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Moscow Duck Comic papers

 Collection
Identifier: MG 5827

Content Description

One issue of Moscow Duck Comic edited by Dennis P. Eichhorn. 12 pgs, bw.

Dates

  • Creation: 1974

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Biographical / Historical

Dennis Paul Eichhorn 1945 - 2015. Born in Deer Lodge, Montana on August 19, 1945. He left this world on October 8, 2015 in Bremerton, Washington. Denny was raised in Boise, Idaho by Elmer "Ike" and Eileen Tuffley Eichhorn. Borah High School, class of 1963. He was a football star, ran track, excelled at wrestling and the Chess Club. His mind was so sharp that he obtained a perfect score on the Scholastic Aptitude Test.

Eichhorn attended Whitman College, Boise Junior College, and graduated from the University of Idaho. He was involved in the creation of the Blue Mountain Music Festival and The Universal Life Church Festival at Farragut State Park in Idaho.

Denny moved to California in the early 1970s. It was in California that he first became a published writer. His course in life was set. He settled in Western Washington by the mid 1970's.

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/idahostatesman/name/dennis-eichhorn-obituary?id=15724055

While at the University of Idaho, he edited the underground comic The Moscow Duck Review. Eichhorn moved to Seattle in the late 1970s, and found work for the now-defunct alternative weekly The Rocket as senior editor and writer. He wrote Real Stuff which lasted 20 issues.

In addition to his comics work at the time, Eichhorn published and edited the alternative paper the Northwest EXTRA!, which ran from 1988–1990. He also worked at the mail-order anarchist publisher Loompanics Unlimited from 1994–1998.He self-financed three comic books published through Starhead Comics shortly after Real Stuff ended: Real Schmuck, The Amazing Adventures of Ace International and The Northwest Cartoon Cookery. In 2001, Swifty Morales Press published a reprint collection, Real Stuff by Dennis P. Eichhorn and a Host of Artists.

In 2013, the website Boing Boing began posting Eichhorn’s Real Stuff comics. Shortly thereafter, Eichhorn returned to alternative comics with Dennis P. Eichhorn’s Real Good Stuff from Poochie Press. Eichhorn was active until the very end, and Last Gasp published his final book, Dennis P. Eichhorn’s Extra Good Stuff.

https://www.tcj.com/dennis-p-eichhorn-1945-2015-by-tom-van-deusen/

Extent

1 item

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

One issue of Moscow Duck Comic by Dennis P. Eichhorn

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Materials received from Edward Dorey in 2023 (MA 2024-06).

Condition Description

good condition. some light damage

Title
Guide to Moscow Duck Comic papers
Status
Completed
Author
Finding Aid prepared by Ariana Burns
Date
2024
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives Repository