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Button 087: Krupp Mail Order 1971-1981: Anniversary Party
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87. Krupp Mail Order 1971-1981: Anniversary
Party.
Krupp Mail Order began as a modest backroom
operation in Krupp's Strickly Uppa Crust retail store in Milwaukee
(see button #3A). It steadily grew as advertising in Kitchen
Sink's comix line, Rolling Stone, High Times and
other publications expanded the mailing list. KMO was essentially
a "head shop by mail," offering a full line of underground
comix, pipes, bongs, counterculture T-shirts and the like to
an audience that either had no access to a head shop or was too
embarrassed to be seen going inside.
By 1981 it was a Boulder CO based spin-off
of the Krupp Comic Works "conglomerate," operated by
Denis Kitchen's one-time partner Tyler Lantzy and his wife Terre.
The slick KMO catalogs frequently featured custom color covers
by underground cartoonists like Kitchen, Peter Poplaski, Peter
Loft, Howard Cruse, Bill Griffith, Justin Green and John
Pound. Three buttons were created to celebrate the mail order
company's 10th anniversary. This one, designed by Loft, modified
the firm's eagle (for fast service) symbol.
2.25 inch diameter. $1.50
One note, for serious button collectors,
you may want to read the KSP
BUTTON TEXT which explains the numbering systems for
identifying the various buttons produced over the last 30 years,
or see the COMPLETE
KSP BUTTON LIST. The list is VERY long, so be patient
while it loads.
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Button 087: Krupp Mail Order 1971-1981: Anniversary Party
87. Krupp Mail Order 1971-1981: Anniversary
Party.
Krupp Mail Order began as a modest backroom
operation in Krupp's Strickly Uppa Crust retail store in Milwaukee
(see button #3A). It steadily grew as advertising in Kitchen
Sink's comix line, Rolling Stone, High Times and
other publications expanded the mailing list. KMO was essentially
a "head shop by mail," offering a full line of underground
comix, pipes, bongs, counterculture T-shirts and the like to
an audience that either had no access to a head shop or was too
embarrassed to be seen going inside.
By 1981 it was a Boulder CO based spin-off
of the Krupp Comic Works "conglomerate," operated by
Denis Kitchen's one-time partner Tyler Lantzy and his wife Terre.
The slick KMO catalogs frequently featured custom color covers
by underground cartoonists like Kitchen, Peter Poplaski, Peter
Loft, Howard Cruse, Bill Griffith, Justin Green and John
Pound. Three buttons were created to celebrate the mail order
company's 10th anniversary. This one, designed by Loft, modified
the firm's eagle (for fast service) symbol.
2.25 inch diameter. $1.50
One note, for serious button collectors,
you may want to read the KSP
BUTTON TEXT which explains the numbering systems for
identifying the various buttons produced over the last 30 years,
or see the COMPLETE
KSP BUTTON LIST. The list is VERY long, so be patient
while it loads.
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