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Black box (1):
Flat box (2):
Folders 1 & 2:

Tyler Cohen collection, 1994-2010

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Black box (1):


Box 1 Bag of minicomics:

Box 1 Primahood: the second album (2012)

Box 1 Tattooed woman (1999)

Box 1 Mycelium: fragment #2 (2010)

Box 1 Primer 1 (2008)

Box 1 Possum #2 (June 1996)

Box 1 Possum #3 (July 1997)

Box 1 Possum #4 (1998)

Box 1 Possum #5 (2000)

Box 1 Possum #6 (2001)

Box 1 Possum #7 (2002)

Box 1 Moxie, vol. 2, no. 4 (Fall 1999) ; contains illustrations by Cohen

Box 1 5 untitled sketches and tracings

Box 1 Folder with correspondence re W.I.C.C.A. (Women in Comics Creating Anarchy) ;

Box 1 issue #2 (1995) ; 1994 NYT Arts & Leisure with article in women in underground

Box 1 comics


Box 2 3 smaller, untitled watercolors, 2006, 2009, undated

Flat box (2):

Box 2 2"-high pile of original art for comics stories, primarily on 12" x 9" sketchbook paper

Box 2 "Three," undated, 3pp., color

Box 2 "[Before you came into my life]," undated, 4pp, b&w

Box 2 "[Crush]," undated, 4pp, b&w

Box 2 "Mamapants asks: Tomboy," 3pp., b&w

Box 2 "Ripped jeans," undated, 1p., b&w

Box 2 Several loose pages of comics and sketches

Box 2 "Mothership," 2020, 6pp., blue watercolor

Box 2 Several undated b&w pages (unclear if one story or many, although one group

Box 2 penciled Asha, pp. 7-11)

Box 2 "My first time," 1p., undated (but probably 2016)

Box 2 Several #MeToo-inspired pages

Box 2 "Let's be blunt about this shiznit, starring MamaPants and Aunt Flo," 4pp, undated,

Box 2 b&w with red spot color

Box 2 Ink portraits

Box 2 "MamaPants in:" 2017, 11pp., b&w (rise in white supremacy)

Box 2 3 pages of surreal children climbing branches, color

Box 2 "MamaPants in Evident truths," 2016, 4pp., b&w

Box 2 "Pop culture is like cupcakes," 1p. Undated, color

Box 2 "MamaPants in" Ashke-nose-y," undated, 2pp., b&w

Box 2 "Walking sideways," undated, 7pp., b&w

Box 2 "Stuffed," 2014, 1p., b&w

Box 2 "Mama Pants in: Monster High," undated, 2pp., b&w

Box 2 "MamaPants says: Hello Beauty!" undated, 1p, b&w (maybe a 2nd page after "Dots

Box 2 and stripes"?

Box 2 3-page b&w story about race and her biracial daughter

Box 2 4 more pages of surreal children, in color

Box 2 Several b&w comics pages

Box 2 "MamaPants in: Ebb and flow," pages penciled 1-3, 7-8/8, 11, 16-18, 21, 23-24, 26

Box 2 "MamaPants in: Dots and stripes" undated, 2pp., b&w

Box 2 4 asst'd b&w comics pages

Box 2 4 pp. of paper doll clothing, color

Box 2 1 color page history of a breast from childhood to old age

Box 2 Smaller loose pile, all on 14" x 17" sketchpad paper

Box 2 "Tattooed women" original art

Box 2 "Get your freak on!" original art

Box 2 "Because," 2002, 3pp., b&w, for anthology True porn

Box 2 "Catacomb: mechanical," undated, pp. 1-30, b&w

Box 2 "Catacomb," 2001, 14pp., b&w

Box 2 "Hide and seek," chapter 3 (with Kerry Cohen), 2001, 10pp., b&w

Box 2 "The balance game," 1998, 7pp, b&w

Box 2 "Hide and seek" chapter 2 (with Kerry Cohen), undated, 7pp., 1 unglued caption,

Box 2 b&w

Box 2 "Wings," 1998, 8pp, b&w

Box 2 Cover to Possum #3, photocopy on sketchbook paper

Box 2 Untitled 6-page story about childbirth

Box 2 "Hide and seek" chapter 1 (with Kerry Cohen), 1997, 5 or 6 pages (6th perhaps from

Box 2 "Wings"?), b&w

Box 2 Possum #2 cover pasteups, June 1996

Box 2 "Dustpans and broomsticks," 1996, 8pp., b&w

Box 2 "Tuesday," 1996, 1p., b&w

Box 2 "Equinox," undated, 25pp., b&w

Box 2 Original art for Moxie magazine

Box 2 Anatomical drawings—hands and breast cross-section

Folders 1 & 2:


Mapcase 15-L-2 Folder 1 & 2 "Soak," 2003, 3pp. + rough, b&w

Mapcase 15-L-2 Folder 1 & 2 [untitled] 2006 (21 x 30)

Mapcase 15-L-2 Folder 1 & 2 What she said III, 2004 (41 x 26)

Mapcase 15-L-2 Folder 1 & 2 [untitled: baby with intestines], 9-4-06 (21 x 24)

Mapcase 15-L-2 Folder 1 & 2 Negotiations, 2004 25 x 28)

Mapcase 15-L-2 Folder 1 & 2 [untitled, undated, woman riding man with gas mask] (32 x 20)

Mapcase 15-L-2 Folder 1 & 2 [untitled, woman carrying sack with protruding hand], 2006 (29 x 18)

Mapcase 15-L-2 Folder 1 & 2 [untitled, tussle over lock of hair], 6-23-06 (19 x 30)

Mapcase 15-L-2 Folder 1 & 2 What she said I, 2004 (30 x 29)

Mapcase 15-L-2 Folder 1 & 2 Things that go bump, 2004 (45 x 32)

Mapcase 15-L-2 Folder 1 & 2 Gratuity included II, 2004 (23 x 57)

Mapcase 15-L-2 Folder 1 & 2 Spilling sweet, 2005 (26 x 56)

Mapcase 15-L-2 Folder 1 & 2 Quality goods (sticky, silky), 2004 (39 x 56)

Mapcase 15-L-2 Folder 1 & 2 One fine day, 2004 (34 x 55)

Mapcase 15-L-2 Folder 1 & 2 Bring on the dancing girls!, 2004 (38 x 57)

Mapcase 15-L-2 Folder 1 & 2 Booty, 2004 (32 x 57)

Mapcase 15-L-2 Folder 1 & 2 Double bubble, 2004 (57 x 38)

Mapcase 15-L-2 Folder 1 & 2 What she said II, 2004 (31 x 56)

Mapcase 15-L-2 Folder 1 & 2 You tell them, sister!, 2005 (57 x 36)

Mapcase 15-L-2 Folder 1 & 2 [untitled, two studies: woman carrying sack with hand, family of five], 6/3/10(38 x 43)

Mapcase 15-L-2 Folder 1 & 2 [untitled, undated, three masked people in a procession] (45 x 47)

Mapcase 15-L-2 Folder 1 & 2 A little tenderness, 2005 (56x38)

Mapcase 15-L-2 Folder 1 & 2 What's your mess?, 2005 (56x38)

Mapcase 15-L-2 Folder 1 & 2 Repast, 2005 (38x56)

Mapcase 15-L-2 Folder 1 & 2 [untitled, undated, tearing apart carcass] (38x56)

Mapcase 15-L-2 Folder 1 & 2 The No-goodniks, 2004 (56x38)

Mapcase 15-L-2 Folder 1 & 2 [untitled, undated, four young people on a bench, with birds] (57x59)

Mapcase 15-L-2 Folder 1 & 2 Jump Street, 2004 (76x26)

Mapcase 15-L-2 Folder 1 & 2 Find, 2004 (26x76)

Mapcase 15-L-2 Folder 1 & 2 Thanks for remembering the ziplocks, 2004 (26x76)

Mapcase 15-L-2 Folder 1 & 2 Rites of spring, 2004 (26x76)

Mapcase 15-L-2 Folder 1 & 2 Dotted line, 2005 (76x26)

Mapcase 15-L-2 Folder 1 & 2 It's been a good year, 2004 (76x26)

Mapcase 15-L-2 Folder 1 & 2 A good hunt, 2004 (76x26)

Mapcase 15-L-2 Folder 1 & 2 Where's the party?, 2004 (76x26)

Mapcase 15-L-2 Folder 1 & 2 Gratuity included (2 pc), 2004 (76x26)

Mapcase 15-L-2 Folder 1 & 2 Ladies, ladies, ladies, 2004 (76x26)

Mapcase 15-L-2 Folder 1 & 2 Tag, 2005 (76x26)

Mapcase 15-L-2 Folder 1 & 2 No one likes a line, 2004 (26x76)