boac - third - judith beeman

BOAC - THIRD
The third BOAC came out in 1997 and features the artwork of Delaine Derry Green, whose
My Small Diary & Not My Small Diary zines are the bomb. Fans of auto biographical comix
need this stuff. Another artistic highlight was Davy Caven, from the UK, let me reproduce
his original drawing of Christopher Bell.
This issue came packed with bonus goods: First came the vinyl single with songs by Van
Duren and Tommy Hoehn both Memphis contemporaries of the band, along with a twocolour sticker featuring the classic neon star Big Star logo replicated with the words BOAC.
This issue also included separate pin-ups of Jody! I had three Queens of the comix scene,
Roberta Gregory, Shary Flenniken and Mary Fleener each draw their interpretation of Jody
as he appears on the cover of Radio City. I was embarrassed I hadn’t screened the photo of
Jody on the back cover where ‘miniatures’ of the drawings were and his pic looks like he’s
on fire. I apologize for any perceived sexism re: Jody’s good looks, it’s a tad tongue-in-cheek
but still I point you to the physical evidence.