Robyn arrived on the scene in SF just after Doris died. She met Tippi just once and has been stalking Miss X ever since. She created the 1991 comic book Homozone 5, inspired by the Sluts A-Go-Go and the X-Men and is currently adapting "Vegas in Space" as a comic book. Long fascinated by drag and trans history, she is Creative Director at the Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive.
I ran across this on an auction website. From what I understand, this is a booklet produced in Australia in 1991 for the Doris Fish Wake that was held at Kinsella’s in Sydney. I’d love to know more about it, and will update when I have more info. If you know, or have a copy,…
Circa 1979-1980, this show flyer from the Sluts A Go-Go Australian Tour is a masterpiece from Doris Fish. A hand lettered Xerox collage of photographs, she put her friend’s heads on bodies taken from photos in Female Mimics International Magazine.
Photo by Matt Barton. I love the intimacy of this photograph. ❤️A snapshot in the back seat of Phil Ford’s car on the way to a show or a party. The black hair frames Doris’s features beautifully and she’s so lit up. From Miss X’s archive.
The debut poster for the Sluts A Go-Go designed by Doris Fish. Doris loved creating the posters for their shows, so much so that the actual show itself was a mere formality. Things I love about this: the Doris portrait is naturally awesome, I drew our logo from this image. I love the phrases “Real…
X and Doris at a street fair circa 1979-1980
Miss X comments: “I joined a band headed by my next door neighbor Mark Elliott. Trans drummer Scott Loughridge (I think), bass Jeanette Szudy who played the reporter in VIS, I sang and played keyboards, Tippi and Doris (and Freida Lay at our first performance at Previews) danced. This poster was created by Doris for…
Nightlub of the Living Dead, November 1986, Club 181, San FranciscoDoris Fish, Miss X, Sandal Herbert, Tippi
West Graphics Card, Photo by by John Edwards