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Weirdo, No. 6, R. Crumb (Editor), Special Collections, Fleet Library Jun 1982

Weirdo, No. 6, R. Crumb (Editor), Special Collections, Fleet Library

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28 volumes : illustrations. Frequency: quarterly. Publication dates: No. 1 (spring, 1981), ceased with no. 28 (summer, 1993). Editor: R. Crumb. With issue #10, P. Bagge became editor; with issue #18, Crumb's wife, Aline Kominsky-Crumb became editor (except for issue #25, which was again edited by Bagge).Color illustrations on covers, b&w interiors. Early issues of Weirdo reflect Crumb's interests at the time outsider art, fumetti, Church of the SubGenius-type anti-propaganda and assorted "weirdness." It also introduced artists such as Peter Bagge, Dori Seda and Dennis Worden. No. 6 Contributors: Robert Crumb, Aline Kominksy-Crumb, Terry Boyce, Ace Backwords, Norman Dog, Jeff …


Weirdo, No. 5, R. Crumb (Editor), Special Collections, Fleet Library Mar 1982

Weirdo, No. 5, R. Crumb (Editor), Special Collections, Fleet Library

Underground Comix

28 volumes : illustrations. Frequency: quarterly. Publication dates: No. 1 (spring, 1981), ceased with no. 28 (summer, 1993). Editor: R. Crumb. With issue #10, P. Bagge became editor; with issue #18, Crumb's wife, Aline Kominsky-Crumb became editor (except for issue #25, which was again edited by Bagge).Color illustrations on covers, b&w interiors. Early issues of Weirdo reflect Crumb's interests at the time outsider art, fumetti, Church of the SubGenius-type anti-propaganda and assorted "weirdness." It also introduced artists such as Peter Bagge, Dori Seda and Dennis Worden. No. Contributors: Robert Crumb, Drew Friedman, Harry S. Robins, Terry Boyce, Cliff Neal, Macedonio …


It’S A Dog’S Life : Why Are These Dogs Men?, Larry S. Todd, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1982

It’S A Dog’S Life : Why Are These Dogs Men?, Larry S. Todd, Special Collections, Fleet Library

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52 unnumbered pages : chiefly illustrations. Cover title. A Man hits hard times and finds himself in the doghouse as his head is removed, and placed on a Dog's body! Color cover illustration, b&w interior. The Adler Archive of Underground Comix, Gift of Bill Adler.


Mickey Rat, No. 4, Robert E. Armstrong, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1982

Mickey Rat, No. 4, Robert E. Armstrong, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Underground Comix

volumes : illustrations. Title from indicia. Library has nos. 1-4 (1972-1982) The Adler Archive of Underground Comix, Gift of Bill Adler.


American Splendor, No. 7, Harvey Pekar, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1982

American Splendor, No. 7, Harvey Pekar, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Underground Comix

volumes : illustrations. Began in 1976 with #1; ceased in 1993 with #17. American Splendor is a series of autobiographical comic books written by Harvey Pekar and drawn by a variety of artists. The first issue was published in 1976 and the last one in September 2008, with publication occurring at irregular intervals (Pekar died in 2010). Publishers were, at various times, Harvey Pekar himself, Dark Horse Comics, and DC Comics. In addition to R. Crumb, Pekar's most well-known and longest-running collaborators included Gary Dumm, Greg Budgett, Spain Rodriguez, Joe Zabel, Gerry Shamray, Frank Stack, Mark Zingarelli, and Joe Sacco. …


Zap Comix, No. 10, R. Crumb, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1982

Zap Comix, No. 10, R. Crumb, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Underground Comix

Early issues were published by Apex Novelties and later reprinted by Last Gasp. Publisher became Print Mint with no. 3, Last Gasp with no. 10, and Fantagraphics with no. 16. No. 0 was drawn before issue no. 1 but published afterwards and numbered no. 0 to preserve the correct sequence. Zap Comics written and illustrated by Robert Crumb, S. Clay Wilson, Victor Moscoso, Rick Griffin, Gilbert Shelton, Spain Rodriguez, Robert Williams, Paul Mavrides. Zap Comix was an underground comix series which was originally part of the youth counterculture of the late 1960s. While a few small-circulation self-published satirical comic books …