Adam Ritchie and his band inside the DMZSteve Schmidt and Link Smith skating in DMZ parking lotSteve Schmidt, somewhere between the heights and downtownGrove Circle Punx - Andy Conrad, Utrillo, Bryan Spinas, Matthew Thompson, Jason White, Josh Bentley (92)
Mark Drenzek added story to The Link Springs Forms
Brad Sims added story to New Wave Festival
Chris Johnson added story to DMZ opens
cHe added story to DMZ opens
Jason Matthews (Livingston, Montana) added story to New Wave Festival
Jason Matthews (Livingston, Montana) added story to Econochrist forms
Jason Matthews (Livingston, Montana) added story to Hatful Day plays their first show
Robert Borden added story to Big Boss Line forms
Michelle Morton added story to Women's City Club Show
Adam Ritchie and his band inside the DMZ
Steve Schmidt and Link Smith skating in DMZ parking lot
Steve Schmidt, somewhere between the heights and downtown
Big Boss Line - 10ft Tall
Grove Circle Punx - Andy Conrad, Utrillo, Bryan Spinas, Matthew Thompson, Jason White, Josh Bentley (92)
Towncraft Clip 6: A Generation of Vipers
Towncraft Clip 5: Kick Out a Light Socket And Go
Towncraft Clip 4: A Show of Force
Towncraft Clip 3: They Were Doing It For Little Rock
Towncraft Clip 2: Little Rock Pride
The roots of Harlan Records
Nate Powell sows the seeds for Harlan Records in September 1992 when he begins self-publishing the comic book D.O.A. with fellow artists Mike Lierly and Nathan Wilson. Dubbed Food Chain Productions, it would print a dozen more books.
doa, harlan records, mike lierly, nate powell
Nate Powell // D.O.A. was the first comic I ever completed and published. We made 105 copies of the first issue by scamming the interiors at our parents' offices, and Colin Brooks (who was working at the JFK Kinko's at the time) made color copies of the cover for us, though we incorrectly assumed that we could get a sweet discount on said covers by pointing out that we thanked Substance in our comic. They sold out really fast at local comic stores, all four issues; our fourteen- and- fifteen year old selves could hardly believe that we were actually receiving fan mail (even if it was from sixth-graders). It was another few years of reading zines before I realized that I could express what was important to me in narrative form WITHOUT using superheroes to do it.

Mike Lierly and Dustin Clark were in a band in mid-92 called Kudita (pronounced 'coup d'etat') with Bill Brookshire and Nate Price, and their demo tape was due to be the first release on Food Chain Records, but they fizzled out before even playing a show.
colin brooks, doa, dustin clark, food chain records, kudita, mike lierly, nate price, substance
DOA Interior
DOA Issue #1
Harlan Records
Nate Powell - 'Conditions'
Nate Powell - 'Tiny Giants'
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