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Yeah, that was me who posted the link for you. I live in Switzerland and it plays fine for me... Tried re-uploading but got blocked, restricted due to a copyright claim. Marrakesh Express plays at the start of the segment, so maybe Crosby, Stills, and Nash are to blame.

Hello fellow underground comix lovers. Have to post about this unbelievable video that just poped up on YouTube... German Zap documentary from 1971... I highly recommend you check it out. Great candor from Crumb, Spain, and Shelton.

Thank you for the input!

Thanks for the grade. I got it years ago in a package deal for what I think was less than a dollar, so unfortunately not a good indicator for current pricing. Just out of curiosity, what is your LCS asking? Anyone else care to chime in on the grade of this book?

Thank you in advance for your thoughts!

Still, a nice score on that $90 lot, some stuff you don't see everyday in there!

I'm not sure that a person interested in buying these types of books would necessarily be deterred by a green label. That being said, I also don't think that such buyers are willing to pay more because the book is in a slab. Your conclusion about double covers rings true.

Like so:

Yes, it's a sharp copy! Just be aware that if you do submit it to be graded, CGC will not only note the missing color, but will almost certainly return the book with a green label.

Cool, I don't think I've seen a Funnybook #1 color variant before. I'm partial to these aberrations.

How about this for a great deal? Someone picked up Salt of the Earth's Comix, Major Make Believe, and Balloney Moccasins in one lot for $90... linky

Is #3 also hard to find? Not particularly. I'd say that it's uncommon, at best. I've seen many copies come and go over the years. Agreed. A couple of weeks ago there were copies available for sale in the $35 to $40 range on Amazon and Abe. All seem to have since sold, but they do turn up here and there, unlike #1 and #2. Reverend, are you aware of the bpNichol Archive? They probably won't be inclined to sell, but they have a copy of snore #2 on their website.

Amazing books Reverend. Wish I had 'em, but, alas, no. I came across #3 at McGill's library in Montreal when I was there, one of two underground comix they had in their collection. Here a couple of pics for anyone who's interested and hasn't seen it before.

I am amazed that the lower grade copy Foo #2 went for that much. I would have guessed it would have fetched about $500, maybe $750. Again the prices for Hairy Who seem to be out of step with the FUGG. Three lower grade copies bringing in 30% more than the list price of 3 pristine copies. One of the three had a near total spine split. Maybe it was the Sack factor. Judging by the dust shadow, it looks like that exact copy of Foo #2 was acquired at Heritage for roughly $500 in 2013, which strikes me as a bit low. But, yes, a healthy price this time around at almost five times that. I guess the rule on books as rare as the Hairy Whos is that, if you want them, buy them when you see them. Still, I think you are right, when it comes to discrepancy with prices in Fogel, the Sack Factor has to be taken into account.

Congrats! My guess would be that census numbers are low because for whatever reason many underground collectors don't grade their books. But, if the 5000 figure is correct, and I have no reason to doubt it, that is still a relatively small number of copies. While I'm sure there are many ungraded copies out there (I myself have 3), many of them, like my copy below (the rare purple-marker-all-over-the-front-and-back-cover variant), are likely rags.

Before the first round of the Eric Sack auction becomes ancient history, I just wanted to take a quick moment to draw attention to some of the comix highlights; not the original art, but the original copies of published underground comix and ephemera that sold during this auction. There were some amazingly rare items that really warrant some special attention. Strong prices across the board. Phucked-Up Phunnies #nn Rare Underground Zine (Art Spiegelman, 1970) Condition: GD $549 Zap Comix #1 Variant Cover First Printing Edition Signed by Robert Crumb (Apex Novelties, 1967) Condition: NM- $7767.50 Snuk Comix #1 Cover and 4 pages Incomplete Issue (Skip Williamson, 1970) $382.40 Zodiac Mindwarp Tabloid Comic (EVO, 1967) Condition: FN+ $501.90 Hairy Who Art Zine Group of 3 (Hyde Park Art Center/Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1966-69) $1314.50 Yarrowstalks #3 (Brian Zahn, 1967) Condition: FN $2270.50 Foo #2 Original Edition (Animal Town Comics, 1958) Condition: VG- $2390 Helicon V6#3 With Poster Insert (Long Island University, 1969) Condition: NM- $6572.50 Smudge #1 (Joe Pilati, 1962) Condition: VG+ $717 Catalog Comix #1 (Artists at Large, 1973) Condition: VF $1254.75 Yellow Dog Tabloid #1-12 Full Set Group of 10 (Print Mint, 1968-69) Condition: Average VF/NM $549.70 Nope #4-11 Comics Fanzine Group (Jay Kinney, 1968-71) $1852.25 God Nose #1 (Jack Jackson, 1964) Condition: FN/VF $2270.50 Gothic Blimp Works Group of 8 (East Village Other, 1969) Condition: Average VF $1434 Feds 'N Heads #1 First Printing (Gilbert Shelton, 1968) Condition: FN/VF $310.70 G.A.S. Lite V2#10 (Cleveland Graphic Arts Society, 1972) Condition: VF $131.45 Jack Jackson Exile Into Consciousness Signed Limited Edition Portfolio #368/1000 (Rip Off Press, 1970) Condition: FN $167.30 Victor Moscoso KSAN Bus Sign Complete Set Group of 15 (Metro-Media, 1971) $6572.50 Art 'N' Artists V4#9 (Hamsom Books, 1969) Condition: VF- $155.35 Robert Crumb and Others Portfolio of Underground Art Signed Limited Edition #511/1200 (Schanes and Schanes, 1980) $573.60 Meatball #1 and 2 (Joel Deutsch, 1969) Condition: Average VF $896.75

I swore to myself I wasn't gonna bid today, but when that Snuk cover w/ pages hovered at around $2 for like 15 seconds I almost broke down... Thankfully temptation was swiftly removed.

It's just the one, as shown, but it's a dilly and looks quite majestic in poison!!!! She's a beaut!

Awesome, thanks for sharing your journeys to the Heritage offices with us WP. Wish I could swing by there and take a quick gander at some Man From Utopia pages!!

Thanks for sharing, seems like a super cool guy. Did you see he's also selling an albino Plymell Zap, just like the one you posted a while back, only his has lighter blue and is signed. Guess we'll now see what the market is for a book like this. Thanks for the tip and link. I really should meander over to the Heritage office to see if they have a Sack catalog available yet. I prefer to study these kinds of things in book form rather than via the web. Guess I am just an old fuddy-duddy. Hope to see much of this material up close and personal at the preview and reception in about 2 weeks! Wish I could fly over to share in the bombast of that reception... Sounds like it's going to be a black tie affair.

Awesome, thanks for sharing. That film is probably the most mainstream platform in which underground comix have ever been mentioned. Leo had to go all highbrow with the Hieronymus Bosch anecdote. A shame he couldn't be more up front about the fact that his life's work is actually inspired by an R Crumb Stoned Agin' black-light poster that hung across from his crib. In my mind it was the Wallace Wood full color poster reprint of his infamous Disney centerspread from The Realist #74!

Awesome, thanks for sharing. That film is probably the most mainstream platform in which underground comix have ever been mentioned. Leo had to go all highbrow with the Hieronymus Bosch anecdote. A shame he couldn't be more up front about the fact that his life's work is actually inspired by an R Crumb Stoned Agin' black-light poster that hung across from his crib.

Thanks for sharing, seems like a super cool guy. Did you see he's also selling an albino Plymell Zap, just like the one you posted a while back, only his has lighter blue and is signed. Guess we'll now see what the market is for a book like this.

Excellent running tally Dan! I should clarify, I only mentioned S. Clay Wilson's "Bernice Saves Grizzly Harry” and Rodney Schroeter's "The Weirdo #1" as examples of 1-page comix, not because they are music related.

How amusing, seeing this post! The music-related comix thread (within this thread) just popped in my head moments ago and I wondered, to myself, if anyone had mentioned Goose Lake Gags or Miami Pop Festival Official Program & Map. There was also Snuk Comix, the ultra-rare comic that Skip Williamson did for the band Wilderness Road, as well as The Pink Floyd (both UK and US editions). These may have been mentioned, but I'm too lazy at present to go back and check. That is funny. A bit of UG synchronicity. I don't take it you have a copy lying around that you could snap a couple pictures of the interior pages of? If we expand the rubric from album related to music related comix there are a number of great titles to consider (not least of which are the ones you just mentioned). A couple of more biggies that come to mind are Amra-Arma Meets the Lurkers Within, Shiva's Headband, and Planet Gong Newspaper, all of which are band related. We might also consider other comics sold at music venues like Armadillotoons (which, by the way features art by Captain Beefheart), Gas Comics 1 & 2, and Tales from the Ozone #1. We could (and probably should) also consider Raymond Pettibon's Captive Chains, which was (self) published by SST records.