Greed Magazine was a music, comics, and culture periodical published in Washington, DC, by Kurt Sayenga

Kurt Sayenga

Kurt Sayenga is a writer, director, and producer living in the Los Angeles area. He was originally active in the Washington, D.C. punk scene, and created, edited, and was the head writer of Greed Magazine in the late 1980s, one of the first magazines to fuse coverage of underground music,...

 from 1986 to 1989. It lasted six issues, and included interviews with such luminaries as Robyn Hitchcock

Robyn Hitchcock

Robyn Rowan Hitchcock is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist. While primarily a vocalist and guitarist, he also plays harmonica, piano and bass guitar....

, the Hernandez brothers (creators of Love and Rockets), Sonic Youth

Sonic Youth

Sonic Youth is an American alternative rock band from New York City, formed in 1981. The current lineup consists of Thurston Moore , Kim Gordon , Lee Ranaldo , Steve Shelley , and Mark Ibold .In their early career, Sonic Youth was associated with the No Wave art and music scene in New York City...

, Bob Burden

Bob Burden

Bob Burden is an American comic book artist and writer, best known as the creator of Flaming Carrot Comics and the Mystery Men.-Early life:Burden grew up in the industrial rust belt of the Northeast United States...

 (creator of Flaming Carrot and Mystery Men), Rites of Spring, and Chester Brown (creator of Yummy Fur). The magazine also published the first appearance of Evan Dorkin

Evan Dorkin

Evan Dorkin is an American comics artist and writer. His best known works are the comic books Milk and Cheese and Dork...

's popular creations Milk and Cheese, which spawned a comic as well as t-shirts, lunch boxes, and refrigerator magnets.

The first three issues (Late Winter, 1986; Spring, 1987; Fall, 1987) were entirely black and white, with covers by Peter Hayes

Peter Hayes

Peter Hayes is a contemporary sculptor now based in Bath, England, whose work is displayed in public locations including the UK, US, Canada and Belgium.- Life and works :...

, while the last three featured color covers, done respectively by Charles Burns (cartoonist)

Charles Burns (cartoonist)

Charles Burns is an American cartoonist, illustrator and film director.-Life:Burns is renowned for his meticulous, high-contrast and creepy artwork and stories. He lives in Philadelphia with his wife, painter Susan Moore, and their two daughters Ava and Rae-Rae.His father was an oceanographer for...

, Los Bros Hernandez, and Bob Burden.