Did the comic book The Caterer really exist? Is Jeff Lint a made up person? Is his recent 'biography' drawn strictly from the imagination of the author?

Read an article in The Believer about this Jeff Lint character, and read up on 'him' on the internet - apparently, all nine issues of the comic he created, The Caterer, supposedly issued in the 70s and published through Pearl, go for upwards of $70 each on eBay. Nothing turned up on Completed Items though. The comic looks brilliant from the snippets I've seen, but since this is a request for information and not a source of it, I'll assume if you've clicked on this thread you have some idea what I'm talking about already. I know nothing of comics and am out of the 'hoax' loop. Help?