''Greed Magazine'' was a music, comics, and culture periodical published in
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States. The city is on the Potomac River, across from Virginia, and shares land borders with ...
, by
Kurt Sayenga[Little, Ryan]
"Nothing but a Number: A Live History of Fugazi's Song 'Repeater',"
''Washington City Paper'' (DEC. 2, 2011). from 1986 to 1989. It lasted six issues, and included interviews with
Robyn Hitchcock
Robyn Rowan Hitchcock (born 3 March 1953) is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist. While primarily a vocalist and guitarist, he also plays harmonica, piano, and bass guitar. After leading the Soft Boys in the late 1970s and releasing the ...
,
Los Bros Hernandez
The Hernandez brothers, also known as Los Bros Hernandez, are the three American cartoonist brothers Mario (b. 1953), Gilbert (b. 1957), and Jaime Hernandez (b. 1959).
The three were born in a Mexican-American family and grew up in ...
(creators of ''
Love and Rockets''),
Sonic Youth
Sonic Youth were an American rock band formed in New York City in 1981. Founding members Kim Gordon (bass, vocals, guitar), Thurston Moore (lead guitar, vocals) and Lee Ranaldo (rhythm guitar, vocals) remained together for the entire history of ...
,
Bob Burden
Bob Burden is an American comic book creator, comic book artist and writer, best known as the creator of ''Flaming Carrot Comics'' and the ''Mystery Men''.
Early life
Burden was born the eldest of three siblings in Buffalo, New York. His fath ...
(creator of
Flaming Carrot
''Flaming Carrot Comics'' is an American superhero comic book created by Bob Burden, featuring the absurd, surreal adventures of the Flaming Carrot.
The series first appeared in ''Visions'' #1, a magazine-size comic book publication. Flaming Ca ...
and
Mystery Men
''Mystery Men'' is a 1999 American superhero comedy film directed by Kinka Usher (in his feature-length directorial debut), written by Neil Cuthbert, loosely based on Bob Burden's '' Flaming Carrot Comics'', starring Ben Stiller, Hank Azaria, ...
), Rites of Spring, and
Chester Brown
Chester William David Brown (born 16 May 1960) is a Canadian cartoonist. Brown has gone through several stylistic and thematic periods. He gained notice in alternative comics circles in the 1980s for the surreal, scatological '' Ed the Happy Clo ...
(creator of ''
Yummy Fur''). The magazine also published the first appearance of
Evan Dorkin
Evan Dorkin (born April 20, 1965) is an American comics artist and cartoonist. His best known works are the comic books ''Milk and Cheese'' and ''Dork'', the latter of which features his comic '' Eltingville''. His comics often poke fun at fandom ...
's popular creations
Milk and Cheese, which spawned a comic as well as T-shirts, lunch boxes, and refrigerator magnets.
Publication history
The first three issues (Late Winter, 1986; Spring, 1987; Fall, 1987) were entirely black and white, with covers by Peter Hayes, while the last three featured color covers, done respectively by
Charles Burns, Los Bros Hernandez, and Bob Burden.
References
Biannual magazines published in the United States
Defunct political magazines published in the United States
Magazines established in 1986
Magazines disestablished in 1989
Magazines published in Washington, D.C.
Music magazines published in the United States
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