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Days of Fiction Past's avatar

This was a very well-researched article on a fascinating bit of comic book history. It's fun to speculate on the etymology of the term. Were they squinkies because they were "quick" to produce or because they "squeaked" stuck in-between larger and more reputable magazines on the newsstands?

B.C. Komix's avatar

Thanx! Like a good unsolved mystery we can fill in the blanks, and your theories ring true to me. The term is both intriguing and sounds funny, which is why I'll be using it to describe early comics books.

Lee Arnold's avatar

I never knew about the (possible) origins of this word - I’m thought it was a Bob Crumb coinage in that classic Zap comics cover (“Zap comics is squinty comics!”). This is a brilliant look-in to a side of the whole industry that the poohbahs of it exploited - the tried to pretend didn’t exist, along with the poor bastards doing the work for it all.

B.C. Komix's avatar

Most that saw that Zap cover over the years probably thought it was a Crumb coinage, learning the history makes one wonder if Crumb picked it up from an old timer like Woody Gelman or if it was still used in the '60s.

Yuri Teles da Silva's avatar

👍🏼

Chad Townsend's avatar

Sequential quirky ink ? 🤷

B.C. Komix's avatar

Squirty quirked-up inkies ✒️💦