Underground Comix

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Weirdo #1

Last Gasp ⋅ 1981

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Magazine-sized anthology of underground comics from independent creators that served as a crass counterpoint to publications such as Raw and MAD

First printing ($2.25): 10,000 copies

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Magazine-sized anthology of underground comics from independent creators that served as a crass counterpoint to publications such as Raw and MAD

First printing ($2.25): 10,000 copies

Slow Death #1

Last Gasp ⋅ 1970

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Slow Death #1

Last Gasp ⋅ 1970

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$20

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$85

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First comic book published by Last Gasp

Created with the intention to donate the proceeds to an ecology center and published on Earth Day but was rejected by the monetary recipient

Collection of humorous, mature-themed stories criticizing enemies of the environment

First printing: 20,000 copies with red border on cover

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Later printings have a white border on the cover

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First comic book published by Last Gasp

Created with the intention to donate the proceeds to an ecology center and published on Earth Day but was rejected by the monetary recipient

Collection of humorous, mature-themed stories criticizing enemies of the environment

First printing: 20,000 copies with red border on cover

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Later printings have a white border on the cover

Binky Brown Meets the Holy Virgin Mary #1

Last Gasp ⋅ 1972

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Binky Brown Meets the Holy Virgin Mary #1

Last Gasp ⋅ 1972

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$15

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$50

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44-page one-shot considered to be the first autobiographical comic wherein the creator utilizes the medium to confess deeply personal traumas resulting from a Catholic upbringing clashing against a post-publication diagnosis of obsessive-compulsive disorder

Inspired creators including Art Spiegelman, Robert Crumb and Jim Woodring

First printing approximate copies: 55,000

Subsequent printings can be identified from the first by the absence of an illustration of the virgin Mary in the background behind a full text panel on page 23 (tap cover and swipe for clarification)

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44-page one-shot considered to be the first autobiographical comic wherein the creator utilizes the medium to confess deeply personal traumas resulting from a Catholic upbringing clashing against a post-publication diagnosis of obsessive-compulsive disorder

Inspired creators including Art Spiegelman, Robert Crumb and Jim Woodring

First printing approximate copies: 55,000

Subsequent printings can be identified from the first by the absence of an illustration of the virgin Mary in the background behind a full text panel on page 23 (tap cover and swipe for clarification)

Light Comitragies #1

Print Mint ⋅ 1971

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$10

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$100

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One-shot by Greg Irons, an artist who gained fame for his tattoo work, album art and as an animator on the Beatles film 'Yellow Submarine'

28-page illustrated narrative that witnesses the Biblical apocalypse through a psychedelic lens

Minimal prose by Tom Veitch from the novel 'The Luis Armed Story'

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One-shot by Greg Irons, an artist who gained fame for his tattoo work, album art and as an animator on the Beatles film 'Yellow Submarine'

28-page illustrated narrative that witnesses the Biblical apocalypse through a psychedelic lens

Minimal prose by Tom Veitch from the novel 'The Luis Armed Story'

Real World Comix #1

Unknown ⋅ 1974

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$55

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$160

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$650

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Anthology of stories by Errol McCarthy, the artist most famous for the artwork on the back of 1980s He-Man action figure packaging

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Anthology of stories by Errol McCarthy, the artist most famous for the artwork on the back of 1980s He-Man action figure packaging

Short Order Comix #1

Head Press ⋅ 1973

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$12

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$40

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Anthology of stories including 'Prisoner on the Hell Planet' by Art Spiegelman, an autobiographical story from the creator of Maus

The story is about Spiegelman’s time spent in a state hospital after suffering from a depressive episode and is reprinted/integrated in Maus Vol. I

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Anthology of stories including 'Prisoner on the Hell Planet' by Art Spiegelman, an autobiographical story from the creator of Maus

The story is about Spiegelman’s time spent in a state hospital after suffering from a depressive episode and is reprinted/integrated in Maus Vol. I

Funny Aminals #1

Apex ⋅ 1972

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$150

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Debut of Maus, a three-page black and white story

Art Spiegelman expanded on this concept with a seven-chapter, serialized story published in Raw Magazine between 1980 - 1986

The framework of this story was inspired by interviews with Spiegelman's father, a Polish Jew and Holocaust survivor

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Debut of Maus, a three-page black and white story

Art Spiegelman expanded on this concept with a seven-chapter, serialized story published in Raw Magazine between 1980 - 1986

The framework of this story was inspired by interviews with Spiegelman's father, a Polish Jew and Holocaust survivor

The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers #1

Rip Off Press ⋅ 1971

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The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers #1

Rip Off Press ⋅ 1971

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$30

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$85

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$300

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Collected stories

First printing has a $0.50 cover price with the number 50 colored purple and a gray tire behind the trash can

Adapted into an animated series on the streaming platform, Tubi

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Collected stories

First printing has a $0.50 cover price with the number 50 colored purple and a gray tire behind the trash can

Adapted into an animated series on the streaming platform, Tubi

Feds N Heads

Gilbert Shelton ⋅ 1968

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Feds N Heads

Gilbert Shelton ⋅ 1968

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$110

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$380

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$1.1k

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1st appearance of the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers in comic books

First printing has a yellow road and white buildings in the background

Adapted into an animated TV series, voiced by Pete Davidson, John Goodman and Woody Harrelson

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1st appearance of the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers in comic books

First printing has a yellow road and white buildings in the background

Adapted into an animated TV series, voiced by Pete Davidson, John Goodman and Woody Harrelson

Bizarre Sex #9

Kitchen Sink Press ⋅ 1981

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$70

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1st appearance of Omaha the Cat Dancer in a standard comic book

Omaha previously appeared in Vootie, a fanzine of comic book strips

Omaha the Cat Dancer is a sexually explicit yarn featuring an anthropomorphic feline stripper

First printing has a $1.50 cover price, dated August 1981 and has the number 54321 on the interior cover

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1st appearance of Omaha the Cat Dancer in a standard comic book

Omaha previously appeared in Vootie, a fanzine of comic book strips

Omaha the Cat Dancer is a sexually explicit yarn featuring an anthropomorphic feline stripper

First printing has a $1.50 cover price, dated August 1981 and has the number 54321 on the interior cover

Cherry Poptart #1

Last Gasp ⋅ 1982

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Cherry Poptart #1

Last Gasp ⋅ 1982

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$80

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$200

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Premiere issue of adult comic featuring Cherry Poptart

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Premiere issue of adult comic featuring Cherry Poptart

It Ain't Me Babe #1

Last Gasp ⋅ 1970

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$18

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$60

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First comic book produced entirely by women

36-page one-shot by various female cartoonists who were frustrated by the misogyny that was a cornerstone of the adult-themed underground comics

Prolific and enduring publisher, Last Gasp purchased the rights to the issue for $1,000

20,000 copies of the first print run were sold and an additional 20,000 split between the second and third printings

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The title, 'It Ain't Me Babe' is a snub to the Bob Dylan song of the same name due to its anti-female lyrical content

The success of this issue led to a follow-up, all-female liberation project called Wimmen's Comix Collective

Editor, writer and cover artist Trina Robbins died of a stroke on April 10, 2024 at the age of 85

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First comic book produced entirely by women

36-page one-shot by various female cartoonists who were frustrated by the misogyny that was a cornerstone of the adult-themed underground comics

Prolific and enduring publisher, Last Gasp purchased the rights to the issue for $1,000

20,000 copies of the first print run were sold and an additional 20,000 split between the second and third printings

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The title, 'It Ain't Me Babe' is a snub to the Bob Dylan song of the same name due to its anti-female lyrical content

The success of this issue led to a follow-up, all-female liberation project called Wimmen's Comix Collective

Editor, writer and cover artist Trina Robbins died of a stroke on April 10, 2024 at the age of 85

Tales From the Ozone #1

Print Mint ⋅ 1969

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$220

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$460

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First underground comic published in Detroit

The term "Underground" refers to self-published comics in the late 60s/early 70s that disregarded the Comics Code with adult-oriented stories

Back cover advertisement of music acts performing at the Grande Ballroom: Jethro Tull, Chuck Berry, The Who

Stories by Robert Crumb and other notable names of the sub-genre

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Illustrations by famed concert poster artists Carl Lundgren and Gary Grimshaw

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First underground comic published in Detroit

The term "Underground" refers to self-published comics in the late 60s/early 70s that disregarded the Comics Code with adult-oriented stories

Back cover advertisement of music acts performing at the Grande Ballroom: Jethro Tull, Chuck Berry, The Who

Stories by Robert Crumb and other notable names of the sub-genre

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Illustrations by famed concert poster artists Carl Lundgren and Gary Grimshaw

Hup #3

Last Gasp ⋅ 1989

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1st appearance of Donald Trump in a standard-sized comic book

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1st appearance of Donald Trump in a standard-sized comic book

Self-Loathing Comics #1

Fantagraphics ⋅ 1995

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Written and illustrated by Robert Crumb

First printing price: $2.95

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Written and illustrated by Robert Crumb

First printing price: $2.95

Hup #1

Last Gasp ⋅ 1986

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Cover parody of Bill Clinton

First print was published in 1986 and has a $2.50 cover price

Prices could be undervalued

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Cover parody of Bill Clinton

First print was published in 1986 and has a $2.50 cover price

Prices could be undervalued

Zap Comix #2

Print Mint ⋅ 1968

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Zap Comix #2

Print Mint ⋅ 1968

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$45

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$135

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$515

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Written and illustrated by Robert Crumb and other artists

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Written and illustrated by Robert Crumb and other artists

Mr. Natural #1

San Francisco Comic Book Company ⋅ 1970

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Mr. Natural #1

San Francisco Comic Book Company ⋅ 1970

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Two-issue solo title series

Mr. Natural first appeared in standard comic books in Zap Comix #1 (1967)

Mr. Natural was introduced in the independent newspaper Yarrowstalks #1 (1967)

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Two-issue solo title series

Mr. Natural first appeared in standard comic books in Zap Comix #1 (1967)

Mr. Natural was introduced in the independent newspaper Yarrowstalks #1 (1967)

Zap Comix #1

Print Mint ⋅ 1967

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Zap Comix #1

Print Mint ⋅ 1967

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$350

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$1.1k

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$4.5k

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1st appearance of Mr. Natural

First printing states "printed by Charles Plymell" on back cover

Credited for birthing the adult-themed, independently published comic genre

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1st appearance of Mr. Natural

First printing states "printed by Charles Plymell" on back cover

Credited for birthing the adult-themed, independently published comic genre

Dr. Atomic #1

Last Gasp ⋅ 1972

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Dr. Atomic #1

Last Gasp ⋅ 1972

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1st appearance of Dr. Atomic in a standard U.S. comic book, previously introduced in Sunday Paper, a San Francisco-based publication that specialized in underground comix strips

First issue reprints strips from Sunday Paper

First and second printings indistinguishable from one another, third printing has a $0.75 cover price

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1st appearance of Dr. Atomic in a standard U.S. comic book, previously introduced in Sunday Paper, a San Francisco-based publication that specialized in underground comix strips

First issue reprints strips from Sunday Paper

First and second printings indistinguishable from one another, third printing has a $0.75 cover price

	Publisher	Low	Mid	High
Weirdo #1	Last Gasp	$8	$20	$80
Slow Death #1	Last Gasp	$8	$20	$85
Binky Brown Meets the Holy Virgin Mary #1	Last Gasp	$5	$15	$50
Light Comitragies #1	Print Mint	$10	$30	$100
Real World Comix #1	Unknown	$55	$160	$650
Short Order Comix #1	Head Press	$4	$12	$40
Funny Aminals #1	Apex	$15	$50	$150
The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers #1	Rip Off Press	$30	$85	$300
Feds N Heads	Gilbert Shelton	$110	$380	$1.1k
Bizarre Sex #9	Kitchen Sink Press	$8	$20	$70
Cherry Poptart #1	Last Gasp	$20	$80	$200
It Ain't Me Babe #1	Last Gasp	$5	$18	$60
Tales From the Ozone #1	Print Mint	$90	$220	$460
Hup #3	Last Gasp	$1	$3	$12
Self-Loathing Comics #1	Fantagraphics	$3	$9	$30
Hup #1	Last Gasp	$4	$12	$40
Zap Comix #2	Print Mint	$45	$135	$515
Mr. Natural #1	San Francisco Comic Book Company	$3	$9	$35
Zap Comix #1	Print Mint	$350	$1.1k	$4.5k
Dr. Atomic #1	Last Gasp	$4	$12	$40

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