Huie Library HendersonStateUniversity
Bissette Collection
ART-2 Box Inventory
Inventory compiled by Lea Ann Alexander, Renee Campbell,
and Natalie Scrimshire-Phelps
Updated 09/05/2007
Art includes miscellaneous materials not included in publication process, book illustrations not published in comic or graphic form.
Folder 1
ART-2 / 01 / 01[Added 08/18/2004]
Untitled drawing, colored, 7.25”x11.25”, done by Michael Dubisch, handwritten cover letter, single page.
[Letter, art samples from Michael Dubisch, whose work appeared in GORE SHRIEK (including the issues I edited); we’ve stayed in touch over the years, and Michael has evolved into an excellent cartoonist and storyteller. Alas, view venues have opened up for him…--S.B.]
ART-2 / 01 / 02[Added 08/18/2004]
Drawing, “Inhumanskin”, black and white, 7.5”x10.25”, done by Michael Dubisch.
ART-2 / 01 / 03[Added 08/18/2004]
Untitled drawing, colored,8.5”x11”, done by Michael Dubisch.
ART-2 / 01 / 04[Added 08/18/2004]
Drawing, “Inhumanskin ‘94,8.5”x11”, done by Michael Dubisch.
ART-2 / 01 / 05[Added 08/18/2004]
Untitled drawing, 8.5”x11” by Jim Wheelock.
ART-2 / 01 / 06[Added 08/18/2004]
Untitled drawing, 8.5”x11”, by Rick McCollum.
ART-2 / 01 / 07[Added 08/19/2004]
Untitled drawing, 8.5”x11”, by Mark Martin.
[Mark Martin sketchbook piece I bought to run as a TABOO contents page illustration; never published. –S.B.]
ART-2 / 01 / 08[Added 08/19/2004]
Untitled drawing,8.5”x11”, by David Langey.
[Artwork, letter from artist David Langey, intended for publication in TABOO, but never used. –S.B.]
ART-2 / 01 / 09[Added 09/14/2004]
Three postcards displaying the art of “Ferret”, one red and two yellow.
ART-2 / 01 / 10[Added 09/14/2004]
Sticker displaying the art of “Ferret”, in color, with a handwritten post-it note identifying it as a sticker.
ART-2 / 01 / 11[Added 09/14/2004]
Artwork for K.W. Jeter’s IN THE LAND OF THE DEAD, drawn and signed by “Ferret”, printed on the back of an advertisement for the novel, dated ’90.
ART-2 / 01 / 12[Added 09/14/2004]
Artwork for Misha’s RED SPIDER WHITE WEB, drawn and signed by “Ferret”,
printed on the back of an advertisement for the novel, dated ’90.
ART-2 / 01 / 13[Added 09/14/2004]
Photocopy of a page from The Chronicle Whole Earth Catalog featuring an example of the artwork of “Ferret”, dated 04/11/1990.
Folder 2
ART-2 / 02 / 01[Added 09/22/2004]
Sketch by Denis Rodier depicting the father in “Daddyums”.
ART-2 / 02 / 02[Added 09/22/2004]
Artwork by Denis Rodier to be included in “Daddyums”.
ART-2 / 02 / 03[Added 09/22/2004]
Samples of the artwork of Tim Sales, 2 pages of panels.
[Tim Sale art sample (photocopy), mailed by Doug Wheeler, who was proposing Tim as an artist for one of his scripts (see relevant files on Wheeler, already mailed). –S.B.]
ART-2 / 02 / 04[Added 09/27/2004]
Colored drawing, “Hello Steve”, by Glenn Barr, 6”x8”.
ART-2 / 02 / 05[Added 09/27/2004]
Colored drawing, “Cheval Noir”, by Glenn Barr,6.25”x 9.25”.
ART-2 / 02 / 06[Added 09/27/2004]
Colored drawing, “Mars on Earth”, by Glenn Barr, 6”x8”.
ART-2 / 02 / 07[Added 09/27/2004]
Colored drawing, untitled, by Glenn Barr, 6”x8”, mounted.
ART-2 / 02 / 08[Added 09/27/2004]
Colored drawing, “Persistence of Time”, by Glenn Barr, 4.75”x9.75”, mounted.
ART-2 / 02 / 09[Added 09/27/2004]
Colored drawing, “Bar Scene”, by Glenn Barr, 6.75”x8.75”, mounted.
ART-2 / 02 / 10[Added 09/27/2004]
Black and white drawing, “Her Black Wings”, by Glenn Barr, 6.5”x9”, mounted.
ART-2 / 02 / 11[Added 09/27/2004]
Colored drawing for TEMPO (Germany) by Glenn Barr, 5”x8.5”, mounted.
ART-2 / 02 / 12[Added 09/27/2004]
Colored drawing, “Vampirella!”, by Glenn Barr, 5.25”x8.25”, mounted.
ART-2 / 02 / 13[Added 09/27/2004]
Colored drawing, “Hell Billy”, by Glenn Barr, 6”x6.75”, mounted.
ART-2 / 02 / 14[Added 09/27/2004]
Colored drawing, “The Lost”, by Glenn Barr, 6”x10.5”, mounted.
ART-2 / 02 / 15[Added 09/27/2004]
Colored drawing, “Cliff Takes in the View”, by Glenn Barr, 7”x7”, mounted.
ART-2 / 02 / 16[Added 09/27/2004]
Colored drawing, “Cliff Stumbles on to Something”, by Glenn Barr. 5”x7.5”, mounted.
Folder 3
ART-2 / 03 / 01[Added 10/11/2004]
Sketches by artist Mike Hoffman, 18 pages, bound.
[Collection of sketches, art by Mike Hoffman, who illustrated many stories for TABOO, beginning with writer Tim Lucas’ script for “Throat Sprockets”, TABOO 1. –S.B.]
Folder 4 & Folder 5
ART-2 / 04 / 01 and ART-2 / 05 / 01[Added 09/05/2007]
Original art Christmas cards sent to Bissette by other cartoonist, 9 cards.
[Cartoonists’ Christmas Cards:
Here’s something unusual and of interest – cartoonist Christmas cards, a couple of which are original art! In order, they are:
(1) Charles and Wendy Lang block-print card (the Langs were published in TABOO)
(2)TWO Eddie Campbell cards -- one printed (with glued-on glitter), the second a full-color ORIGINAL!
(3) Tom Yeates Christmas card from 1984 -- note the comment about Reagan, for all those lionizing the late President…
(4) Gary Johnson card; Gary was my assistant on the art for SWAMP THING #29, the one and only time I tried using an assistant. It didn’t work out, but Gary’s a solid artist and was a good friend.
(5) Original art: Christmas card from Eric of Santa Fe, New Mexico -- from about 1980, just after I met my first wife Nancy (later Marlene) O’Connor in Santa Fe. Eric was a great artist, but a lousy poet.
(6) Card from Stanley and Iris Wiater, art by Peter Laird -- just one of the Wiater cards. Stanley and I co-authored COMIC BOOK REBELS, and he was the man who introduced me to the horror writers’ community, which was so important to my life and future writing career.
(7) Bill Sienkiewicz art on card from Toronto comic shop Silver Snail.
(8) [in plastic sleeve] Christmas card from, and drawn by, Alan Moore -- from Alan and his first wife Phyllis to me and my first wife Nancy (now Marlene). Alan’s cartooning skills are forever underestimated, and usually brightened the holidays via cards for the Moore household.
Folder 6
ART-2 / 06 / 01[Added 09/05/2007]
Two original artworks by Ron Zalme, pen and ink with color pencil, 4x7;” pen and ink, 6x7.”
[TWO ORIGINAL ART PIECES, both by KubertSchool classmate RON ZALME. Ron and I stayed in touch for years after graduating the KubertSchool; Ron freelanced for Scholastic around the same time I did (see his note on the back of the black-and-white original), and also worked in the art dept. (and, if memory serves, was eventually an art director) in the Marvel bullpen for years.—S.B.]
ART-2 / 06 / 02[Added 09/05/2007]
Original sketch by Chuck Dixon, pen and ink, 5 ½ x8 ½,” ca. 1986.
[ORIGINAL SKETCH by CHUCK DIXON (circa 1986); Chuck Dixon was a writer working with Tim Truman and Tim’s crew, and this sketch (done at Chicago Con) was proof of Chuck’s cartooning skills. He went on to become a prolific comics writer, eventually taking the helm at key titles like BATMAN, and remains a popular writer in the field today.—S.B.]
ART-2 / 06 / 03[Added 09/05/2007]
Original sketch by Tim Bradstreet, pen and ink, 6x8 ½,” ca. 1989.
[ORIGINAL SKETCH by TIM BRADSTREET (circa 1989). Tim was an up-and-coming artist who cut his teeth with distinctive punk-and-leather vampire portraits; I don’t recall him doing continuities, but he did become a popular cover artist in the 1990s.--S.B.]
ART-2 / 07 / 01[Added 10/24/2007]
Original prints by Wes A. Benscoter, entitled Decompositions: A Portfolio, 6 prints and envelope 8.5x11 inches, 1991.