I was into the 90s zine scene and through publications like Factsheet5 I discovered Quimby's Queer Store (now just Quimby's, I think). And through that I discovered the wonderful little dirty world of D. B. the King Velveeda.
I have some Velveeda comix somewhere in my stashes. Probably haven't laid eyes on them in 25+ years.
Before I discovered Bodé I discovered Velveeda. I don't know if Velveeda was inspired by Bodé or not, but they both hit the same kind of beat for me. Reckless, carefree, dirty as fuck, and lovely to behold.
When I dig out whatever Velveeda goodies I happen to have I'll scan and post 'em up. Real gems of underground comix, if you ask me.
Geocities called Cheesygraphics. That didn't help his case, I'm sure.
He was pissed. I remember he was posting a lot of anti-Kraft material such images of their cheese product with the label "Krapt". But if you look for that stuff it's hard to find. Kraft is a behemoth and D. B. is an underground comix maker. They likely slaughtered him in court. But I don't know the full story.
If anyone has more info, post a comment. I'm curious. I'm gonna do a little digging myself when I have the energy.
Don't know, but this post brings me interesting memories. I used to go to Quimby's Queer Store all the time to buy comics back in 1992, when that neighborhood in Chicago was still Latin Kings territory and only a couple of streets were starting to hipster-gentrify. A few years later, when they changed their name, moved to a much less ratty space, and had tons of customers, they carried even more stapled zines than before, plus tons of slick Euro-kinky porn comics and other weird shit. Really a pretty amazing business.
ReplyDeleteI have never been there! I was in Chicago on vacation with the family once but the kids were very young and I didn't know where the store was at so I didn't even attempt to go. SHAME ON ME.
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