the bright lights of obscurity
crypticthrift.bsky.social
the bright lights of obscurity
@crypticthrift.bsky.social
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yeah the boxes of treasures. I have a lot I need to go through too. Lots of vintage zines and going to zine fests. Cool to see these Mike.

Bluesky reminds me in some ways of the late 2000's (before the takeover) when tumblr was active with all the zine makers and indie artists.
January 22, 2025 at 3:47 AM
love seeing trinkets like that !
January 19, 2025 at 1:14 AM
American Splendor was one of my all time favorites...I'd buy and read them every time I saw one !
January 19, 2025 at 1:10 AM
nice to have a quick list of undergrounds like this ! I used to collect them too back then. So many amazing ones. My all time favorites were the large format RAW mags.
January 19, 2025 at 1:02 AM
I know you are busy and appreciate you taking the time to reply. It's frustrating how quickly the gentrification of the internet has happened. It's difficult now to get invested in a site. Definitely want to see more of what you find too ! Curious what music you listen to.Personally I love outsiders
January 15, 2025 at 10:36 PM
samesamesame ! I'd like to find a good home for some of what I have from alt. 80s/90s zines preinternet.
January 15, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I've never seen the earlier AMOK, hope you find those grail. Yours is the most amazing page I have seen so far on alt. vintage. We parallel the odd in a way. In the 80's I bought a lot of alt. comics and zines etc. Not sure how much I'll post, as it is quite esoteric. Your posts spark me though !
January 15, 2025 at 6:23 PM
love the cover art !
January 15, 2025 at 5:53 PM
WOW I was surprised when I saw this , as not that many know about the AMOK catalog, unless they lived in that era. One of the oddest catalogs I had ever seen .I have the Fourth dispatch copy. If interested, I could post it and few pictures. Overall your bluesky page is amazing. I love the pulps .
January 15, 2025 at 5:48 PM
thank you Mel for posting this ! that looks amazing ! My favorites were the top two...that kind of comics art ! The lower left looks like a Theo Ellsworth comic ? Have you been following comics a long time ?
January 11, 2025 at 8:28 PM
thank you for replying ! Wasn't his work in "Kramer's Ergot" or "The Ganzfeld" ?
January 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
one of my favorite images are out of context comics. Looks like from CF (Christopher Forgues) comics .
January 10, 2025 at 8:32 PM