{"id":599,"date":"2009-03-15T22:51:23","date_gmt":"2009-03-15T22:51:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2009\/03\/15\/c-o-u-s-reflections-from-ricks-collection-22\/"},"modified":"2012-08-17T05:19:29","modified_gmt":"2012-08-17T05:19:29","slug":"c-o-u-s-reflections-from-ricks-collection-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2009\/03\/15\/c-o-u-s-reflections-from-ricks-collection-22\/","title":{"rendered":"C.O.U.S.: Reflections from Rick’s Collection #22"},"content":{"rendered":"

While "researching" a recent Nexus Graphica<\/a>, 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.<\/p>\n

Though primarily remembered for Shannon Wheeler’s Too Much Coffee Man<\/span> (see C.O.U.S. #1<\/a>), Adhesive Comics produced several other titles including six issues of the anthology JAB<\/span><\/a>, Sam Hurt’s Eyebeam<\/a>: The Trilogy<\/span>, Pal-yat-chee<\/span> (stories by cartoonists Tom King and Walt Holcombe<\/a>), and the cyberpunk series Eden Matrix<\/span>. Created by writer Aubrey McAuley, Eden Matrix<\/span> evolved from the "SplitPhaze" stories– written with McCauley’s ex-wife DeAnne and drawn by Ashley Underwood– in JAB<\/span> #1-3. In 1993, Adhesive Comics offered the full color Eden Matrix Mini-Comic<\/span> #1 to promote the forthcoming Eden Matrix<\/span> series. The mini featured two stories, both written by McAuley, in a flip format.<\/p>\n

"The Serpent’s Tale"<\/span><\/p>\n

Click on images for full sized versions.<\/span> <\/p>\n

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\nEden Matrix Mini-Comic<\/span> #1 Cover A (Adhesive Comics 1993)
\nArt by Theron Smith<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nFrom Eden Matrix Mini-Comic<\/span> #1 "The Serpent’s Tale" (Adhesive Comics 1993)
\nWritten by Aubrey McAuley
\nIllustrated by Theron Smith
\nColors by Martin Thomas<\/a> and Adhesive Media<\/span><\/p>\n

\n"Waste Land"<\/span> <\/p>\n

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\nEden Matrix Mini-Comic<\/span> #1 Cover B (Adhesive Comics 1993)
\nArt by Ashley Underwood (not credited)<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nFrom Eden Matrix Mini-Comic<\/span> #1 "Waste Land" (Adhesive Comics 1993)
\nWritten by Aubrey McAuley
\nIllustrated by Michael Washburn<\/a>
\nColors by Ashley Underwood and Adhesive Media<\/span><\/p>\n

\nThe mini also advertised the new eponymous BBS service. In the days before the World Wide Web, computer users dialed directly into a local server into what was essentially web page hosted on local computers. (BBS stands for Bulletin Board System.) Eden Matrix the BBS eventually became a webhost, operating out at eden.com<\/a>. The domain and company are currently owned by UNICOM System.<\/p>\n

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\nMcCauley again teamed with Underwood to create the two extant full-sized issues of Eden Matrix<\/span>. As were norm for comics of the early 90s, both issues come out in two separate cover editions– one sf and one horror focused. The interiors of both issues were identical.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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