Comix Book (1974) comic books 1975-1977

Marvels brief venture into underground comix. A reprint of the original 3-page Maus by Art Spiegelman. Barefootz stories by Howard Cruse, Snappy Sammy Smoot by Skip Williamson, and other material by Sharon Rudahl, Joel Beck, Trina Robbins, Justin Green, Denis Kitchen, Basil Wolverton, Willy Murphy, Kim Deitch, Ted Richards, John Pound, and future illustration legends Mike Ploog and Kelly Freas. Possibly the only Marvel comic ever to publish S. Clay Wilson (a one-page drawing). Edited by Kitchen. Cover by Williamson. Black and white; 68 pages. Cover price $1.00. Cover price $1.00.

Marvels brief venture into underground comix. This issue includes a reprint of a non-Zippy story by Bill Griffith, Barefootz stories by Howard Cruse, and other material by Joel Beck, Trina Robbins, Justin Green, Denis Kitchen, Pete Poplaski, Sharon Rudahl, Willy Murphy, Kim Deitch, Ted Richards, John Pound, and Lee Marrs. A letter of comment from R. Crumb represents his only contribution to the series, and possibly his only appearance in any way in a Marvel comic. Edited by Kitchen. Cover by Kitchen. Black and white; 68 pages. Cover price $1.00. Cover price $1.00.

1st printing, February 1976. With this issue, Kitchen Sink takes over Marvels failed attempt at a magazine-format anthology of underground cartoonists. Barefootz stories by Howard Cruse, a profile of and story by Skip Williamson, and other material by Sharon Rudahl, Joel Beck, Trina Robbins, Justin Green, Denis Kitchen, Basil Wolverton, Willy Murphy, Kim Deitch, Ted Richards, John Pound, and Lee Marrs. Letters of comment from Harvey Kurtzman and Grim Natwick. Edited by Kitchen. Cover by Leslie Cabarga. Black and white; 64 pages. Cover price $1.00.

2nd printing, May 1976. With this issue, Kitchen Sink takes over Marvels failed attempt at a magazine-format anthology of underground cartoonists. Barefootz stories by Howard Cruse, a profile of and story by Skip Williamson, and other material by Sharon Rudahl, Joel Beck, Trina Robbins, Justin Green, Denis Kitchen, Basil Wolverton, Willy Murphy, Kim Deitch, Ted Richards, John Pound, and Lee Marrs. Letters of comment from Harvey Kurtzman and Grim Natwick. Edited by Kitchen. Cover by Leslie Cabarga. Black and white; 64 pages. Cover price $1.00.

With this issue, Kitchen Sink exhausts the material collected for Marvels failed attempt at a magazine-format anthology of underground cartoonists. Barefootz stories by Howard Cruse, a profile of and story by Trina Robbins, the final chapter of Justin Greens We Fellow Travelers, and other material by Sharon Rudahl, Joel Beck, Denis Kitchen, Willy Murphy, Kim Deitch, Ted Richards, John Pound, and S. Clay Wilson. Final issue of the series. Cover by Green. Black and white; 64 pages. Cover price $1.00.