Ohio poets and artists included the likes of Daniel Thompson, Maj Ragain, Amy Bracken Sparks, Ben Gulyas, Chris Franke, Harvey Pekar, Gary Dumm, Masumi Hayashi and Ken Nevadomi.
Formats included a coloring book, a popcorn box, a video, a deck of cards, legal tablets, and a catalog for the 1989 Performance Art Festival.
[6][7] Poet Daniel Thompson (d. 2004) and Smith co-edited "Crimes in the Dark: Reel-Life Art," also known as the "popcorn box" edition of ArtCrimes.
A civil rights activist and advocate for the homeless, Thompson became the first honored "Poet Laureate" for Cuyahoga County, Ohio.
[9] The 2002 issue — co-edited with Beth Wolfe — was dedicated to Wayne Draznin, a professor at the Cleveland Institute of Art who died the previous year.