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90s Mini-Comics Oral History Archives - Roberta Gregory - 90s Mini-Comics Oral History Interviews

Roberta Gregory - 90s Mini-Comics Oral History Interviews

03/18/24 • 49 min

90s Mini-Comics Oral History Archives

https://www.sequentialartistsworkshop.org/90s-oral-history-project Roberta Gregory is the legendary, groundbreaking cartoonist, the first woman to self-publish a full length solo comic, Dynamite Damsels in 1976 and she has continued to be involved in mini-comics and self-publishing through the 2000s. She's contributed to Gay Comix, Wimmen's Comix, Tits & Clits and is the solo author of Bitchy Bitch, Winging It, Sheila and the Unicorn and many more. Thanks for listening! ------------------ 90’S Mini-comics oral history project Imagine... waiting two weeks to know if you got a LIKE. Imagine taking an all nighter, a bunch of stapling and two trip to the copy store and post office in the cold to make a POST. In the decade before the internet, people made comics, and reached out to each other. They shared, they liked and loved. They connected through the mail, and through meet-ups and festivals. This project aims to collect the stories of ANYONE who made self-published mini-comics in the roughly 10 years before the broad acceptance of the internet (the 90’s, give or take.) These audio/video archives will exist at the University of Florida’s Digital Repository as well as the Sequential Artists Workshop’s Youtube channel and podcast links. In partnership with the University of Florida Samuel Proctor Oral History Project,The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum,and Spit and a Half Distribution. Project Head: Tom Hart, Sequential Artists Workshop Assistant Director: Emma Jensen, Sequential Artists Workshop Consultants: Megan Kelso, Tom Devlin, Matt Madden, Jessica Abel, Caitlin McGurk, Rob Clough https://www.sequentialartistsworkshop... 💬 Find SAW on Instagram - / comicsworkshop Twitter/X - / comicsworkshop Facebook - / sequentialartistsworkshop Substack - https://sawcomics.substack.com/ 💬 DONATIONS SAW Comics is a 501C-3 non-profit and we thrive on your support and donations! You can support us on Patreon at / sawcomics Or become a sustaining donor at https://learn.sawcomics.org/courses/s... Or become a sustaining donor: ➡️➡️ https://learn.sawcomics.org/courses/s... Thank you! ----------

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https://www.sequentialartistsworkshop.org/90s-oral-history-project Roberta Gregory is the legendary, groundbreaking cartoonist, the first woman to self-publish a full length solo comic, Dynamite Damsels in 1976 and she has continued to be involved in mini-comics and self-publishing through the 2000s. She's contributed to Gay Comix, Wimmen's Comix, Tits & Clits and is the solo author of Bitchy Bitch, Winging It, Sheila and the Unicorn and many more. Thanks for listening! ------------------ 90’S Mini-comics oral history project Imagine... waiting two weeks to know if you got a LIKE. Imagine taking an all nighter, a bunch of stapling and two trip to the copy store and post office in the cold to make a POST. In the decade before the internet, people made comics, and reached out to each other. They shared, they liked and loved. They connected through the mail, and through meet-ups and festivals. This project aims to collect the stories of ANYONE who made self-published mini-comics in the roughly 10 years before the broad acceptance of the internet (the 90’s, give or take.) These audio/video archives will exist at the University of Florida’s Digital Repository as well as the Sequential Artists Workshop’s Youtube channel and podcast links. In partnership with the University of Florida Samuel Proctor Oral History Project,The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum,and Spit and a Half Distribution. Project Head: Tom Hart, Sequential Artists Workshop Assistant Director: Emma Jensen, Sequential Artists Workshop Consultants: Megan Kelso, Tom Devlin, Matt Madden, Jessica Abel, Caitlin McGurk, Rob Clough https://www.sequentialartistsworkshop... 💬 Find SAW on Instagram - / comicsworkshop Twitter/X - / comicsworkshop Facebook - / sequentialartistsworkshop Substack - https://sawcomics.substack.com/ 💬 DONATIONS SAW Comics is a 501C-3 non-profit and we thrive on your support and donations! You can support us on Patreon at / sawcomics Or become a sustaining donor at https://learn.sawcomics.org/courses/s... Or become a sustaining donor: ➡️➡️ https://learn.sawcomics.org/courses/s... Thank you! ----------

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https://www.sequentialartistsworkshop.org/90s-oral-history-project

90’S Mini-comics oral history project

Imagine... waiting two weeks to know if you got a LIKE.

Imagine taking an all nighter, a bunch of stapling and two trip to the copy store and post office in the cold to make a POST. In the decade before the internet, people made comics, and reached out to each other. They shared, they liked and loved. They connected through the mail, and through meet-ups and festivals.

This project aims to collect the stories of ANYONE who made self-published mini-comics in the roughly 10 years before the broad acceptance of the internet (the 90’s, give or take.) These audio/video archives will exist at the University of Florida’s Digital Repository as well as the Sequential Artists Workshop’s Youtube channel and podcast links. In partnership with the University of Florida Samuel Proctor Oral History Project,The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum,and Spit and a Half Distribution. Project Head: Tom Hart, Sequential Artists Workshop Assistant Director: Emma Jensen, Sequential Artists Workshop Consultants: Megan Kelso, Tom Devlin, Matt Madden, Jessica Abel, Caitlin McGurk, Rob Clough https://www.sequentialartistsworkshop...

💬 Find SAW on Instagram - / comicsworkshop

Twitter/X - / comicsworkshop

Facebook - / sequentialartistsworkshop

Substack - https://sawcomics.substack.com/

💬 DONATIONS SAW Comics is a 501C-3 non-profit and we thrive on your support and donations!

You can support us on Patreon at / sawcomics

Or become a sustaining donor: ➡️➡️ https://learn.sawcomics.org/courses/saw-sustaining-member-donation

Thank you!

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