Straight Talk About This Issue

Back in 1995, after weeks of fasting and silent prayer, I decided to divide the topics of Sex and Kitchen Gadgets into two issues. Crap Hound 2 had 68 pages and focused more on inanimate objects, and Crap Hound 3 had 76 pages, focusing more on people.

This let me dodge the bindery‘s saddle-stitch limit of 100 pages, and, at a time when I relied heavily on submissions, inserting half a year between issues would allow prospective contributors to see the extent and style of material I was after, improving the odds of submissions to the second part.

Time passed, and I became a man.

I learned to refine old images into usable material, and how to pack more images into each page. I realized I might be able to combine both issues and a shitload of new material into one big issue. I knew I could lose a fair amount of mediocre and redundant images. I could cut extraneous text passages, headlines, and hideously dated material. I could also gently uninclude material that, while being completely unremarkable in the ’90s, would almost certainly offend today’s more “delicate” sensibilities.

So... 22 years after the first issue was published, I scanned the original boards and separated the pictures, improving what I could.

About two-thirds of the imagery on these new layouts is carried over from the original issues. The remaining third is entirely new material. I kept editorial to a minimum and ruthlessly filled dead space.

Of the 11 fonts from Issues 2 and 3, I’ve kept only two. In the end, I kept it to 100 pages. I win. Again.

One more thing: If you’re looking for additional imagery of these topics, there are 12 pages of all-new material in the Additions 2020 issue, listed in the back, available through Buyolympia.com.

Enjoy the issue, and thank you for reading, special friend.