Midnight Fiction Comix and Reviews

Richard Krauss is the creative farce behind the Midnight Fiction website. Back in the day, Midnight Fiction was the name of my first small press comix. Back then I was a small part of the newave comix scene. Now MidnightFiction.com collects most of my cartoon work with a little backstory thrown in for good measure.

The site is updated every Saturday. I've made a serious commitment to keeping things fresh, so please bookmark the site and revisit it often. I promise there will be new content every week. You can count on it.

Updates typically include a new cartoon, review, and blog entry. All of the new material appears on the home page and is simultaneously published on a permanent page (under Comix, Reviews, or Blog). So if you want to link to content that won't move, use the permanent page location.

For now, the weekly cartoons feature comix I drew during my newave comics days, but I've begun cartooning again and intend to eventually feature new material. My most recent projects include two five-page stories, one for Jim Main's Satyr #9 (Main Enterprises) and another for Delaine Derry Green's Not My Small Diary #15.

Thanks very much for visiting the site. Please make it a part of your regular surfing. If you have any comments, suggestions, or requests, I'd love to hear from you!

Bob Vojtko Zinography Link

Bob Vojtko's wonderful comix and cartoons have entertained readers since the seventies. Bob was a big part of the newave comix scene. His work was published by Clay Geerdes, George Erling, Everyman Studios, Jabberwocky Graphix, and many others during those early days of mini comics. With the help of his wife Sue, he also published over a dozen of his own books under the Vojtkomics Productions banner. More recently, Bob's cartoons have been published in the Hustler Humor, Harvard Business Review, Nickelodeon Magazine, Highlights for Children, The Lutheran, and Woman's World.

Midnight Fiction's spotlight on Bob Vojtko includes a comprehensive index of his published work, a few weeks worth of his short-lived syndicated comic strip Suzy, and a great collection of his strips from the pages of Low Budget Funnies.

Interview with Joe Wehrle Jr. Link

Joe Wehrle Jr. is an artist, writer, and musician. Joe has written and illustrated several books including Pearls of Peril (BLB), Stovepipe, and Drawn by Wehrle (portfolio). His work has been published in Two-Gun Raconteur, Vampirella, The Menomonee Falls Gazette, and many other publications. Through his Pencil Portrait studio he offers custom illustrated portraits at reasonable rates.

Midnight Fiction's spotlight on Joe Wehrle Jr. includes an interview, an index of his published work, and a short story featuring his famous feline, Cauliflower Catnip in a special Christmas adventure.

Other Zinographies

MidnightFiction.com also hosts and links to other Zinographies of select cartoonists and illustrators such as Brad W. Foster, Rick McCollum, Dave Miller, John Porcellino, and Michael Roden. Collaborating with Rick Bradford, who runs the Poopsheet Foundation website, we're working to add more indexes of newave, mini-comic, and small press comic creators' published works to our sites.

The Michael Roden Benefit Portfolio

MidnightFiction.com
Milestones

2010
06-26 Midnight Fiction
        Favorites begins
05-29 Jim Main Interview
05-22 75,000 visitor
05-01 Stumptown 2010
03-13 Giant Size Mini
        Comics
02-06 Newave launch party
01-01 MF.com rated #10 on
        Going to New
        Mexico's Top Ten
        Comics of 2009

2009
12-09 2010 Desk Calendar
10-20 50,000th visitor
07-04 I'd Buy That begins
05-02 Tribute to Captain
        Geroge Henderson
02-21 Low Budget Funnies
        by Bob Vojtko begins
01-03 Interview with
        Noah Van Sciver &
        2009 Desk Calendar

2008
11-10 25,000th visitor
10-18 MF.com turns two
07-12 Spotlight on
12-21 Steve Willis
05-12 Interview with
12-21 Doc Boucher
03-16 100th page added
03-11 10,000th visitor
03-01 Spotlight on
12-21 Michael Roden
02-09 Interview with
12-21 DC McNamara &
12-21 Bug Infested 12-21 12-21 Comics #5

2007
12-22 Spotlight on
12-21 Joe Wehrle Jr.
11-10 100th Review
10-20 First anniversary &
10-20 Media Report Comix
09-22 Blog begins
09-08 2008 Desk
09-08 Calendar
07-28 Midnight Fiction
07-08 Shop opens
02-24 Spotlight on
02-24.Bob Vojtko

2006
11-26 100th visitor
10-21 MF.com goes live