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Underground comics (or comix) are small press or self-published comic books that began to appear in the US in the late 1960s. The comix community was centered in San Francisco, but also included important artists and publishers in New York, Chicago and Austin, Texas. Prominent artists associated with this movement include Vaughn Bode, Robert Crumb, Kim Deitch, Jim Franklin, Justin Green, Roberta Gregory, Rick Griffin, Bill Griffith, Jack "Jaxon" Jackson, Jay Kinney, Jay Lynch, Dan O'Neill, Ted Richards, Trina Robbins, Spain Rodriguez, Gilbert Shelton, Art Spiegelman, Foolbert Sturgeon, Robert Williams, Skip Williamson and S. Clay Wilson.
Underground comix reflect the concerns of the 1960s counterculture: experimentation in all things, drug-altered states of mind, rejection of sexual taboos, ridicule of "the establishment." The spelling 'comix' was established to differentiate these publications from mainstream 'comics'. The notion of comic books outside the mainstream was suggested by Harvey Kurtzman when he used the headline "Comics Go Underground" on the newspaper-format cover of Mad issue 16 (October, 1954). The term 'underground comics' was created by writer-editor Bhob Stewart during a panel discussion at the July 23, 1966, New York comics convention. On a panel with Ted White and Archie Goodwin, Stewart predicted the birth of a new type of comic book: "I want to say that just as mainstream movies prompted underground films, I think the same thing is going to happen with comics. You will have underground comics just as you have had underground films. This would be more like James Joyce in comic book form. You can see the beginning of this in some of the cartoon panels that have been appearing in the East Village Other newspaper
Hytone, Despair, Big Ass, XYZ (Robert Crumb)
It Ain't Me Babe (anthology edited by the Wimmen's Comix Collective)
Witzend (edited by Wallace Wood and Bill Pearson)
Young Lust (romance comic satire edited by Bill Griffith and Jay Kinney)
Zap Comix (Robert Crumb, Spain Rodriguez, S. Clay Wilson, Rick Griffin, Robert Williams,
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19 Nov 2008 at 7:29pm
Permanent Damage Comic Book Resources, Ca - 15 hours ago Many in comics do. The British philosopher JG Bennett once said, "Books are like maps, but one must also travel." Think of plot as your roadmap of your ... | Read more...
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Warner Bros, DC Comics Release ?Wonder Woman? DVD Specs And Images MTV.com - Nov 18, 2008 While the likes of Superman and Batman have been dominating the blogosphere lately in terms of where their next big-budget movies currently stand, ... | Read more...
18 Nov 2008 at 4:39am
Some Surprising DC Spoilers in the LA Times Comic Book Resources, Ca - Nov 18, 2008 First off, Action Comics no longer featuring Superman? Adventure Comics re-launching as a Legion of Superheroes title (and it sounds like it will also be an ... | Read more...
17 Nov 2008 at 11:56pm
The Decline at DC Comics Film Fodder - Nov 17, 2008 But according to Previews, Didio's own comments, and an io9 roundup, Superman is leaving Action Comics and Earth for a while to go perform deeds of ... | Read more...
17 Nov 2008 at 1:31pm
Superman To Abandon Earth And Action In '09 io9, CA - Nov 17, 2008 Superman has been the star of "Action Comics" for its entire run, essentially, and he will be leaving it and handing it over to new characters. ... | Read more...
16 Nov 2008 at 9:11pm
ONEDC sends Superman into space and gives Batman his last rites Los Angeles Times, CA - Nov 16, 2008 EXCLUSIVE Dan DiDio of DC Comics talks about Superman leaving Action Comics (and Earth), the revival of Adventure Comics and major changes in Gotham City ... | Read more...
12 Nov 2008 at 9:44pm
Action Comics #871 Comic Book Resources, Ca - Nov 12, 2008 "New Krypton" seeks to deepen the Superman mythos while providing new answers to old questions and addressing continuities cops' concerns, and through the ... | Read more...
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