Ron-Ron!

Promo piece; drawn 1985; published in Gay Comix #6 and as a color invitation to a party at The Saint
© 1985 Robert Triptow

Gay Comix may only have been an excuse for the party, but what a party! The Saint — a disco occupying the East Village building that was once the Fillmore East — hosted me and Howard Cruse, Burton Clarke, and whatever other cartoonists were within shouting distance.

I was the guest of honor at a hot Labor Day thump-a-thon. It was overwhelming, really. Seeing my cartoons incorporated into the disco lightshow quite literally left me reeling.

Of course, I was more impressed by it having been the Fillmore East.