 1

 

 

 

Work by Impasto Artaud, Larry Keim, and Paul McIntyre

Oddities V (ca. 1983) Inside front cover

 

 

The Cover of Oddities V (ca. 1982)

 

 

 

Cover by Roman Scott