CRAZY MEN 5

CRAZY MEN 5

8-page mini-comix
Published by Thru Black Holes Comix
By: Michael Roden & J. Ryan
Copyright © 1984
Ltd. Ed. of 200
50 cents

The Crazy Men visit a Museum. In this amazing issue, MICHAEL RODEN teams up with ace artist JIM RYAN in a superb collaborative effort that is truly a wonder to behold.

Basically, I did the faces, and Mike did backgrounds and settings. Also, Mike did the collage face on p. 2, the 3 small collage men on p. 5, and the collage faces lower left p. 6 and upper right p. 7. We had a lot of fun doing it. Mike is good to work with – prompt, considerate, tolerant, professional. … The double face, lower right, p. 6 … is made from a photo of my miserable, miserly, abusive, demanding old slave driver of an employer – just a bit of revenge via the comix – makes life more bearable.
JIM RYAN: letter to DLC dated July 22, 1985

There are two variants of this wonderfully imaginative book: one on salmon index stock and the other (rare) on white. The white copies (of this and several other minis) were published for people who wanted to color the comix.

Every panel in this wonderful mini-comix is truly amazing!

Resource Notes:
Thanks to MICHAEL RODEN for providing copies of this outstanding mini-comix.
Information on the white variant per MICHAEL RODEN: letter to DLC dated 7/27/85.
Thanks to JIM RYAN for a very informative letter and a copy of the rare white variant.

History:
This page originally published in THE DALE LEE PLANET MICHAEL RODEN CATALOG: VOLUME 1. MINI-COMIX Version 1.0 (page 7) on 31 March 2001.
Page revised and posted to the online MICHAEL RODEN CATALOG 6 October 2003.
Page slightly revised (because I'm a nerd) 17 July 2006.