Dennis P. Eichhorn (August 19, 1945 – October 8, 2015)
was an American writer, best known for his adult-oriented
autobiographical
An autobiography, sometimes informally called an autobio, is a self-written account of one's own life.
It is a form of biography.
Definition
The word "autobiography" was first used deprecatingly by William Taylor in 1797 in the English peri ...
comic book
A comic book, also called comicbook, comic magazine or (in the United Kingdom and Ireland) simply comic, is a publication that consists of comics art in the form of sequential juxtaposed panels that represent individual scenes. Panels are of ...
series ''Real Stuff''. His stories, often involving, sex, drugs, and alcohol, have been compared to those of
Jack Kerouac
Jean-Louis Lebris de Kérouac (; March 12, 1922 – October 21, 1969), known as Jack Kerouac, was an American novelist and poet who, alongside William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg, was a pioneer of the Beat Generation.
Of French-Canadian a ...
,
Ken Kesey
Ken Elton Kesey (September 17, 1935 – November 10, 2001) was an American novelist, essayist and countercultural figure. He considered himself a link between the Beat Generation of the 1950s and the hippies of the 1960s.
Kesey was born in ...
, and
Charles Bukowski
Henry Charles Bukowski ( ; born Heinrich Karl Bukowski, ; August 16, 1920 – March 9, 1994) was a German-American poet, novelist, and short story writer. His writing was influenced by the social, cultural, and economic ambience of his adopted ...
.
Biography
Early life and career
Eichhorn was born in
Deer Lodge
Deer Lodge is a city in and the county seat of Powell County, Montana, United States. The population was 2,938 at the 2020 census.
Description
The city is perhaps best known as the home of the Montana State Prison, a major local employer. ...
, Montana, in the infirmary of
Montana State Prison
The Montana State Prison is a men's correctional facility of the Montana Department of Corrections in unincorporated Powell County, Montana, about west of Deer Lodge. The current facility was constructed between 1974 and 1979 in response to the ...
. He was
adopted when he was a few days old by Eileen and Elmer Eichhorn, and reared in
Boise
Boise (, , ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Idaho and is the county seat of Ada County. On the Boise River in southwestern Idaho, it is east of the Oregon border and north of the Nevada border. The downtown area' ...
, Idaho. He graduated from Boise's
Borah High School
Borah High School is a three-year public secondary school in Boise, Idaho, one of four traditional high schools in the Boise School District. It serves students in grades in the southwest portion of the district. It is named after a prominen ...
in 1963. He graduated from Boise Junior College (now
Boise State University
Boise State University (BSU) is a Public university, public research university in Boise, Idaho. Founded in 1932 by the Episcopal Church (United States), Episcopal Church, it became an independent junior college in 1934 and has been awarding ...
) and played football on athletic scholarships at
Whitman College
Whitman College is a private liberal arts college in Walla Walla, Washington. The school offers 53 majors and 33 minors in the liberal arts and sciences, and it has a student-to-faculty ratio of 9:1. Whitman was the first college in the Pacifi ...
[Hurley, Sean Michae]
"Sad Stuff: Underground Comics Giant Dennis Eichhorn is Dead,"
''The Stranger'' (Oct. 9, 2015). and the
University of Idaho
The University of Idaho (U of I, or UIdaho) is a public land-grant research university in Moscow, Idaho. It is the state's land-grant and primary research university,, and the lead university in the Idaho Space Grant Consortium. The Universit ...
; he graduated from the latter with a B.A. in Sociology in 1968. He didn't learn he was adopted until he was in his 30s, and never met his birth mother.
Concurrent with his literary work, Eichhorn held a variety of jobs in fields that included hospitality services, driving, social work, and manual labor. For four years, Eichhorn also served as promoter and operator of the Blue Mountain Festival, an outdoor music festival held in the spring at the
University of Idaho's Arboretum, and was the primary organizer of the 1971 Universal Life Church Picnic, a large festival held over the Fourth of July weekend in northern Idaho's
Farragut State Park
Farragut State Park is a public recreation area located at the southern tip of Lake Pend Oreille in the Coeur d'Alene Mountains of the Idaho Panhandle in the northwest United States. The state park is east of Athol in Kootenai County, about n ...
. (A book was written about Eichhorn's organizing of the picnic by Stanley D. Crow, at the behest of the state of Idaho, called ''The Farragut Report. A study of the Universal Life Church picnic held at Farragut State Park and recommendations for legislative and administrative action''.) Eichhorn spent time in state prison for selling marijuana and LSD.
Writer
Eichhorn was a contributing writer to ''The Argonaut'', the
University of Idaho
The University of Idaho (U of I, or UIdaho) is a public land-grant research university in Moscow, Idaho. It is the state's land-grant and primary research university,, and the lead university in the Idaho Space Grant Consortium. The Universit ...
's student newspaper, while a student there in 1968. (He also edited an underground comic book during that time, ''The Moscow Duck Review'', writing one of the stories which was rendered by Reilly Clark.) While living in San Francisco in 1977, his interview with the band
Crime
In ordinary language, a crime is an unlawful act punishable by a State (polity), state or other authority. The term ''crime'' does not, in modern criminal law, have any simple and universally accepted definition,Farmer, Lindsay: "Crime, definit ...
was published in New York City's ''
Punk
Punk or punks may refer to:
Genres, subculture, and related aspects
* Punk rock, a music genre originating in the 1970s associated with various subgenres
* Punk subculture, a subculture associated with punk rock, or aspects of the subculture s ...
'' magazine, his first national exposure. Soon afterwards, Eichhorn was briefly a stringer for Jim Wilde, a writer for ''
Time
Time is the continued sequence of existence and events that occurs in an apparently irreversible succession from the past, through the present, into the future. It is a component quantity of various measurements used to sequence events, to ...
'' magazine, and then worked as a research assistant for writer
Bill Cardoso.
Moving to
Seattle
Seattle ( ) is a seaport city on the West Coast of the United States. It is the seat of King County, Washington. With a 2020 population of 737,015, it is the largest city in both the state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest regio ...
in the late 1970s, Eichorn became a writer and later entertainment editor for the weekly ''
Seattle Sun'' newspaper, from 1980 until its demise in 1982. He then became a writer and senior editor at ''
The Rocket'', a monthly entertainment tabloid, from 1982 until 1991. At ''The Rocket'', Eichhorn met a number of Seattle-area and northwestern cartoonists and illustrators who eventually became contributors to his autobiographical series ''Real Stuff'' and ''Real Smut''.
While at ''The Rocket'', Eichhorn was contacted by Gerry Turman, owner of Turman Publishing, a company which published literature and teachers' aids for use in remedial reading classes. Turman offered him a position as staff writer, which he eventually turned into a lucrative side business from 1983 until 1994, writing hundreds of articles for ''Stars'' magazine and 18 biographical books about celebrities and professional athletes.
From 1988–1990, Eichhorn was publisher and editor of the ''Northwest EXTRA!'', a "lurid, pulp tabloid" zine which ran for 15 issues. (A 16th issue was published in 2001.)
In 1994, Eichhorn became editorial director for
Loompanics Unlimited
Loompanics Unlimited was an American book seller and publisher specializing in nonfiction on generally unconventional or controversial topics. The topics in their title list included drugs, weapons, survivalism, anarchism, sex, conspiracy theories ...
, a mail-order
libertarian
Libertarianism (from french: libertaire, "libertarian"; from la, libertas, "freedom") is a political philosophy that upholds liberty as a core value. Libertarians seek to maximize autonomy and political freedom, and minimize the state's e ...
publishing and book distribution company in
Port Townsend
Port Townsend is a city on the Quimper Peninsula in Jefferson County, Washington, United States. The population was 10,148 at the 2020 United States Census.
It is the county seat and only incorporated city of Jefferson County. In addition to ...
, Washington, a position which he held for four years. Eichhorn was responsible for the publication of 65 books during this time, wrote dozens of articles and hundreds of book synopses for Loompanics' publications and catalogs, and oversaw contractual agreements with writers, as well as movie rights and foreign translations.
Comics
Before becoming a comics writer, Eichhorn had read the work of
Justin Green,
Robert Crumb
Robert Dennis Crumb (; born August 30, 1943) is an American cartoonist and musician who often signs his work R. Crumb. His work displays a nostalgia for American folk culture of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and satire of contem ...
,
Frank Stack
Frank Huntington Stack (born October 31, 1937 in Houston, Texas) is an American underground cartoonist and fine artist. Working under the name Foolbert Sturgeon to avoid persecution for his work while living in the Bible Belt, Stack published wh ...
, and
Harvey Pekar
Harvey Lawrence Pekar (; October 8, 1939 – July 12, 2010) was an American underground comic book writer, music critic, and media personality, best known for his autobiographical ''American Splendor'' comic series. In 2003, the series inspired a ...
. (''The Rocket'' had occasionally run Pekar's strips while Eichhorn worked there.)
In the early 1980s, Eichhorn met cartoonist
Peter Bagge
Peter Bagge (pronounced , as in ''bag''; born December 11, 1957) is an American cartoonist whose best-known work includes the comics ''Hate'' and ''Neat Stuff''. His stories often use black humor and exaggerated cartooning to dramatize the reduced ...
in Seattle. This led to Eichhorn's inclusion in ''
Weirdo'' magazine, which Bagge edited at that time. Eichhorn began writing autobiographical stories for sequential illustration, which he described as "regurgitations of pithy stories I'd regaled my friends with for years." The first two were rendered by
Carel Moiseiwitsch
Carel is a given name, and may refer to:
Arts
* Carel Blotkamp, Dutch artist and art historian
* Carel de Moor, Dutch etcher and painter
* Carel Fabritius, Dutch painter and one of Rembrandt's most gifted pupils
* Carel van Mander, Flemish painter ...
and
Michael Dougan
Michael Dougan is Professor of European Union law, European Law and Jean Monnet Programme, Jean Monnet Chair in EU Law, at the University of Liverpool. He came to the attention of social media users in the United Kingdom when a video of one of his ...
. This led to Eichhorn's creation of the anthology series ''Real Stuff'', published from 1990 to 1995 by Seattle-based
Fantagraphics
Fantagraphics (previously Fantagraphics Books) is an American publisher of alternative comics, classic comic strip anthologies, manga, magazines, graphic novels, and the erotic Eros Comix imprint.
History
Founding
Fantagraphics was found ...
.
Eichhorn followed Pekar's example of writing true stories for others to illustrate, but unlike Pekar, Eichhorn emphasized action-filled tales of sex, substance abuse, and violence, many taking place in Eichhorn's native state of Idaho. The title was an amalgamation of two preexisting comic book titles: Mark Zingarelli's ''Real Life'' and
Peter Bagge
Peter Bagge (pronounced , as in ''bag''; born December 11, 1957) is an American cartoonist whose best-known work includes the comics ''Hate'' and ''Neat Stuff''. His stories often use black humor and exaggerated cartooning to dramatize the reduced ...
's ''Neat Stuff''. Stories in the
Eisner Award
The Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, commonly shortened to the Eisner Awards, are prizes given for creative achievement in American comic books, sometimes referred to as the comics industry's equivalent of the Academy Awards. They are named in ...
-nominated series were illustrated by many artists, including
Ed Brubaker
Ed Brubaker (; born November 17, 1966) is an American comic book writer, cartoonist and screenwriter who works primarily in the crime fiction genre. He began his career with the semi-autobiographical series '' Lowlife'' and a number of serials i ...
,
Rick Altergott
Rick Altergott (born 1961)[Donna Barr
Donna Barr (born August 13, 1952) is an American comic book author and cartoonist. She is best known for ''The Desert Peach'' and ''Stinz''.
She was born in Everett, Washington, the second child in a family of six siblings.
Life and education ...]
,
Lynda Barry
Linda Jean Barry (born January 2, 1956) is an American cartoonist.
Barry is best known for her weekly comic strip ''Ernie Pook's Comeek''. She garnered attention with her 1988 illustrated novel ''The Good Times are Killing Me'', about an interr ...
,
Jim Blanchard,
Ariel Bordeaux
Ariel Bordeaux is an American alternative cartoonist, painter, and writer. She is known for the confessional autobiographical minicomics series ''Deep Girl'' and the two-person title (with her husband Rick Altergott) '' Raisin Pie''.
Life 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 Cl ...
, Bob Crabb,
Julie Doucet
Julie Doucet (born December 31, 1965)
is a Canadian ,
Éric Thériault, Gene Fama,
Mary Fleener
Mary Fleener (born September 14, 1951) is an American alternative comics artist, writer and musician from Los Angeles. Fleener's drawing style, which she calls ''cubismo'', derives from the cubist aesthetic and other artistic traditions. Her f ...
,
Ellen Forney
Ellen Forney (born March 8, 1968) is an American cartoonist, educator, and wellness coach. She is known for her autobiographic comics which include ''I was Seven in '75''; ''I Love Led Zepellin''; and ''Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo an ...
,
Renee French,
,
Aline Kominsky-Crumb
Aline Kominsky-Crumb (née Goldsmith; August 1, 1948 – November 29, 2022) was an American underground comics artist. Kominsky-Crumb's work, which is almost exclusively autobiographical, is known for its unvarnished, confessional nature. In 20 ...
,
Peter Kuper
Peter Kuper (; born September 22, 1958) is an American alternative comics artist and illustrator, best known for his autobiographical, political, and social observations.
Besides his contributions to the political anthology '' World War 3 Illust ...
,
Paul Mavrides
Paul Mavrides (born 1952) is an American artist, best known for his critique-laden comics, cartoons, paintings, graphics, performances and writings that encompass a disturbing yet humorous catalog of the social ills and shortcomings of human ...
, Pat Moriarity,
Joe Sacco
Joe Sacco (; born October 2, 1960) is a Maltese-American cartoonist and journalist. He is best known for his comics journalism, in particular in the books '' Palestine'' (1996) and '' Footnotes in Gaza'' (2009), on Israeli–Palestinian rela ...
, Triangle-Slash, Holly Tuttle,
J. R. Williams,
Jim Woodring
James William Woodring (born October 11, 1952) is an American cartoonist, fine artist, writer and toy designer. He is best known for the dream-based comics he published in his magazine '' Jim'', and as the creator of the anthropomorphic cartoo ...
, Mark Zingrarelli, and numerous others. After nine issues, Fantagraphics experienced problems shipping ''Real Stuff'' to Canada and the United Kingdom because of the explicit sexual content, and a sexually explicit spin-off series ''Real Smut'' was created in 1992, to remove that material from ''Real Stuff''.
From 1992 until 2006 Eichhorn wrote comic stories (as well as articles and book reviews) for ''Scram'' magazine, a Los Angeles music publication.
In 1993 Eichhorn funded
Starhead Comix
Starhead Comix was an Alternative comics, alternative/Underground comix, underground comics publisher that operated from 1984–c. 1999.Sandall, Simon"Michael Dowers p3,"''Reader's Voice'' (Mar. 1, 2013). Founded by Michael Dowers, Starhead was b ...
's publication of ''Real Schmuck'' comix. He also paid for Starhead's publication of two other titles, ''The Amazing Adventures of Ace International'' in 1993 and ''Northwest Cartoon Cookery'' in 1995. He fell out with his publisher Fantagraphics in 1995.
In 2004,
Top Shelf Productions
Top Shelf Productions is an American publishing company founded in 1997, originally owned and operated by Chris Staros and Brett Warnock and a small staff. Now an imprint of IDW Publishing, Top Shelf is based in Marietta, Georgia.
Top Shelf pub ...
released ''The Legend of
Wild Man Fischer
Lawrence Wayne "Wild Man" Fischer (November 6, 1944 – June 16, 2011) was an American street performer known for offering erratic, a cappella performances of "new kinds of songs" for a dime on the beaches and the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood. ...
'', a collection of comic book stories about the outsider musician (most of which had appeared in ''Real Stuff'') which Eichhorn co-authored with artists
J. R. Williams and Holly Tuttle. In that same year, Swifty Morales Press published ''Real Stuff by Dennis P. Eichhorn and a Host of Artists'', a collection of stories from Eichhorn's comic books and other sources. Eichhorn said that the preponderance of violent stories in this book resulted from the publisher's selection of material, pointing out that the book contains approximately one-fifth of his output.
Eichhorn entered into an agreement with
Boing Boing
''Boing Boing'' is a website, first established as a zine in 1988, later becoming a group blog. Common topics and themes include technology, futurism, science fiction, gadgets, intellectual property, Disney, and left-wing politics. It twice won ...
in 2013 to post some of his old ''Real Stuff'' comics online.
Eichhorn's work was mentioned, though not reprinted, in the 2015 and 2016 editions of ''
The Best American Comics
''The Best American Comics'' was a yearly anthology of comics in the United States published by Houghton Mifflin from 2006 to 2019 as part of ''The Best American Series''.
Stories were chosen using the same procedure as the other Best American ...
''.
Personal life
Eichhorn was married three times: first to Kip Charlson, then Joan Pelley, and finally Jane Rebelowski. He had a daughter Sarah (born in 1977),
and a grandson Knox (born in 2004).
He lived in
Bremerton
Bremerton is a city in Kitsap County, Washington. The population was 37,729 at the 2010 census and an estimated 41,405 in 2019, making it the largest city on the Kitsap Peninsula. Bremerton is home to Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and the Bremer ...
, Washington. Eichhorn died on October 8, 2015, from
pneumonia
Pneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung primarily affecting the small air sacs known as alveoli. Symptoms typically include some combination of productive or dry cough, chest pain, fever, and difficulty breathing. The severity ...
.
[Van Deusen, Tom]
"Dennis P. Eichhorn, 1945–2015,"
''The Comics Journal'' (Oct. 13, 2015).
Other
In October 1993 an interview with Eichhorn was featured in ''The Comics Journal'' #162. Eichhorn was featured on the cover of the magazine along with other autobiographical comic book creators.
Movies
Dennis Eichhorn has appeared in two documentaries:
* ''Hooked On Comix - Volume 1 - Life On The Cutting Edge Of An All-American Artform'' (2006)
* ''Derailroaded: Inside The Mind Of Larry 'Wild Man' Fischer'' (2011)
Awards and honors
Eisner Award
* Eisner Award Finalist, Best Writer, 1993
* Eisner Award Finalist, Best Continuing Series (''Real Stuff''), 1993
* Eisner Award Finalist, Best Anthology (''Real Stuff''), 1993
* Eisner Award Finalist, Best Anthology (''Real Stuff''), 1994
Harvey Award
* Harvey Award, Best New Series (''The Spirit: The New Adventures''), 1999
on''
Ignatz Award
* Ignatz Award Finalist, Outstanding Story (''The Legend of Wildman Fischer''), 2005
The Best American Comics (by Bill Kartaloupous)
* 2015 Notable Comics, ''Real Good Stuff #1 & #2''
* 2016 Notable Comics, ''Extra Good Stuff''
Bibliography
Comic books
: as writer, unless otherwise noted
Creator titles
* ''Heavystreet Komikx'' #1-3 (self-published, 1969)
* ''Real Life #1'' (
Fantagraphics
Fantagraphics (previously Fantagraphics Books) is an American publisher of alternative comics, classic comic strip anthologies, manga, magazines, graphic novels, and the erotic Eros Comix imprint.
History
Founding
Fantagraphics was found ...
, 1990)
* ''Real Stuff'' (20 issues,
Fantagraphics
Fantagraphics (previously Fantagraphics Books) is an American publisher of alternative comics, classic comic strip anthologies, manga, magazines, graphic novels, and the erotic Eros Comix imprint.
History
Founding
Fantagraphics was found ...
, 1990–1994)
* ''Real Smut'' (6 issues,
Eros
In Greek mythology, Eros (, ; grc, Ἔρως, Érōs, Love, Desire) is the Greek god of love and sex. His Roman counterpart was Cupid ("desire").''Larousse Desk Reference Encyclopedia'', The Book People, Haydock, 1995, p. 215. In the earli ...
/
Fantagraphics
Fantagraphics (previously Fantagraphics Books) is an American publisher of alternative comics, classic comic strip anthologies, manga, magazines, graphic novels, and the erotic Eros Comix imprint.
History
Founding
Fantagraphics was found ...
, 1992–1993)
* ''Real Schmuck'' (Starhead Comix, 1993)
* ''The Amazing Adventures of Ace International'' (Starhead Comix, 1993)
* ''The Legend of Wild Man Fischer'' (
Top Shelf Productions
Top Shelf Productions is an American publishing company founded in 1997, originally owned and operated by Chris Staros and Brett Warnock and a small staff. Now an imprint of IDW Publishing, Top Shelf is based in Marietta, Georgia.
Top Shelf pub ...
, 2004)
* ''Real Stuff by Dennis P. Eichhorn and a Host of Artists'' (Swifty Morales Press, 2004)
* ''Real Good Stuff'' #1 & #2 (Poochie Press, 2013)
* ''Extra Good Stuff'' (
Last Gasp
Last Gasp or The Last Gasp may refer to
* Last Gasp (publisher)
* ''Last Gasp'' (''Inside No. 9''), a TV episode
* '' The Last Gasp'', a 2007 album by Impaled
* ''The Last Gasp'' (novel)
* "Last Gasp" (song)
{{dab ...
, 2015)
Anthology works
* ''Moscow Duck Review'' (1974) — editor/writer
* ''Weirdo'' #14, #16, and #19 (
Last Gasp
Last Gasp or The Last Gasp may refer to
* Last Gasp (publisher)
* ''Last Gasp'' (''Inside No. 9''), a TV episode
* '' The Last Gasp'', a 2007 album by Impaled
* ''The Last Gasp'' (novel)
* "Last Gasp" (song)
{{dab ...
, 1985, 1987)
* ''The New Comics Anthology'' (
Collier Books
Crowell-Collier Publishing Company was an American publisher that owned the popular magazines '' Collier's'', ''Woman's Home Companion'' and ''The American Magazine''. Crowell's subsidiary, P.F. Collier and Son, published ''Collier's Encyclopedia, ...
, 1991)
* ''Naughty Bits'' #5 (Fantagraphics, 1991)
* ''True North'' 2 (Andromeda Comics, 1991)
* ''A Couple of Winos'' (Fantagraphics, 1991)
* ''Playgrounds'' #1 (Fantagraphics, 1991)
* ''Scott Russo's Jizz'' #8 (Fantagraphics, 1991)
* ''Tales From The Outer Boroughs'' #1 (Gary Groth & Kim Thompson, 1991)
* ''Drawn & Quarterly'' Vol. 1 #7-8 (
Drawn & Quarterly
Drawn & Quarterly is a publishing company based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, specializing in comics. It publishes primarily comic books, graphic novels and comic strip collections. The books it publishes are noted for their artistic content, ...
, 1992)
* ''Attitude Lad'' #1 (Iconographix, 1992)
* ''Dancing With Your Eyes Closed'' (Iconografix, 1992)
* ''Scram''
ol.1#2 and #3 (Scram, 1992)
* ''Big Mouth'' #1-2, 4-5 (
Fantagraphics
Fantagraphics (previously Fantagraphics Books) is an American publisher of alternative comics, classic comic strip anthologies, manga, magazines, graphic novels, and the erotic Eros Comix imprint.
History
Founding
Fantagraphics was found ...
, Starhead Comix, 1992–1995)
* ''I Like Comics'' #1 (Makeshift Media, 1993)
* ''Destroy All Comic Books'' #1 (Slave Labor Graphics, 1993)
* ''Real Big Thing Stuff'' (self-published, 1994)
* ''Colin Upton's Authorized Big Black Thing'' (Starhead Comix, 1994)
* ''Sex Kinks of the Rich and Famous'' (
Rip Off Press
Rip Off Press Corporation, Inc. is a comic book mail order retailer and Distribution (business), distributor, better known as the former publisher of adult-themed series like ''The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers'' and ''Rip Off Comix'', as well as ...
, 1994)
* ' #21 (Cult Press, 1994)
* ''Hands Off!'' #1 (Ward Sutton, 1994)
* ''Attitude Lad'' #1 (Slave Labor Graphics, 1994)
* ''Northwest Cartoon Cookery'' (Starhead Comix, 1995)
* ''The Ersatz Peach'' (Aeon, 1995)
* ''Rapture'' (Starhead Comix, 1995)
* ''Popcorn Pimps'' (Fantagraphics, 1996)
* ''Schizo'' #2 (Fantagraphics, 1996)
* ''Boing Boing Magazine'' (Boing Boing, 1996)
* ''Bad Meat'' #3 (Beef Eye, 1997)
* ''Howie Action Comics'' #1 (Andy Brown, 1999)
* ''Too Much Coffee Man The Magazine'' #11 and #13 (Adhesive Comics, Inc., 2001)
* ''Scram'' #16 (Scram, 2002)
* ''Will Eisner's The Spirit: The New Adventures'' #7 (
Kitchen Sink Press
Kitchen Sink Press was a comic book publishing company founded by Denis Kitchen in 1970. Kitchen Sink Press was a pioneering publisher of underground comics, and was also responsible for numerous republications of classic comic strips in hardcov ...
, 1998); later re-published in ''Will Eisner's The Spirit: The New Adventures (Spirit Archives)'' (
Dark Horse Books
Dark Horse Comics is an American comic book, graphic novel, and manga publisher founded in Milwaukie, Oregon by Mike Richardson in 1986. The company was created using funds earned from Richardson's chain of Portland, Oregon comic book shops known ...
, 2009)
* ''Mineshaft Magazine'' #24, #26, and #27 (Mineshaft Magazine, 2008, 2011) *
* ''Idaho Comics'' #1–2 (
Idaho Comics Group
Idaho Comics Group (ICG) is an independent comic book publishing company from Boise, Idaho that was founded in 2014, which publishes the officially licensed ''Tarzan and the Comics of Idaho'' anthology and ''Idaho Comics.'' The anthologies benef ...
, 2014–2015)
* ''Outside The Panels'' (Look Mom, Comics!, 2015)
* ''
Tarzan
Tarzan (John Clayton II, Viscount Greystoke) is a fictional character, an archetypal feral child raised in the African jungle by the Mangani great apes; he later experiences civilization, only to reject it and return to the wild as a heroic adv ...
and the Comics of Idaho'' #1–3 (
Idaho Comics Group
Idaho Comics Group (ICG) is an independent comic book publishing company from Boise, Idaho that was founded in 2014, which publishes the officially licensed ''Tarzan and the Comics of Idaho'' anthology and ''Idaho Comics.'' The anthologies benef ...
, 2014–2016, #3 posthumous)
* ''Northwest Cartoonists Cookbook'' (Fantagraphics, 2017, posthumous)
* ''Who Killed Hunter S. Thompson?'' () (
Last Gasp
Last Gasp or The Last Gasp may refer to
* Last Gasp (publisher)
* ''Last Gasp'' (''Inside No. 9''), a TV episode
* '' The Last Gasp'', a 2007 album by Impaled
* ''The Last Gasp'' (novel)
* "Last Gasp" (song)
{{dab ...
, 2018, posthumous)
* ''The Book of Weirdo: A Retrospective of R. Crumb's Legendary Humor Comics Anthology'' () (
Last Gasp
Last Gasp or The Last Gasp may refer to
* Last Gasp (publisher)
* ''Last Gasp'' (''Inside No. 9''), a TV episode
* '' The Last Gasp'', a 2007 album by Impaled
* ''The Last Gasp'' (novel)
* "Last Gasp" (song)
{{dab ...
, 2019, posthumous)
* ''Spread Love Comix'' #12 (Spread Love Comix, 2022, posthumous)
* Mineshaft Magazine #34 contains a wonderful story that is a tribute to Dennis Eichhorn and his friendship by David Collier entitled, "The Big Book of Nostalgia...Revisited."
Turman Publishing Co.
* ''Cosby'' () 1986
* ''Jordan'' () 1987
* ''Springsteen'' () 1987
* ''Murphy'' () 1987
* ''Cruise'' () 1987
* ''Macchio'' () 1987
* ''Fox'' () 1987
* ''Whitney'' () 1987
* ''Tyson'' () 1987
* ''Bon Jovi'' () 1987
* ''Stallone'' () 1987
* ''Elway'' () 1988
* ''Hammer'' () 1993
* ''Shaq'' () 1995
Notes
References
* Daniel, Dennis. "Dennis Eichhorn Interview" ''The Comics Journal'' #162 (Oct. 1993), p. 83-89
* Arnold, Andrew D
"Sexing Up a Story," Time.com (Mar. 08, 2004)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Eichhorn, Dennis
American comics writers
Writers from Boise, Idaho
Underground cartoonists
1945 births
2015 deaths
Deaths from pneumonia in Idaho
Whitman College alumni
University of Idaho alumni
Boise State University alumni
People from Deer Lodge, Montana