Hot Wacks

Happy New Year Everybody!

So, in preparation for January's "Please Hold For Dave Sim," I sent up an itinerary for our discussion. Top of the list was Steve's question about Hot Wacks.

To wit:

Comic metaphysics time:

I was bored last (Saturday) night and decided to do a "Dave Sim" eBay search, which lead to my noticing a number of auctions for a music mag called Hot Wacks with art by Dave.

Checking in on FanGirls' site I see Margaret has two issues listed - which in all the year's I've looked over her listings I'd never noticed.

But here's something else of Dave's worth having posted here in quality scanned images. And where's the original art? And how about Dave giving us his history behind this project; I've got absolutely no recollection of ever reading anything from Dave where he talks about these stories.

Steve

And: 

As I posted a few days ago, I'm interested in the story behind Dave's work with Hot Wacks.

And does the Archive have the original art for those stories, the First Fifth portfolio, and the Six Deadly Sins portfolio.

Just a few things this inquiring mind wants to know ~

Steve

 Dave faxed back:

So, there's some answers for ya Steve.

But wait, plunging the depths of the AMOC Cave, I ran across an old e-mail from Jeff Tundis, where he basically quoted this post from his Art of Dave Sim website:

Hot Wacks

Hot Wacks Quarterly is a magazine devoted to vinyl LP collectors (bootlegs, promos, picture discs, etc). From issue #1 (Winter, 1979) to #8 (Fall, 1981), Dave Sim was listed in the credits under "artwork." The magazine also contains a lot of T&A and is quite possible what Deni was referring to in her Blake Bell interview as the "soft core" magazine that Dave contributed work to.

Here is a rundown of the Dave Sim work therein.

Starting with issue one,

we have the logo

in classic ComicGraphics era style. Next, we have this great piece, which I'll call "Cocksucker Blues"

- as that's the name of the Rolling Stones article that it accompanies. "Proto Mick & Keef."

He also did the headers for the bootleg reviews column,

an article about promo counterfeits

and the back page "swap meet."

Issue two features repeats of the above material.

Issue three is the first appearance of 'Hard-Boiled' Dick.

Here's page one and page two.

Issue four gives us the next installment of 'Hard-Boiled' Dick.

Here's page one, and page two.

Issue five.

More 'Hard-Boiled' Dick - this time teaming up with Rudy, the World's Rudest Roadie! Here's page one, and page two. There's also this ad for the Hot Wacks T-Shirt.

Issue six

gives us the addition of the letters to editor header,

and an ad featuring a girl wearing the Hot Wacks T-shirt.

Issue seven

features the final installment of 'Hard-Boiled' Dick & Rudy. Here's page one, and page two.

Issue eight

features only another photo of another girl in the shirt

I got this feeling this is gonna be one of the top posts for a looonnnnggg time...

and the text from the "swap" illustration above. Although Dave Sim still gets the "artwork" credit, it's clear that he's moved on as the 'Hard-Boiled' Dick strip has morphed into Bootleg Dick in the 26th Century, illustrated by Bob Smith.

Tune back on Saturday to see what recollections Dave MIGHT have about Hot Wacks.

Thanks to Steve for the question, and Jeff Tundis for "feeding the Beast"

Next Time: Hobbs. Liss. Sim. Sim and me. Sim. Then me again.