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Author
Publisher
Abrams Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"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...
2) Crumb
Series
Language
English
Description
An intimate documentary portrait of underground artist Robert Crumb, whose unique drawing style and sexually and racially provocative subject matter have made him a household name in popular American art. Zwigoff candidly and colorfully delves into the details of Crumb's incredible career, as well as his past, including his family of reclusive eccentrics, some of the most remarkable people ever seen on-screen.
Author
Publisher
Lion Forge
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
In 2010, Professor John Jennings and Dr. Damian Duffy compiled and published a 176-page collection of art and essays celebrating the vibrant African American independent comics community. Black Comix featured over 50 contributors, including Dawud Anyabwile, Eric Battle, Kenji Marshall, Afua Richardson, Larry Stroman, Rob Stull, Lance Tooks, and many, many more. It met high praise throughout the industry and quickly sold through its respectable print...
Author
Publisher
Knockabout Comics
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"It is 50 years since the world's best-loved and best-known underground comic characters first appeared in The Rag in Austin Texas. Now published in 16 languages and with global sales of over 40 million copies. This souvenir extravaganza contains brand new strips including: Phineas Becomes a Suicide Bomber, Franklin Got His Gun and Fat Freddy Gets Religion. Gilbert Shelton has written a 6,000 word autobiography/history/anecdote-filled account of those...
Author
Publisher
David Zwirner Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"R. Crumb's obsessions--from sex to the Bible, music, politics, and the vicissitudes and obscenities of daily life--are chronicled in this comprehensive book of work by the illustrious American comic artist. Instrumental in the formation of the underground comics scene in San Francisco during the 1960s and 1970s, Crumb has ruptured and expanded the boundaries of the graphic arts, redefining comics and cartoons as countercultural art forms. Presenting...
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