Dead Letter Art #14

Heavy Metal [ May/June 2002 ]

DLa #014 After our remarkably successful Majick issue, DLa was running smooth and in full effect. As we dove into production of the next issue, we consulted the 0racle and discovered that a Heavy Metal theme had been preordained for DLa 14. To refresh our memories, ThaneC broke out with the HM stash, which included several representative issues from each generation of HM. It was (and is) sad to see the extent to which Heavy Metal has gone from providing inspiring, talented artwork from the likes of Frank Frazetta and Boris Valejo, to merely pumping out mindless reiterations of sex and violence. So, rather than the originally planned DLa Heavy Metal Tribute, we opted to mock the commercial emptiness that Heavy Metal has become. Suddenly, it all made sense. Throughout production, we collaboratively produced our own mindless, pointless, sex-and-violence comic, Polaris Nine. The HM issue also features exclusive comix by Nimbus, Osseus, Perishable, ThaneC, and Sui Lan. ThaneC pimps a dope FCU Gallery/Interview, while Perishable spits out the offensive mock advertisements. DLa 14 features include the Werdz Page, Il Commentator, and Tarot Card. Overall, it is a most complete issue, wryly exposing the sellout tactics and commercially driven mediocrity of the modern fantasy genre.

Freakish Carnival Utopia Gallery Selections

[ Untitled ]

Nimbus Gallery Selections

[ Sailor ]

[ Ed Comic 1 ]

[ Ed Comic 2 ]

ThaneC's Five West Gallery

[ Five West 1 ]

[ Five West 2 ]

[ Five West 3 ]

[ Five West 4 ]

[ Five West 5 ]

[ Five West 6 ]

DLa Heavy Metal Komix Gallery

[ Polaris Nine ]

[ Tales of the Galactic Rover ]

[ Crunch & Weasle ]

[ The Thuperfriendth ]

Bonus Comix Gallery

[ Fine Evenin' ]

[ Rover Splash ]

[ C&W Spalsh ]

F-Disk IV Details

Theme: Heavy Metal [ May/June 2002 ]
Timeline: Began early April 2002, finished early June 2002
Content: Content emulates the tired, sold-out format of the modern Heavy Metal magazine; Features exclusive comix, graphics, galleries, and a few mock advertisements
Playaz: FCU, Nimbus, Osseus, Perishable, Sui Lan, ThaneC
Format: 7"(w)x8.5"(h) | 36 pages; Color cover laser-printed on 70# white matte card stock; B&W contents printed on standard 20# white bond
Locale: Issue produced and printed in Seattle; Content produced in Seattle, Spokane, Moses Lake
Distro: 25 issues distributed throughout Seattle, Portland, and Eastern Washington
Cover: Original oil painting by Osseus with digital embellishments by ThaneC
Layout: ThaneC, with individual page layouts by their respective authors
Tarot: Temperance | Sui Lan
Werdz: ThaneC
Features: FCU interview/gallery, Polaris Nine, Thuperfriendth, officially offensive advertisements
Notes: This was the last issue produced by the entire original Westside posse (Osseus, Perishable, Sui Lan, ThaneC; Features the highly coveted Ed Comic, Nimbus' elusive art-school parody of daily life; Features the exclusive comix effort, Polaris Nine, the first complete collaborative comic by Osseus, Perishable, ThaneC; Special Guest contributor: The Battling Senator

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