PREVIEWS Flip-Through January 1991

[@comicKkrakK]

Man, this is fantastic so far. Need to watch the rest later. Never thought I’d be on the hunt for old previews catalogs….!

[@loadingthecanon1919]

I love shit like this in general, but getting a catalog from right about the time I started being a comic shop regular was a lot of fun.

[@garyusher2876]

What a unique idea for a video! I think i was not buying any new comics at all in 1991, so this is all fascinating to me. That mini-comic by Brad Foster, GOODIES, had very high production values, which may also have been a reason it was listed alongside more traditional titles. I have a Cold Cut catalog from 1999 which I'll send along if you are interested, very different from Previews.

[@loadingthecanon1919]

Oh, man, I'd love to see that, Gary! I bet that it's fascinating. I only have one or two things by Brad Foster, but everything I've seen looks nice. He's a real blind spot for me. I'd love to know more about him. It seems like he was very productive.

[@garyusher2876]

@@loadingthecanon1919 Just for a ballpark estimate Rick Bradford lists 473 Brad W. Foster comics either published or contributed to! And, he just put out a new mini-comic this year.

[@loadingthecanon1919]

@@garyusher2876 Good lord!

[@jeremystone286]

Fun video. I used to work for Bedrock City comics in Houston from about 1992-1997, so it brought back some memories. I can't believe Fat Jacks ordered no Fantagraphics! Eightball was a perennial seller back then. For a long time, I had a copy of Capital City's first distribution catalog, but eventually let it go like I did a lot of other things (including the Epic Akiras and the Rolf Stark Rain that you mentioned here; I had forgotten all about Rain until I saw this video; I need to hunt down a copy to reread it). Another thing of note - that Dark Horse 5 year anniversary special has the first chapter of Sin City, which is only mentioned as a new Frank Miller solo story in the solicitation. It turned out to be pretty huge!

[@loadingthecanon1919]

Thanks for sharing your memories. That's great. I'd like to track down an issue of Advanced Comics. Not that I think that it will be much different than Previews, but it's what I used ordered from when I first started shopping at comic shops. If you're around, I'll be going through another old Previews catalog on ComicKkrakk's channel tomorrow at 9ish PM Central time.