ENCYCLOPEDIA OF GRAPHICS
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ZAP COMICS And other "Undegrounds" from San Francisco, 1970's
Our all-time favorites during the "golden age" of comics were, of course, ZAP, and I always had a bunch of them. Here's Mr. Peanut dancing across the front cover.
And dancing across the back cover, Mr. uh... Dick, I guess.
I mean, it really spoke to us, you know? It's what we were all about.
ZAP Comics saw the begining of lots of great rebel cartoonists. R. Crumb was one of the best.
Here's the one-named Spain, below, and his "Sangrella" with her slut slave/dog Sukhmet.
Another favorite was artist S. Clay Wilson. He would also go on to do the Checkered Demon, Star-eyed Stella and, our favorite, Captain Pissgums and his Pervert Pirates,
I mean, we could all relate to families like this, right?
And, of course, we were all science fiction fans.
Gilbert Shelton, below, drew "Wonder Wart-Hog."
There was something for everybody, really.
Sometimes you wonder how they got away with it all.
No, you never knew what you'd find behind that closed door in ZAP Comics.
I have lots more ZAP Comics. Watch for them coming soon!
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Another favorite, R. Crumb, of course, drew his own "Mr. Natural," below.
It wasn't easy being Mr. Natural, but it had its up-sides too, I guess.
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In the hilarious Last Gasp Comic, "Aline and Bob's Dirty Laundry," R. Crumb drew himself and Aline Kominsky drew, I guess, herself. Each drew their own fantasies.
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"Bent" was pure S. Clay Wilson.
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One comic, however, found a special place in all our hearts. Gilbert Shelton's Fat Freddy, Phineas and Freewheelin' Franklin were, well, us!
And the back covers always featured special full-color posters, suitable to hang on your wall.
Remember?
And across the bottom of the Freak Brothers' pages ran the wonderful mini-comic, "Fat Freddy's Cat." We could all relate.
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MORE SOON!
"Twisted Sister" "Feds 'n' Heads" "Hytone" "Young Lust" "Insect Fear" "Yellow Dog" "Plop" and "Amputee Love"
STAY TUNED!
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