Underground comix are small press or self-published comic books that are often socially relevant or satirical in nature. They differ from mainstream comics...
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Zap Comix is an underground comix series which was originally part of the counterculture of the late 1960s. While a few small-circulation self-published...
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Don Donahue (section Comix titles published)
the underground comix movement in the 1960s. Donahue published numerous influential comics from that movement, including the first run of Zap Comix and...
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in the underground comix movement. She is also known for creating the controversial work Fresca Zizis and her contributions to Wimmen's Comix, as well...
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Alternative comics (redirect from Post-underground comics)
American comics that have appeared since the 1980s, following the underground comix movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Alternative comics present...
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George DiCaprio (category Underground cartoonists)
and former performance artist, known for his work in the realm of underground comix. DiCaprio has collaborated with Timothy Leary and Laurie Anderson...
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Terry Zwigoff (section Underground comix scene)
records. Zwigoff's friendship with Crumb led to his involvement in the underground comix scene. He initially edited the one-shot Funny Aminals #1 (Apex Novelties...
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Gilbert Shelton (category Underground cartoonists)
American cartoonist and a key member of the underground comix movement. He is the creator of the iconic underground characters The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers...
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[citation needed] Almost from the outset, the Underground Press Syndicate supported and distributed underground comix strips. Cartoonists and strips syndicated...
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Robert Crumb (category Underground artists)
works of the underground comix movement in the 1960s, including being a founder of the first successful underground comix publication, Zap Comix, contributing...
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Trina Robbins (category Underground cartoonists)
early participant in the underground comix movement, and one of the first women in the movement. She co-produced the 1970 underground comic It Ain't Me, Babe...
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Fritz the Cat (category Underground comix)
associated with the underground comix scene between 1965 and 1972; Fritz the Cat comic compilations elevated it to one of the underground scene's most iconic...
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American comic book (section Underground comix)
"alternative" comics – such as Big Apple Comix, continued somewhat in the tradition of the earlier underground comics, while others, such as Star Reach...
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Mr. Natural (character) (category Underground comix)
underground comix artist Robert Crumb. First appearing in Yarrowstalks (1967), the character gained a following during the emergence of underground comix...
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Rick Griffin (category Underground cartoonists)
posters in the 1960s. He was a key figure in the underground comix movement as a fouding member of the Zap Comix collective. Griffin was closely identified...
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Gay Comix (later Gay Comics) is an underground comics series published from 1980 to 1998 featuring cartoons by and for gay men and lesbians. The comic...
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Felix Dennis (section Underground comix)
Database. Accessed 28 December 2016. Sabin, Roger (1996). "Going underground". Comics, Comix & Graphic Novels: A History of Comic Art. London, United Kingdom:...
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remaining underground press (including underground comix), largely by making the local head shops which stocked underground papers and comix in communities...
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Art Spiegelman (category Underground cartoonists)
1960s and Garbage Pail Kids in the 1980s. He gained prominence in the underground comix scene in the 1970s with short, experimental, and often autobiographical...
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counter culture figure and underground comix artist Robert Crumb. The character first appeared in the Philadelphia-based underground newspaper Yarrowstalks...
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S. Clay Wilson (category Underground cartoonists)
1941 – February 7, 2021) was an American underground cartoonist and central figure in the underground comix movement. Wilson attracted attention from...
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David Geiser (category Underground cartoonists)
October 14, 2020) was an American painter and creator of several underground comix. David Geiser was an abstract expressionist painter, born in Rochester...
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Wimmen's Comix, later retitled (respelled) as Wimmin's Comix, is an influential all-female underground comics anthology published from 1972 to 1992. Though...
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Bibles to Underground Comix. Harry N. Abrams inc. p. 104. Grand Comics Database: Penthouse Comix cover index Grand Comics Database: Penthouse Comix #1 Special...
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themes. The first issue of Armageddon appeared as an issue of All-New Underground Comix. It is the only comic book from that series to continue onto its own...
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The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers (category Underground comix)
Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers, a trio featured in Gilbert Shelton's underground comix. While the Cat is usually featured in a small 'topper' strip below...
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Bill Griffith (category Underground cartoonists)
his career, which started in the underground comix era, Griffith has worked with the industry's leading underground/alternative publishers, including...
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Jay Lynch (category Underground cartoonists)
5, 2017) was an American cartoonist who played a key role in the underground comix movement with his Bijou Funnies and other titles. He is best known...
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Clay Geerdes (section Journalism and underground comix)
really highlighted underground comix; held in 1973, 1974, and 1976 (when it was known as "Underground '76"). Geerdes started the Comix Wave newsletter in...
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Kitchen Sink Press (redirect from Kitchen Sink Comix)
Homemade Comics, inspired in part by the seminal underground comix titles Bijou Funnies and Zap Comix. The selling out of the 4,000 print-run inspired...
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