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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2014 21:00:28 GMT -5
My wife has a pretty decent run of Omaha and Phil Foglio's Xxxenophile stuff. The only underground stuff I have is one that went mainstream-Larry Golnick's Cartoon History of the Universe, which started as an underground and got picked up by a major book publisher. I guess First Kingdom might be considered an underground too, but I only have the first volume of the recent collected edition of Katz's epic.
Someone mentioned Echo of Future past, not sure if that was an underground as it was Continuity and got distributed by at least one of the major publishers of the 80's, but I have a bunch of those, plus some of the Corben Fantagor stuff, which is not quite underground, but Corben did have underground cred. Not sure if they qualify as undergrounds either, but I had a bunch of Steve Woron stuff, Survivors I think the title was called. Woron was out of Connecticut and I met him a few times. He was friends with the owner of the comic shop I went to in high school, who actually published one of the issues of the Woron books as Burnside Comics (Burnside Ave was the street the shop was located on)in the height of the b&w boom of the mid 80s. I also have a underground comic that adapted Robert Anton Wilson and Robert Shea's Illuminatus trilogy form that time period as well. They produced a couple of issues but I only have the one.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2014 21:14:01 GMT -5
I'd just like to mention that bronzeagebrian's write up of this thread on the front page should earn him some hard time in the punitentiary.  -M |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2014 0:18:08 GMT -5
I have about 200 or so undergrounds, if you want to add the Eros Comix stuff, which Fogels is doing these days with their catalog. Full runs of Omaha and Cherry as well. I'm almost complete with Bizarre Sex and almost done with all of Neal Adams' Echo of Futurepast. Echo Of Futurepast is one I wasn't sure on or not. I know it has a handful of familiar underground guys in it so it's in my underground boxes along with a handful of other 80's indies that seemed a bit underground. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2014 0:25:13 GMT -5
I used to have a ton of Underground Comix. Growing up a stone's throw away from San Francisco, I would often take a trip to Haight-Ashbury and buy comix in the same store featured in the R. Crumb documentary. The store had nothing but underground comix, and it was a bit of a mind-shattering explosion of the avant-garde. I couldn't tell you the name of the place though, or if it still even exists...as the last time I was there was in the early 90's. Was it the San Fransisco Comic Book Company? That place had a full page ad in Teen Angels Magazine once, which was super cool.  TEEN ANGELS by KID DEUCE, on Flickr |
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Aug 31, 2014 1:05:20 GMT -5
California Comics-#1 (1974) and #2 (1975) published by Bob Sidebottom The first issue starts off with a dreamlike fantasy tale from John Williams.Scott Shaw weighs in with 6 pages about his being a comic book junkie. A weird story about running a taco stand is illustrated by someone named WAM.Some funny unknown artist finishes it off with Lord Winston and his Mummfied Hand,Ahab the Arab and Louie The Lush The 2nd issue is quite interesting since it contains an 11 page index of all underground comix released thru 1975. It only covers letters A-C alas Lots of enticing titles I wish I owned such as Air Pirates Funnies,Amputee Love and Binky Brown Meets The Holy Virgin Mary  Cannibal Romances 1986 from Last Gasp.Reprints an 8 page manga story.Includes a whacked out tale called Live and Let Dine. Then we get The Bride Of Dinoboy (he's got the body of a raptor). Lydia Lunch writes and Mike Matthews draws A Portrait of an American Princess Dori Seda contributes Hospital Hell. Don't read on a full stomach Captain Guts #1 and #2 from 1969 from Larry (Cherry Poptart) Welz.Defender of the American Way. A few cans of beer turns our hero into a mighty muscled,take-no-prisoner powerhouse. The Weather Underground and Black Panthers alike are torn to shreds. Welz's early artwork here is kind of crude but lets say er..expressively violent and sexual. Like a good underground should be.  Cartoon History Of The Universe-#1 (1978) thru #7 (1984) from Rip Off Press and creator Larry Gonick. Probably the only undergrounds you can read in a classroom. Perennial best-seller and found collected in any Barnes and Noble. If you needed to show someone the literary highlights of comic book history this series should be amongst the examples Cheech Wizard aka Schizophrenia 1973 by Vaughn Bode published by Last Gasp This is a split book,similar to what I've seen John Byrne and others attempt. The top 2/3 of each page is a Cheech Wizard tale similar to what was printed in the National Lampoon The bottom 1/3 is an ink-washed monologue by Vaughn explaining the origins of his sexual confusions (his mama) and how he became a pan-sexual. Vaughn Bode-You just had to know his talent would burn bright but burn out quick.I also filed away in the same box the 4 issue Complete Cheech Wizard series from Rip Off Press released in 1986 and 1987 
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Post by DubipR on Sept 1, 2014 8:38:39 GMT -5
California Comics-#1 (1974) and #2 (1975) published by Bob Sidebottom The first issue starts off with a dreamlike fantasy tale from John Williams.Scott Shaw weighs in with 6 pages about his being a comic book junkie. A weird story about running a taco stand is illustrated by someone named WAM.Some funny unknown artist finishes it off with Lord Winston and his Mummfied Hand,Ahab the Arab and Louie The Lush The 2nd issue is quite interesting since it contains an 11 page index of all underground comix released thru 1975. It only covers letters A-C alas Lots of enticing titles I wish I owned such as Air Pirates Funnies,Amputee Love and Binky Brown Meets The Holy Virgin Mary I love the covers to California Comix. The wraparound cover to first issue is very cool |
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Post by hondobrode on Sept 1, 2014 10:01:10 GMT -5
I have about 200 or so undergrounds, if you want to add the Eros Comix stuff, which Fogels is doing these days with their catalog. Full runs of Omaha and Cherry as well. I'm almost complete with Bizarre Sex and almost done with all of Neal Adams' Echo of Futurepast. Echo Of Futurepast is one I wasn't sure on or not. I know it has a handful of familiar underground guys in it so it's in my underground boxes along with a handful of other 80's indies that seemed a bit underground. Echo was a title from Neal Adam's Continuity, which tried to become a viable alternative to the Big Two with characters like    They were, ok, but not great. Of course Neal Adams' art was smokin, but the stories, and especially the dialogue, were weak without a good editor and someone to help with script. More of a curiosity than anything seriously collected, by most. |
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Sept 1, 2014 12:22:19 GMT -5
Even though I regularly went to Greenwich Village in the late 60s/early 70s, I don't recall actually buying any underground comics. I certainly flipped through them or read some at friends houses. I believe I began accumulating them in the mid to late 70s. Many comic stores were in the Village or the Lower East Side and they had plenty of undergrounds for me to catch up on. Cherry Poptart aka Cherry by Larry Welz. Issue #1 from 1982 thru #11 (#12 and up got sold with the rest of my collection). A late entry to the world of undergrounds its now one of its better known series.The ultimate Archie parody.Welz's art improved considerably from his Captain Guts days. A fun book in my estimation. #11 is a 3D issue Cocaine Comix-#1 was released in 1975 and is the brain child (or rather nose child) of Rich Chidlaw. A Wm Stout cover and a very nice Brent Boates 3 pg story. Otherwise a full length tale of a young dude named Wildroot arriving on Hollywood Blvd and getting caught up in its sex and drug culture. Chidlaws's art is rather decent and later issues host other contributors such as #2-Pete Von Sholly ,Robert Williams,Jim Valentino and #4-Carol Lay and Scott Shaw.Lots of stories of famous Hollywood people or funny animals snorting lines  Commies From Mars-Last Gasp Publishing.I've got #2 (1979) -6 (1987) all with beautiful covers by John Pound. An SF anthology with the likes of #2-Hunt Emerson,Rich Larson,Greg Irons #3-S Clay Wilson,Tim Boxell,Greg Irons #4-Shawn Kerri,Hunt Emerson. Spain has a 1 page tribute to Wally Wood A consistently entertaining series  Corporate Crime Comics-from Kitchen Sink #1 (1977) and #2 (1979) and unfortunately these books don't seem dated at all #1 starts with R Diggs telling the story of Karen Silkwood.Peter Popaski illos the ITT Scandal.Trina Robbins tells us about the Airplane Scam of 1973. Kim Deitch,Leonard Rifas, Greg Irons and others tell us of more corporate shenanigans #2 has Trina Robbins and the Triangle Shirtwaist disaster,how corporations dodge taxes,corporate pollution,defective and unsafe products and on and on Depressing to know not a lot has really changed  |
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Sept 1, 2014 12:29:21 GMT -5
Dan O'Neill's Comics and Stories-I've got #1 and #3. They have late 1940s cover dates on them but were released in 1971 and 1972. Funny animal parody of both Pogo and Disney. No sex to speak of, just social commentary. Great stuff  Despair-All Crumb. Life's not worth living  Dirty Duck-Bobby London 1971. You'll need this after reading Despair  |
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Post by hondobrode on Sept 1, 2014 12:34:04 GMT -5
Great stuff Ish !
It's too bad this stuff doesn't get seen by the audience it deserves.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2014 16:01:07 GMT -5
That Commies From Mars cover is awesome. I personally didn't like Cocaine Comix #1. Got rid of my copy, even though the cover and title are cool. The panels were too busy and I couldn't easily tell what was going on.
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Sept 1, 2014 17:17:37 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2014 18:39:11 GMT -5
Yes, all of them are fantastic. I've never heard of that series until now. That's the tough thing about undergrounds, it requires some research. I have the Fogel guide too, just never looked into it. Bought it directly from Fogel, autographed and sketched too.
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Post by hondobrode on Sept 1, 2014 19:54:32 GMT -5
I need to get that.
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Sept 2, 2014 8:16:17 GMT -5
Onward
Dirty Laundry Comics-1977 by Crumb and Aline Kominsky.She keeps Crumb's depravity in check but just barely. Its Crumb's character trying to live the domesticated life Dr Wirtham's Comix & Stories-An anthology series with many familiar names #2 from 1976 include Will Muegniot,Steve Bissette,Rick Veitch and Bill Black #7/#8 is a thick flip book that showcases Terry Beatty,Jay Kinney,Mark Nelson,Doug Potter,Robert Williams,Mike Matthews,and Peter Bagge #9/#10 is another thick flip book. I have another issue but no clue as to its number. Its a very eccletic anthology and for every story you like, you'll scratch your head on the next  Doll-Guy Colwell Rip-Off Press. A 4 issue miniseries from 1989 about a sex doll come to life.I believe I consider this the last true new underground title Dope Comix-Kitchen Sink #2 1978 has a gorgeous John Pound cover.Doug Hansen,Howard Cruse,Lee Marrs,Dan Steffan and Trina Robbins turn you on #3 has a Jay Lynch coverwith most of the creators returning with their pot and LSD stories #5 is an all marijuana issue with a Omaha The Cat Dancer appearance.Monte (son of Basil) Wolverton does the back cover. Charles Burns does the front cover is man, its DOPE  Drool #1 1972 Shockwork Lemon by Ralph Reese and Lary Hama Nixon's Trip To Harlem by Peter Bramley The Rock N Roll Forecast for 1984 by Jay Kinney.Any accurate predictions? Lets see.. Dylan becoming a rabbi and moves to Israel. Not bad because Dylan did embrace religion in the early 80s, particularly Judaism John Lennon replaces Johnny Carson on the Tonight Show. After enjoying his one week stint as guest-host on The Mike Douglas Show, I wouldn't have been surprised Neil Young as a successful cattle rancher in ArgentinaThe Rolling Stones as old geezers still performing. DING DING DING Shaved skulls will be in fashion. Hey-this guy Kinney is beggining to freighten me Grass legalized by 1984. Well maybe 2020 OK-I'm quoting this one direct " Instead of plastic discs,record albums will be handy metal slugs that project 3D moving holograms which perform the tunes. Apple is working on this as we speak All weekly Rock papers will merge into one boring weekly magazine. Fait Accompli James Taylor will do TV commercials for old time rock songs of the 70s. Turns out it was John Sebastian  
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