While "researching" a recent Nexus Graphica, I had reason to look through my collection of Comics Of Unusual Size. This set of the big and small and odd of comicdom offers many gems. Deciding that I really should share some of these largely forgotten and sometime rare pieces, I’m taking you through a tour of the more interesting selections.

Published sometime during the late 90s in Bastrop, TX, the mini-comic Jumbo Shrimp #1 was apparently meant to be a companion piece to the full sized comic Jumbo comics short stories(sic) #5. Since I don’t have the big Jumbo, I don’t know if this mini was an excerpt from the main book or additional stories.

Typical of most small press anthology titles, this small comic offers some slice-of-life, gratuitous sex and violence, and just some odd stories. None of it produced particularly well. Contributors include Rick Howe, Timothy Markin, Mark L. Stinson, Bobby Tran Dale, and Jim Conatser. The whole shebang appears to be edited by painter Liam Brooks (I can only assume the cover was painted by him. No credit is give).

Timothy Markin & Mark L. Stinson

Bobby Tran Dale

Jim Conatser