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Kurt Erichsen Notes

The Pioneers of Queer Men's Comics Conference

Erichsen discussed his experiences, feelings, thoughts, and motivations around his first comics and his overall career as a comic artist at this conference.

Murphy's Manor

The beginnings of Murphy's Manor was difficult. Erichsen's friend gave him a gay bar guide in which the publisher wanted someone to draw cartoons for two newspapers. Unfortunately, this did not work out and so Erichsen decided to publish Murphy's Manor on his own. Murphy's Manor was included in over 70 gay newspapers across a long period of time, accumulating 1183 comic strips.

Aside from the main series of Murphy's Manor, there was a side series called Murphy's Library, which ran from 1987 to 1990 and produced 16 comic strips. Lambda Rising Book Report was where the first 12 comic strips of Murphy's Library were published, with the remaining published in Meatmen.

Toledo Metropolitan Area Council of Governments

Erichsen began work at the TMACOG in 1984 and worked for 33 years. While working at the TMACOG, Erichsen aided in restoring the Ottawa River and the Maumee Bay State Park. Another of Erichsen's accomplishments at the TMACOG was to improve the Stormwater Coaliton of Wood and Lucas County which led to the aid of the farming community by managing the stormwater in the region. Many at the TMACOG credit and acknowledge the work that Erichsen did on the 208 plan, a plan on how to manage sewer lines, wastewater treatment, and septic systems in five counties in Ohio and Michigan. """The Sparkle Spinsters"

There were four stories in Gay Comics issues 6 (1985), 7 (1986), 8 (1986), and 12 (1988). The respective titles of the stories in the Gay Comics are as follows: "The Sparkle Spinsters: Stains on the Sofa," "The Sparkle Spinsters: Home Movies," "The Sparkle Spinsters: In Midsummer Night's Super Stud," and "The Sparkle Spinsters: In the Ghetto." There was one story published in Meatmen issue 19 (1994) titled "The Sparkle Spinsters: Little Red Riding Crop."