Note about vintage catalogs: We have found that a number of serious underground comix collectors are seeking related esoterica such as publisher's catalogs from the '70s and '80s. This generally discarded ephemera is of interest because it provides valuable insight into the relative contemporary popularity of artists and titles, reveals alternative marketing approaches, provides comix reprint information, and offers spot illustrations, information columns and information available no where else.

Pioneer underground cartoonist and publisher Denis Kitchen in many cases put aside a small stack of catalogs from Kitchen Sink Press, Krupp Comic Works, Krupp Distribution and Krupp Mail Order, many of which he designed himself when the interrelated companies were very small. Most have not been touched for twenty-five or thirty years. When our small inventory from his personal archives is gone, it is highly unlikely that these rare catalogs, particularly in such prime condition, will ever surface again.