Underground comic books issue 1

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1st printing. Story and art by Jason Novak. With a stylistic nod to the wordless novels of Frans Maserell and the expressionist drawings of Franz Kafka himself, Jason Noivak's short graphic novel Kafka's Manuscript begins at the author's deathbed, where he entrusts his friend Max Brod with the task of destroying his unpublished papers. Brod refuses, and what follows is the story of how Kafka's literary legacy escaped Europe under the shadow of fascism. It is a survey of Kafka's paranoid landscape in kinetoscopic monochrome. As a master of deadpan satire, Kafka was as eloquent with both words as he was with what was left unsaid. Kafka's Cartoonist Jason Novak seizes upon the unsaid to comment on Kafka's afterlife, exploring in a new way what countless books about Kafka have previously attempted to explore with words. Every epoch has its conundrums, but the qualities that unite our age with Kafka's are a reminder that some characteristics of a culture are perennial. What better way to capture Kafka's enduring but evasive voice than with pantomime? This book is wordless with pages only on the recto; for the press preview, I removed the blank verso pages. Softcover, 5-in.x 7-in., 132 pages, B&W. Cover price $20.00.

1st printing. Story and art by Carol Lay. Muderburg (sic), a sleepy island town off the coast of Maine aims to maintain a quiet existence for their population of families, fishermen, craftspeople, and aging oddballs. But every so often, incursions from scheming outsiders require exgangster mayor Leo Scazzo (and his loving wife and children) to enact counterschemes in order to keep the peace for the other townsfolk... Collecting the complete run of short stories (serialized as Murderville in the 2010s) under one cover, Carol Lays vivacious cartooning keeps the light side of these dark comedies shining. Softcover, 256 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $30.00.

1st printing. By Jeff Gaither, Michael Roden, Wayno, Artie Romero, Brad Foster, Fred Hembeck, Mary Fleener, The Pizz, Rick Geary, Dennis Worden, Steve Willis, Roy Tompkins, Tom Christo, pher, XNO, Clay Geerdes, Bob X, Jim Siergey, J.R. Williams, Jim Blanchard, Norman Dog, Molly Kiely, Mack White, Daniel Clowes, Doug Allen, Art Penn, Sam Henderson, Gary Whitney, George Erling, Bob Vojtko, Doug Potter, David Miller, Jim Ryan, Par Holman, Roger May, Meher Dada, Wayne Gibson, Tom Motley, Marc Arsenault, Ion, Bruce Chrislip, Dale Luciano, C. Bradford Gorby, Robin Ator, Douglas O'Neil, C. E. Emmer, Kurt Wilcken, Doug Holverson, Jamie Alder, Tom Hosier, Steven Noppenberger, W.C. Pope, Jim Gillespie, John Howard, Tucker Petertil, Gary Lieb, Bob Conway, and Jim Thompson. NEWAVE! is a gigantic collection of the best small press cartoonists to emerge in the 1970s after the first generation of underground cartoonists (such as R. Crumb, Gilbert Shelton, and Art Spiegelman) paved the way. These cartoonists, inspired by the freewheeling creative energy of the underground commix movement, began drawing and printing their own comix. The most popular format was an 8 1/2" x 11" sheet, folded twice, and printed at local, pre-Kinkos print shops on letter-size paper; because of the small size, they were dubbed "mini comix." As they evolved many different artists, one by one, became interested in this do-it-yourself phenomenon. By the 1980's they became known as Newave Comix, a term taken from England's Newave rock 'n' roll movement. An explosion of do-it-yourself artists emerged. Many talented artists went onto bigger and better things, others have disappeared into the fog never to be heard from again. Inspired by the creative freedom of their underground predecessors and unrestrained by commercial boundaries or editorial edicts, their work was particularly innovative and experimental. Here you will find a group of artists who could not get any attention from the mainstream, who were driven by the inner need to express themselves. This group was a pioneering force that still leaves a wake and an imprint on the alternative comix scene today. NEWAVE features over 700 pages of comics, as well as a historical introduction by editor Michael Dowers, and interviews with several of the more prominent artists featured, such as Brad Foster, Artie Romero, Steve Willis, Dennis Worden, Bob X, J.R. Williams, Roger May, Tom Hosier, George Erling, and Bob Vojtko. Hardcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 750 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $24.99.

Written by Thomas Waugh; Gay male representation of sexuality has a long history of varied visibility and acceptance, but the 100 or so years of queer life before Stonewall were a period of unprecedented self-identification as well as renewed pressure to hide and suppress the erotic imagery of gay men in western culture. Out/Lines features a resurrection of erotic gay images, once virtually buried and invisible, that circulated in clandestine communities whose sexualized visibility was a potentially devastating risk—a wealth of approximately 200 previously unpublished "obscene" images from the queer pre-Stonewall underground. Drawn mainly from American, German, Italian, and French sources, these images will both broaden and tantalize our view of queer culture with a surprising range of historical styles and motifs. 304pgs b&w 8" x 10" Cover price $19.95.

1st printing. Gilbert Shelton cover. Gilbert Shelton, Skip Williamson, Rick Griffin, Tony Bell, Jack Jackson, S. Clay Wilson, Rory Hayes, Frank Stack, Victor Moscoso, and Jay Lynch art. Freak Brothers and Wonder Warthog stories. 6 3/4" x 9 1/2", 44 pages. Cover price $0.50.

1st printing. Story and art by Ron Rege. Shell Collection is a compendium of comics and drawings from the first 75 issues of Ron Regé, Jr.'s minicomics series, The Shell of the Self of the Senses. In 2016, Regé began this monthly, subscription only series, with circa 100 copies or so published from month to month, in an effort to return to his 1990s self-publishing roots. This is the first time any of this work has been collected, with newly added color - Shell Collection brilliantly showcases Regé's poetic voice, his deeply humane worldview, and his sui generis visual vocabulary, all of which has made him one of the most distinctive stylists in comics. Softcover, 9-in. x 11-in., 176 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $34.99.

1st printing. Story and art by Stan MacK. Foreword by Jake Tapper. Afterword by Jeanette Walls. Sketchbook in hand, Stan Mack haunted the New York City environs, watching, listening, overhearing, and interviewing its inhabitants. He drew a comic strip every week based on what he saw and heard, famously using verbatim dialogue for his graphic dramatizations. A mixture of humor, spontaneity, serendipity, and weirdness, Mack's comic strip snapshots caught New Yorkers -whether it is an extortionist calligrapher, a baby evading arrest at her first protest, a stroll up Broadway with a ferret, an evening with a male liberationist, or an unlucky-in-love dolphin trainer- being who they are in all their unguarded and uninhibited glory. Hardcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 336 pages, B&W. Cover price $50.00.

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Add to cart Very Fine $9.60

1st printing. Story and art by Joel Orff. The March 15th issue of Booklist named Thunderhead Underground Falls a top 10 graphic novel for the year! Jack is a young Army Reservist with one final weekend before shipping out for combat in the Middle East. He and a friend find themselves behind the wheel of his parent's car, driving further west into a snowy landscape. The book is an exploration of Jack's flight from his future, as well as an exploration of this place that he's pledged his life to fight for. Jack wants to experience the simple freedom of taking a drive, and as the hours go by, he begins to consider desertion, but he knows that if he stays to hold onto the life that he knows, it will still be changed forever. Softcover, 8-in. x 10-in., B&W. Cover price $14.95.

1st printing. By Malcolm White. Photograhs by Clay Geerdes. Foreword by Will Eisner. Featuring 50 candid portraits, this volume covers from the late 1960s to the early 1980s and places the spotlight on such underground legends as Robert Crumb, Rick Griffin, Bill Griffith, Robert Williams, S. Clay Wilson, and more. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 10 1/2-in., 120 pages, Text (with B&W Photos). Cover price $29.95.

1st printing. Written by Andrew Vachss. Art by Dom Reardon. Cover by Sean Phillips. The hard-hitting tale of oppression and revolution continues in this original graphic novel collecting the three-part Underground from Dark Horse Presents and over one hundred pages of new content! When the fascist Rulers coerce millions into the despotically governed Underground, only the subversive message of the Book Boys can set the people free! Over 100 pages of never-before-published material! Adapted from a screenplay by Andrew Vachss, acclaimed author of Hard Looks and the Burke series! Cover by Fatale's Sean Phillips! Hardcover, 160 pages, full color. Cover price $29.99.

1st printing.

By Hillary Chute.

Over the past century, fans have elevated comics from the back pages of newspapers into one of our most celebrated forms of culture, from Fun Home, the Tony Award-winning musical based on Alison Bechdel's groundbreaking graphic memoir, to the dozens of superhero films that are annual blockbusters worldwide. What is the essence of comics' appeal? What does this art form do that others can't? Hillary Chute chronicles comics culture, explaining underground comics (also known as "comix") and graphic novels, analyzing their evolution, and offering fascinating portraits of the creative men and women behind them.

Foreward by Gary Panter and cover by Jamie Hernandez.

Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 464 pages, PC/PB&W.

Cover price $24.99.

1st printing. Written by Ed Brisson. Art by Michael Gaydos. Cover by Davide Furnò. Find out what sent Jack Bauer spiraling into his darkest days as an international fugitive in the several years following the events of the final season. Softcover, 124 pages, full color. Cover price $19.95.

1st Printing. Written by Lewis Carroll. Art by Kim Deitch. Foreword by Mark Burstein. This edition of Carroll's predecessor to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is unique in that it is the first time his seminal story has been set in type for a single volume and published with artwork other than that by the author himself. Hardcover in Slipcase, 6" x 9.5", 92 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations).

1st printing. By Matthew Chojnacki. Over the years the motion picture industry has (sadly) gravitated to generating poorly cropped and heavily airbrushed posters that rely far too often on celebrity head shots. Thankfully, an underground network of graphic designers and artists has reinvigorated the art of the movie poster, crafting stunning pieces for classic and cult films. Here is the first comprehensive look at the movement, presenting this eclectic and dynamic medium through more than 200 eye-popping posters from over 100 cutting-edge artists. With a smart, fresh visual perspective, alternative movie posters celebrate classics like Star Wars, A Clockwork Orange, and The Shining as well as cult favorites: The Big Lebowski, Blade Runner, and Pink Flamingos. Hardcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 208 pages, B&W. Cover price $34.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $23.00

1st printing. Story and art by Frances Jetter. In a uniquely told immigrant story, visual artist Frances Jetter connects her own life to her ancestors' and their ties to the labor movement. The narrative begins with Abram, a passionate advocate in his union but a tyrant at home, revealing the contradictions that make up his life and so many others. Some pages depict the struggle of workers, others are haunting vignettes of abandoned dolls and forgotten friends. It's also a love letter to Jetter's mother who hovers in the artist's mind like a ghost. There is a profound, understated moral power in Jetter's remembrance of loved ones, etching their essences in the same linoleum material that made up the floors of her childhood. Hardcover, 10 1/2-in. x 14-in., 160 pages, full color. Cover price $60.00.

Add to cart Fine $49.00

1981 Flip Book - 1st Printing. Featuring a collection of classic underground comic strips by Willie Murphy, Art Spiegelman, Justice Green, Bobby London, Sharky Flenniken, Jay Lynch, Bill Griffith, and R. Crumb, Skip Williamson, Jay Kinney, R. Hayes, James Osborne, Justin Green, Gilbert Shelton, Dan Clyne, Evert Geradts and Kim Deitch! A collection of the best underground and independent comics from the 1960s through 1970s. Softcover, 7 1/2-in. x 10 1/2-in., 352 pages, B&W, MATURE READERS, Cover price $9.95.

1st printing.

Written by Joe Queenan. Art and cover by Keith Bendis.

For two and a half millennia, generals and CEOs alike have followed the lessons of Sun Tzu. But for the time-poor modern warlord on the go, humorist Joe Queenan has condensed these precepts into their vital essence. The sprightly illustrations of Keith Bendis help to focus the student's attention on this entirely serious, in no way sardonic, take on the 2,500-year-old text.

Hardcover, 7-in. x 7-in., 64 pages, full color.

Cover price $25.00.

1st printing. Collects Gotham Underground (2007) #1-9. Written by Frank Tieri. Art by Jim Calafiore and Jack Purcell. Cover by Jim Calafiore. The entire Bat-family unites to bring down one of the largest Gotham City crime coups ever! Tthis exciting story features appearances by every major Gotham hero, villain and vigilante! Softcover, 224 pages, full color. Cover price $19.99.

1st printing. Collects Comix Book (1974) #1-5. Introduction by Stan Lee. In 1974, Marvel publisher Stan Lee and underground pioneer Denis Kitchen collaborated on a series: Comix Book. Featuring underground comix by Joel Beck, Kim Deitch, Justin Green,Trina, Art Spiegelman (first national appearance of Maus), Skip Williamson, and S. Clay Wilson. This Best Of collects them all! Hardcover, 184 pages, PC/PB&W Cover price $35.00.

Add to cart Near Mint $8.95

Add to cart Near Mint $8.95

1st printing.

Story and art by Dan Abdo and Jason Patterson.

Blue, Barry, and Pancakes are best friends!

They love roller hooping, free ice cream, and going on big adventures! One day, Barry and Pancakes want to go to the beach. But when they go to grab Blue, he's nowhere to be found. It turns out he left to search for a legendary stone buried deep underground, and didn't invite his best friends to join him!

Feeling hurt, Barry and Pancakes decide that they're going to beat Blue to the treasure, but they are totally unprepared for the danger that awaits them in the cave of the Jelly Gem!

Hardcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 112 pages, full color. All Ages

Cover price $12.99.

Issue #1 - 1992. Anthology of comics from artists and writers who live in Bedford-Stuyvesant, New York. Limited to 1000 copies. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 56 pages, B&W. Cover price $6.00.

1st Printing. Comics Underground Japan presents the wild, subversive world of Japan's most accomplished underground comics artists. Some of the dozen artists included in this anthology will be familiar to followers of manga; others make their American debut in these pages. The richly imaginative stories in this volume show a great range of graphic style, from painstakingly detailed draftsmanship to exuberant, maniacal renderings. At the heart of each work in this anthology is a unique personal vision and a fierce artistic compulsion - these manga artists are the misfits of the art form, and they are its visionaries. Works from Yoshikazu Ebisu, Kazuichi Hanawa, Hideshi Hino, Suehiro Maruo, Pan Migiwa, Nekojiru & Hajime Yamano, Takashi Nemoto, Carol Shimoda, Yasuji Tanioka, Masakazu Toma, Muddy Wehara, and Hanako Yamada. Softcover, 7" x 10", 221 pages, B&W. Cover price $14.95.

Add to cart Very Good $9.99

1st printing. By Dez Skinn. This traces the underground comix movement, from 1967 to its decline in the time of punk and disco. Profiles Robert Crumb, Gilbert Shelton, Bill Griffith, Vaughn Bodé, Spain Rodriguez, Art Spiegelman, Harvey Pekar, Chris Ware, Dan Clowes, and others, with more than 300 full-color illustrations. Includes a comprehensive directory of more than 1,500 U.S. and U.K. comics. Softcover, 8-in. x 8-in., 288 pages, Text (with PC/PB&W Illustrations) Cover price $24.95.

1st printing.

Story and art by Pier Dola.

When one man, too terrified to leave his ratty apartment during the pandemic, turns exclusively to social media for human contact, his quarantine routine disintegrates into madness. Thus kicks off a hilariously withering social critique of an entire planet filled with masses of humanity suffering from a dearth of compassion, decency, and empathy. Nothing escapes Dola's manic, trenchant stare as he takes on a vast array of contemporary social deformities - anti-vaxxers, conspiracy theorists, xenophobes, the alt right, the woke left, evangelical fanatics, corporate power mongers, racists, fascists, neo-Nazis, gerontophobes, nihilistic revelers, Boris Johnson, and the death of the social contract.

And yet there are still those rare moments of human idealism and striving amidst the moral, spiritual, and physical carnage. As one man says, consolingly, to another: "Although in these dark times of selfish fear it seems that goodness doesn't exist in our hearts, there are still good people. Maybe they are the minority, but those rare islands are the ones that make it bearable to swallow the oceans of shit formed by the armies of assholes that surround us."

A rare moment of hope and optimism in an otherwise scabrous and coruscating portrait of humanity in a death spiral.

Softcover, 8-in.x 11-in., 500 pages, full color. Mature Readers

Cover price $50.00.

Add to cart Very Fine $15.00

1st printing. Story and art by Bhanu Pratap. Cutting Season features 16 short stories that collectively showcase the singular style and vision of New Delhi cartoonist Bhanu Pratap. Seamlessly blending distortion, abstraction, romance, sex, body horror, isolation, violence, color, humor, and a seductive sense of design and composition (or, as the artist puts it, "love, gags, shit, holes, crashes, and bodies"), Cutting Season is an unnerving and sustained howl, in comics form, that demands attention like a raw, exposed nerve. Hardcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 96 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $29.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $22.00

Add to cart Very Fine $18.00

1st printing.

By Hans Rickheit and Krissy Dorn.

When Delia receives mysterious radio signals from beyond the planet, her curiosity is sparked. The plucky young scientist teams up with the esteemed Professor Tak and his bohemian son Theodore to convince the skeptical citizenry that this is not all just some elaborate hoax. The implications of her discovery may shatter her world.

Softcover, 7-in. x 9-in., 240 pages, B&W.

Cover price $30.00.

1st printing. By Brian Doherty. In the 1950s, comics meant POW! BAM! superheroes, family-friendly gags, and Sunday funnies, but in the 1960s, inspired by these strips and the satire of MAD magazine, a new generation of creators set out to subvert the medium, and with it, American culture. Their "comix," spelled that way to distinguish the work from their dime-store contemporaries, presented tales of taboo sex, casual drug use, and a transgressive view of society. Embraced by hippies and legions of future creatives, this subgenre of comic books and strips often ran afoul of the law, but that would not stop them from casting cultural ripples for decades to come, eventually moving the entire comics form beyond the gutter and into fine-art galleries. Through dozens of new interviews and archival research, Doherty chronicles the scenes that sprang up around the country in the 1960s and '70s, beginning with the artists' origin stories and following them through success and strife, and concluding with an examination of these creators' legacies. Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 448 pages, Text Only. Cover price $18.00.

1st printing. Introduction by Rob Oder. A sly, loving, and hilarious parody/tribute of late 1950s-era Marvel monster comics (written and drawn as homages to the work of Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko) these 20 stories are accompanied by a subversive commentary about the treatment of comics creators and fans by an exploitive publisher that just doesn't care. Plus: real illustrations by famous comics artists who wanted in on the fun, including Arthur Adams, Mike Allred, Mark Bod, Jeffrey Brown, Sal Buscema, Geof Darrow, Colleen Doran, Michael Golden, Gilbert Hernandez, Mario Hernandez, Peter Kuper, Michael Lark, Jae Lee, David Mack, Bill Plimpton, Esad Ribic, Steve Rude, Bill Sienkiewicz, William Stout, Herb Trimpe, and Thomas Yeates. Softcover, 7 1/2-in. x 11-in., 224 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $35.00.

2nd Edition - 1st printing. "The First Supplement!" The magazine update to Fogel's Underground Comix Price Guide! Not a reprint or new edition, the Supplement comprises 1,500 titles and thousands of books, bridging the gap between big Guides. Featuring: updated prices on the hottest books, new listings including Heavy Metal, National Lampoon, Cerebus, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, new sections for Mini Comix and British/UK Undergrounds, a character jam cover by Scott Roberts, new comix art, and a plethora of cover photos, articles, market reports, corrections, and addenda! Softcover (Saddle-Stitched/Stapled), 8-in. x 11-in., 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $16.95.

Expanded Edition - 1st printing. Written by Dan Fogel. Art by Rich Buckler. The all-new, expanded, 2013-2014 Edition of Fogel's Underground Price & Grading Guide has arrived! The "FUGG" is a mammoth, full-size trade paperback of over 500 pages, with updated prices and detailed listings on the hottest and newest (or newly discovered) Underground and Adult Comic Books, Graphic Novels, Alternatives, Independents, Small Press, and all titles not covered by Overstreet's Comic Book Price Guide. New sections cover Tijuana Bibles, Fanzines, Counterculture Tabloid Newspapers, and the first comprehensive Price and Grading Guide for Rock Posters of the Psychedelic Era! Softcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 512 pages, full color. Cover price $39.95.

1st printing. Collects Frankenstein Underground (2015) #1-5.

Written by Mike Mignola. Art by Ben Stenbeck. Cover by Mike Mignola.

After a fight with Hellboy, Frankenstein's monster escapes the terrible Mexican laboratory where he was imprisoned and discovers strange creatures beneath the desert, where he'll learn some of the greatest secrets of the mystical world in the strangest Hellboy spinoff yet!

Softcover, 128 pages, full color.

Cover price $19.99.

2nd or Later Printings. Collects Frankenstein Underground (2015) #1-5.

Written by Mike Mignola. Art by Ben Stenbeck. Cover by Mike Mignola.

After a fight with Hellboy, Frankenstein's monster escapes the terrible Mexican laboratory where he was imprisoned and discovers strange creatures beneath the desert, where he'll learn some of the greatest secrets of the mystical world in the strangest Hellboy spinoff yet!

Softcover, 128 pages, full color.

Cover price $19.99.

Add to cart Very Good $7.99

1st printing.

Written by Austin Price. Art and cover by Matthew J. Rainwater.

Follow the Garage Rajas as they take their first act underground, literally!

In search of their missing drummer, Sterber, the Garage Rajas quickly find themselves caught in the middle of a decades long sub-terranean struggle between men and monsters!

Softcover, 208 pages, B&W.

1st printing. Written by Michael Martin. Art by Dave Hoover and Bill Anderson. Born into slavery and knowing first-hand its evils, Harriet Tubman worked her entire life to free slaves from bondage. She was one of the pioneers of the Underground Railroad, helping to free slaves from the south and smuggling them into the north and Canada to free them. Softcover, 7-in. x 8 1/2-in., 32 pages, full color. All Ages Cover price $7.95.

Add to cart Fine $9.80

1st printing.

Story and art by Martin Cendreda.

Martin Cendreda is a gifted comics storyteller who spends most of his days working as an animator (Bojack Horseman, South Park) and therefore hasn't had a collection of his work... unitil now!

Printed in red, white, and black, The Hand of Black and Other Stories collects seven mostly-silent, short stories (most of which have never been published) that are each a chiseled, mini-masterpiece of dark humor and horror, and will resonate with fans of the Twilight Zone or the works of Daniel Clowes.

Softcover, 132 pages, B&W (and Red).

Cover price $24.99.

Written and Illustrated by Dan Abnett. 24 Pages, Full Color.

1st printing.

Story and art by Nathan Hale.

Araminta Ross was born a slave in Delaware in the early 19th-century. Slavery meant that her family could be ripped apart at any time, and that she could be put to work in dangerous places and for abusive people. But north of the Mason-Dixon line, slavery was illegal. If she could run away and make it north without being caught or killed, she'd be free. Facing enormous danger, Araminta made it, and once free, she changed her name to Harriet Tubman. Tubman spent the rest of her life helping slaves run away like she did, every time taking her life in her hands. Nathan Hale tells her incredible true-life story with humor and sensitivity.

Hardcover, 5-in. x 8-in., 128 pages, 2C.

Cover price $12.95.

Bigger Badder Edition

1st printing.

Story and art by Nathan Hale.

The Bigger & Badder editions of Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales continue!

Araminta Ross was born a slave in Delaware in the early 19th-century. Slavery meant that her family could be ripped apart at any time, and that she could be put to work in dangerous places and for abusive people. But north of the Mason-Dixon line, slavery was illegal. If she could run away and make it north without being caught or killed, she'd be free. Facing enormous danger, Araminta made it, and once free, she changed her name to Harriet Tubman. Tubman spent the rest of her life helping slaves run away like she did, every time taking her life in her hands. Nathan Hale tells her incredible true-life story with humor and sensitivity.

Hardcover, 8-in. x 10-in., 144 pages, 2C.

Cover price $19.99.

1st Edition - 1st printing. By Mark James Estren. Wraparound cover by Rand Holmes. A HISTORY OF UNDERGROUND COMICS is a lavishly illustrated, comprehensive and controversial account of the "comix" genre from the 1960s. Mark James Estren traces the roots of underground comics and details how the cartoons unabashedly portrayed sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll, flouting the censors who kept conventional comics tame. This edition of the classic work incorporates historical updates, a new index and bibliography. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 320 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $9.95.

1st Edition - 2nd and later printings. NOTE: Covers on reprints may vary. By Mark James Estren. Wraparound cover by Rand Holmes. A HISTORY OF UNDERGROUND COMICS is a lavishly illustrated, comprehensive and controversial account of the "comix" genre from the 1960s. Mark James Estren traces the roots of underground comics and details how the cartoons unabashedly portrayed sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll, flouting the censors who kept conventional comics tame. This edition of the classic work incorporates historical updates, a new index and bibliography. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 320 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $9.95.

2nd Edition (First revised Ronin) - 1st printing. By Mark James Estren. A HISTORY OF UNDERGROUND COMICS is a lavishly illustrated, comprehensive and controversial account of the "comix" genre from the 1960s that is having a renaissance in the 1990s. Mark James Estren traces the roots of underground comics and details how the cartoons unabashedly portrayed sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll, flouting the censors who kept conventional comics tame. This edition of the classic work incorporates historical updates, a new index and bibliography. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 320 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $17.95.

3rd Edition - 1st printing. By Mark James Estren. A HISTORY OF UNDERGROUND COMICS is a lavishly illustrated, comprehensive and controversial account of the "comix" genre from the 1960s. Mark James Estren traces the roots of underground comics and details how the cartoons unabashedly portrayed sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll, flouting the censors who kept conventional comics tame. This edition of the classic work incorporates historical updates, a new index and bibliography. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 320 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $19.95.

20th Anniversary Edition - 1st printing. By Mark James Estren. In the land that time forgot, 1960s and 1970s America, there once were some bold, forthright, thoroughly unashamed social commentators who said things that "couldn't be said" and showed things that "couldn't be shown." They were cartoonists - underground cartoonists. And they were some of the cleverest, most interesting social commentators of their time, as well as some of the very best artists, whose work has influenced the visual arts right up until today. A History of Underground Comics is their story - told in their own art, in their own words, with connecting commentary and analysis by one of the very few media people who took them seriously from the start. oftcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 320 pages, B&W. Cover price $29.95.

Expanded Edition - 1st printing. Written by Bill Morrison. Dan DeCarlo redesigned the look of Archie Comics, creating Josie and the Pussycats and Sabrina the Teenage Witch along the way. This lavish retrospective of his work is now expanded and even more generously illustrated with his genre-defining approach to teenage humor and his (sometimes risqué) appreciative delineation of the female form. Hardcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 248 pages, full color. Cover price $65.00.

1st printing.

While many cartoonists in the late '60s and early '70s were "turning on, tuning in, and dropping out," Jim Osborne was cut from a much darker cloth, delving into the extreme underbelly of American popular culture with unsettling comics about murder, conspiracy, and demons, both figurative and literal. Jim Osborne: The Black Prince of the Underground includes a biography of Osborne by Dennis Dread and collects all of the artist's stories and illustrations from formative publications like Yellow Dog, Bijou Funnies, and National Lampoon, many republished here for the first time in decades.

Softcover, 132 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $25.00.

1st printing. Story and art byJohn Cuneo. Imagine a world where behind every suburban front door is a licentious bacchanal. Except that you don't have to imagine it because John Cuneo has imagined it for you. Whether it's ram-headed, alcoholic, paperpushers; hand puppet sex parties; or Hokusai's insatiable octopus (who turns out, knows a thing or two about the saxophone), Cuneo renders each intimate tableaux with delightfully feverish pen strokes and delicate watercolors. Like Aesop's deranged cousin, the artist effortlessly combines the fantastical and the grotesque, dashing off outrageous snapshots of bulbous heads, dapper cats, muses depicted as gargantuan Crumbian women, and a multitude of sex acts invented for the occasion. Say what you will about the intentions, the effect is a pearl-clutching, monocle-popping, knee-slapping graphic revelation. Hardcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 104 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $30.00.

1st printing. Collects Stories from Prize Comics Western (1948-1956 Prize) #85-113. Written by J. Alexander, Colin Dawkins, and Jerry DeFuccio. Art by John Severin, Will Elder, Al Williamson, and Joe Gevanter. Cover by John Severin. Foreword, Essay, and Afterword by Howard Leroy Davis. In the 1950s, between his legendary EC work and his celebrated Marvel comics, John Severin joined with Mad artist Will Elder and Two-Fisted Tales writer Colin Dawkins to introduce a new level of historical accuracy to the comic-book Western. Collected here for the first time are all of the American Eagle stories drawn by Severin from from the pages of PRIZE COMICS WESTERN. Plus Severin-drawn stories featuring The Fargo Kid, Black Bull and The Lazo Kid. Hardcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 488 pages, full color. Cover price $65.00.

1st printing. Story and art by George Metzger. George Metzger's comics stand out for their captivating combination of high fantasy and science fiction, his prescient views of climate change and political chicanery - and, just when you need it. Explore a feudal landscape in steam-powered vehicles, soar the skies in anachronistic airships and hitchhike back to nature with the hippies. It's all here in this long-awaited anthology of George Metzger's most iconic (and idiosyncratic) comics creations - including two never-before-seen stories rediscovered after missing for decades! Softcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 320 pages, B&W. Cover price $50.00.

1st printing.

By Drew Friedman. Foreword by Marc Maron.

Perverted, Insane, Degenerate, Brilliant. Artist Drew Friedman pays tribute to the great underground comix creators from Z (Zap) to A (Arcade). With the publication of R. Crumb's debut issue of Zap in 1968, the Underground Comix revolution exploded, creating a major paradigm shift and blowing the lid off the traditional comic book. Maverix & Lunatix features 101 full page portraits (and more) by a cartooning icon in his own right, Drew Friedman, spotlighting the essential artists, writers, and editors who defined one of the great art and countercultural movements of the 20th century. Featuring R. Crumb, Gilbert Shelton, S. Clay Wilson, Melinda Gebbie, Art Spiegelman, Vaughn Bode, Trina Robbins, Bill Griffith, Jay Lynch, Sharon Rudahl, Larry Gonick, Rick Veitch, Joyce Farmer, Justin Green, "Grass" Green, George DiCaprio, Diane Noomin, Harvey Pekar, Robert Williams, Howard Cruse, Dan O'Neill, Spain Rodriguez, Shary Flenniken, Richard Corben, and so many others... all of whom helped to reinvent an entire artistic medium and became icons of underground comix.

Featuring a foreword by Marc Maron (WTF with Marc Maron) and an afterword by historian Patrick Rosenkranz (Rebel Visions: The Underground Comix Revolution 1963-1975), each portrait in Maverix & Lunatix is also accompanied by a short biography of its subject by Friedman, making the book both a gorgeous art book and a valuable historical resource.

Drew Friedman lives with his wife and collaborator, K. Bidus, in eastern PA. He is an award-winning illustrator/cartoonist whose clients have included The New York Times, MAD, The New Yorker, Howard Stern, and countless others. Marc Maron is an American stand-up comedian, podcaster (WTF with Marc Maron), writer, actor, and musician. Patrick Rosenkranz is widely acknowledged as one of the premiere scholars of the underground comix movement.

Hardcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 216 pages, full color. Mature Readers

Cover price $34.99.