Manhunt! was edited by Terry Richards, one of the earliest women underground cartoonists and already one of the collective that guided Wimmen's Comix. Not surprising, Manhunt! is a feminist comic, but it is distinguished by the significant number of contributions from male artists and writers.

The work in Manhunt! is exemplified by Michele Brand's opening story, "I Loved a Vampire ...and Lived," which is about a college-age woman who falls in love with a man with a skirt-chasing reputation. Sure enough, the man proves his reputation accurate and the woman becomes depressed, but when she gets a chance for redemption she seizes it in a mature way and chalks up the entire experience as one of life's lessons.

The stories that follow feature a mean woman taking advantage of a gullible man; a romance parody about a young wife who can't satisfy her husband's need for a variety of... good breakfast; a gluttonous woman who nearly loses her husband over her obsession with food; and a woman who jeopardizes her marriage trying to follow a sex-advice book and fulfill her sexual potential.

Manhunt! is a solid comic that provides insights to love relationships without being heavy handed on the man hating or feminist radicalism.



HISTORICAL FOOTNOTES:
The Print Mint produced approximately 20,000 copies of this comic book. It has not been reprinted.

COMIC CREATORS:
Terry Richards - editor, 2
Lee Marrs - 1, 44 (art)
Michele Brand - 3-6
Gary Hallgren - 7-8, 22-23
Melody Friendship - 9-12
Willy Murphy - 13-14
Aline Kominsky - 15-20
Nancy Griffith - 21
Ted S. Richards - 24, 37-42
Lora Fountain - 25-29
Gary King - 30-31
Bobby London - 32-35
Shelby Sampson - 36
Sharon Kahn Rudahl - 43
Gail Madonia - 44 (script)