Crazy Uncle Bill, Summer/Fall 1994

Crazy Uncle Bill is a fanzine devoted to Burroughs, filled with humorous takes on his work. Collage throughout, including quotes and selections from Burroughs' works and some of the editors' writings. In the editorial, the editor notes that this was inspired by the Toronto, Canada, parody zine Double Bill.

Published in Berkeley, California, US by Jim Richardson in the Summer of 1994.

Bibliographic Information: 

• Not in Shoaf
• Not in Schottlaender
• Raven 19940700CUBI.X.X

Selected Contents: 

• Jim Richardson: 
• "Crazy Uncle Bill" (editorial)
• "Bon Appetit" (collage)
• "Dreams of Uncle Bill" (essay)
• untitled collage ["Down by the River"] (collage)
• "Tangier 1961" [from a photo attributed to Allen Ginsberg] (parody)
• untitled collage [Burroughs and Gysin] (collage)
• "Dreams of Uncle Bill [II]" (essay)
• "One more shot – tomorrow the cure." (cover art)
• William S. Burroughs and Jim Richardson:
• untitled collage ["Paregoric Babies of the World Unite"] (quote/collage)
• untitled collage ["there are no neutrals there"] (quote/collage)
• untitled collage ["the symbolism of the lesbian agents"] (interview/collage)
• "Bur-Rose" (quote/collage)
• untitled collage ["last of the big time spenders"] (quote/collage)
• "Hard-ons and bring-downs" (quote/collage)
• untitled collage ["Kiki and Burroughs in Tangier in 1957"] (quote/collage)
• "Campus of Interzone University" (quote/collage)
• untitled collage ["in club windows..."] (quote/collage)
• Allen Ginsberg: photograph of Joan Vollmer

Publishing Information: 

• Editor and Artist: Jim Richardson