underground comix Archives

Crumb, the prolific artist most known for his underground comix movement, including Zap Comix He also gave the world the counter culture characters Fritz the Cat and Mr Natural Original artwork from him is always fun to come by, and they command top dollar when for sale At the most recent Heritage Signature Auction, his[...]

By Cat Taylor I would be amazed if there is anyone who reads Bleeding Cool who hasn't heard of Peter Bagge. Although he is a primarily a comic book

He positioned himself as outside the comic mainstream, taking inspiration as well from the Underground Comixs of the 1960s and 1970s. The Comix movement of 1968-1975 involved small press or self-published comic books that were often socially relevant or satirical in nature They differed, according to Todd Hignite in his In the Studio: Visits with Contemporary[...]

Their combined knowledge of comics is so vast that hearing their stories is like attending a full lecture series on comics anywhere else (provided you could find one to attend). Kitchen explained that he never had any interest in the superhero genre, other than a parody of it, like something like the Spirit, which was "decidedly[...]

In the USA, during the Depression era, of course, the WPA, gave artists jobs doing art rather than expecting them to seek other types of employment, and on the heels of that serious treatment of comics, war comics in 50's gave increasing momentum to socially relevant and hard-hitting themes in horror, sci-fi, and war comics[...]