Ken Meyer, Jr.’s Ink Stains 1 & Bill Black’s Black Rider

If you’re a fan of fanzines, then you’ve got to check out Ken Meyer, Jr.’s monthly column Ink Stains.  Each month Ken (who is an amazing artist) posts… well, let’s let Ken explain…

I have a collection of over 200 fanzines from the 60’s-80’s that I plan to scan and talk about, one at a time. I hope to have some of the participants answer a few questions. Many of those participants are established comics professionals now, while some have gone on to other things. I will show a few snippets from each zine and give you a link to download a pdf of the whole thing, which I hope all of you will do!

For Ink Stains 1, Ken took a look at The Collector 27 from the winter of 1973 published by Bill G. Wilson.  The issue featured an interview with Gray Morrow, several articles and art by Ken Barr, CC Beck, John Byrne, Steve Ditko, Steve Fabian, Alan Hanley, Jack Kirby, Gray Morrow, Joe Sinnot, Don Newton and others.

The spot illo I chose to post with this piece was done by my buddy Bill Black!  I loved the days of fanzines and thanks to Ken, we get a chance to enjoy them again!