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El Perfecto Comics, Aline Kominsky (Editor), Various Artists, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1973

El Perfecto Comics, Aline Kominsky (Editor), Various Artists, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Underground Comix

"An artists' benefit comic book for the Timothy Leary Defense Fund." The Adler Archive of Underground Comix, Gift of Bill Adler.


Show + Tell Comic, Jsutin Green, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1973

Show + Tell Comic, Jsutin Green, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Underground Comix

32 unnumbered pages : illustrations. Cover title. Color cover illustrations printed in orange and blue, inside cover in red-purple, b&w interior. The Adler Archive of Underground Comix, Gift of Bill Adler.


Zap Comix, No. 6, R. Crumb, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1973

Zap Comix, No. 6, 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 …


Skull, No. 5, Spain Rodriguez, Special Collections, Fleet Library Aug 1972

Skull, No. 5, Spain Rodriguez, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Underground Comix

"Underground Cartoon Workers", "Adults Only". 36 pages, chiefly illustrations. Began with #1, ceased with #6. "This is another H.P. Lovecraft issue, though Spain Rodriguez does a story of his own instead of one of Lovecraft's. Richard Corben illustrates the first story, Lovecraft's "The Rats in the Walls," which is about a man who returns to his ancestral home only to be driven mad by his family's curse. Charles Dallas illustrates a waking nightmare in Lovecraft's poem, "To a Dreamer," while Larry Todd takes on Lovecraft's "The Shadow from the Abyss," in which a man's mind is transposed with another mind …


Subvert Comics, No. 2, Spain Rodriguez, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1972

Subvert Comics, No. 2, Spain Rodriguez, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Underground Comix

3 volumes : chiefly illustrations. Frequency: Irregular. Publication Dates: No. 1, 1970, Ceased with: No. 3, copyright 1976. Cf. The official underground and newave comix price guide / by Jay Kennedy. Title from cover. "For adult intellectuals only." By Spain Rodriguez. Cf. The official underground and newave comix price guide / by Jay Kennedy. Imprint varies: 1971-1972, San Francisco, Calif., Rip Off Press--1976, San Francisco, Calif., Keith Green Industrial Reality. Cf. The official underground and newave comix price guide / by Jay Kennedy. Color cover illustrations, b&w interior. Loibrary has no.'s 1-3. The Adler Archive of Underground Comix, Gift of …


Dr. Atomic, No. 1, Larry S. Todd, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1972

Dr. Atomic, No. 1, Larry S. Todd, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Underground Comix

volumes : illustrations. No. 1- ceased with no. 6, published in 1981. Title from cover. "Adults only". "Unlike the purely anti-drug comic book undergrounds from the 1970s (e.g., Dope Comix), Larry Todd's Dr. Atomic celebrates the joys and adventures associated with the magical herb of marijuana. Along the way, we are challenged to comprehend the myriad scientific inventions and concepts offered by Dr. Atomic throughout this series. Everything is presented with a wry sense of humor with splashes of slapstick comedy and inventive sight gags."--Comixjoint.com Color cover illustrations, b&w interiors. Library has nos. 1-3, 5-6 (two copies of #6); Nos. …


Big Ass Comics, No. 2, R. Crumb, Special Collections, Fleet Library Aug 1971

Big Ass Comics, No. 2, R. Crumb, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Underground Comix

2 numbers : black-and-white illustrations ; 26 cm Frequency: Irregular. Began with [no. 1] (June 1969); ceased with no. 2 (August 1971). "Adults only." Cover price differs with each printing. Color cover illustration, b&w interior. Issue 2 in poor condition. The Adler Archive of Underground Comix, Gift of Bill Adler.


Home Grown Funnies, R. Crumb, Special Collections, Fleet Library May 1971

Home Grown Funnies, R. Crumb, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Underground Comix

20 unnumbered pages : chiefly illustrations. Title from indicia. Published one-shot. "Second printing May, 1971" The Adler Archive of Underground Comix, Gift of Bill Adler.


Color, Victor Moscoso, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1971

Color, Victor Moscoso, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Underground Comix

32 pages : color illustrations. Comic book issued in staple-bound, color-printed wrappers, with illustration across front and back wrappers, depicting humanoid robot with elongated, flexible limbs, with eyes atop feet and ray-gun for head, ascending a rainbow spiral with spheroid space station, large-finned space ship, and planet Saturn with rainbow-colored rings. "Adults Only" Born in Spain, Victor Moscoso was the first of the counterculture rock poster artists with formal academic training and experience. After studying art at Cooper Union in New York City and at Yale University, he moved to San Francisco in 1959. There, he attended the San Francisco …


Comix & Stories From The Balloon Vendor, Fred Schrier, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1971

Comix & Stories From The Balloon Vendor, Fred Schrier, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Underground Comix

The Adler Archive of Underground Comix, Gift of Bill Adler.


Zap Comix, No. 5, R. Crumb, Special Collections, Fleet Library May 1970

Zap Comix, No. 5, 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 …


Deep 3d Comix, Don Glassford, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1970

Deep 3d Comix, Don Glassford, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Underground Comix

32 unnumbered pages : illustrations + 3D viewer. Title from indicia. Three printings exist. The first printing cost "75 [cents]." The later two cost "$1.00." Artwork mainly by Don Glassford. Jay Lynch, Peter Poplaski, and Denis Kitchen also contributed. Publisher's advertisement at end of issue. "Genuine sinful materials for adults only"--Cover "Vol. 1, no. 1" Color cover illustrations. 3-D viewer inside issue. The Adler Archive of Underground Comix, Gift of Bill Adler.


San Francisco Comic Book, No. 2, Gary Arlington (Managing Editor), Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1970

San Francisco Comic Book, No. 2, Gary Arlington (Managing Editor), Special Collections, Fleet Library

Underground Comix

The Adler Archive of Underground Comix, Gift of Bill Adler.


Coochy Cooty Men’S Comics, No. 1, Robert Williams, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1970

Coochy Cooty Men’S Comics, No. 1, Robert Williams, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Underground Comix

24 unnumbered pages : chiefly illustrations. Cover title. Called "no. 1," but no further issues were published. "Masculine adventure with the flavor of white-hot steel!" "Adults only!" A comic book entirely written and drawn by Robert Williams. First printed, also in 1970, by the Print Mint, Berkeley, Calif.D125 Classic underground comic by Zap comic artist, fine art painter and founder of Juxtapoz Magazine, Robert Williams. Color cover illustrations, b&w interior.The Adler Archive of Underground Comix, Gift of Bill Adler.


Subvert Comics, No. 1, Spain Rodriguez, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1970

Subvert Comics, No. 1, Spain Rodriguez, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Underground Comix

3 volumes : chiefly illustrations. Frequency: Irregular. Publication Dates: No. 1, 1970, Ceased with: No. 3, copyright 1976. Cf. The official underground and newave comix price guide / by Jay Kennedy. Title from cover. "For adult intellectuals only." By Spain Rodriguez. Cf. The official underground and newave comix price guide / by Jay Kennedy. Imprint varies: 1971-1972, San Francisco, Calif., Rip Off Press--1976, San Francisco, Calif., Keith Green Industrial Reality. Cf. The official underground and newave comix price guide / by Jay Kennedy. Color cover illustrations, b&w interior. Loibrary has no.'s 1-3. The Adler Archive of Underground Comix, Gift of …


Mother’S Oats Comix, Fred Schrier, Dave Sheridan, Special Collections, Fleet Library Oct 1969

Mother’S Oats Comix, Fred Schrier, Dave Sheridan, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Underground Comix

3 numbers : black-and-white illustrations . Frequency: Irregular. Publication dates: Began with no. 1 (October '69); ceased with no.3 (1977). "Adults only." Library has issue [1]. The Adler Archive of Underground Comix, Gift of Bill Adler.


Zap Comix, No. 4, R. Crumb, Special Collections, Fleet Library Aug 1969

Zap Comix, No. 4, 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 …


Big Ass Comics, No. 1, R. Crumb, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jun 1969

Big Ass Comics, No. 1, R. Crumb, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Underground Comix

2 numbers : black-and-white illustrations ; 26 cm Frequency: Irregular. Began with [no. 1] (June 1969); ceased with no. 2 (August 1971). "Adults only." Cover price differs with each printing. Color cover illustration, b&w interior. Issue 2 in poor condition. The Adler Archive of Underground Comix, Gift of Bill Adler.


Zap Comix, No. 3, R. Crumb, Various Artists, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1969

Zap Comix, No. 3, R. Crumb, Various Artists, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Underground Comix

17 volumes : illustrations. Began with no. 0 (October 1967). Ceased with no. 16 (November 2014). 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 …