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4 hours ago, comixbible said:

Yeah, they were a punk band. Part of the fun of collecting this stuff is that I also research and document it, so I'm always finding myself going down one rabbit hole or another. I had never heard of The Infliktors before, but wound up listening to, and enjoying, some of their music.

 

4 hours ago, comixbible said:

The British stuff from the '70s was pretty eclectic. Some of it was inspired by what was being done in the States, but there was also a lot of homegrown content being produced that was distinctly British. Here's one of my favorite British comics, one that's now very obscure.

Wonderbook (David Jarrett, 1975). This one is A4 (the British equivalent of our 8-1/2" x 11", but 8-1/4" x 11-3/4"). David Jarrett passed away before I had the chance to track him down and interview him, so it took a fair bit of effort to source this one. He was friends Heathcote Williams (the late British poet), who I was in contact with before his passing. It was through his help that I finally found someone who was kind enough to supply me with a copy.

 

yeah, this song is awesome! thanks for sharing... definitely cool to see all the little nooks and crevices of different underground subcultures that comics made their way into. too often, comix made in the "underground" get labeled as being just straight up underground comics, as if it was a self isolated and organized scene but... it was so chaotic and seeped into so many different parts of avant grade and experimental arts culture, and we're still here today, barely picking up the pieces ( and having an awesome time at that)

this cover looks awesome. damnm=, I want to see what these look like inside! any frame of reference for print scale? "picturepoetry" that's a great phrase 

Never mind, this is boston! Still looks awesome. 

British stuff in 77 was probably as exciting in a different but also extremely similar way as stuff coming out of San Francisco circa 68-69... this looks awesome, were the infliktors a punk band?

Clodomiro y el programa 81 (1981)

Nicaraguan communist propaganda. Awesome that its in comics form. No idea how many were printed, although I haven't been able to find any others online. Looks like it was put out by the ministry of planning, although who knows if that's an actual government entity or an underground group. Cool item, unlike anything I have in my collection. A lot of it is data and facts that Clodomiro leads the worker through. I need to brush up on my Spanish so I can fully get through it, but it doesn't look like its wasting much time making jokes, pure propaganda piece. 

He's the best. My friend had a similar experience, trying to contact him directly and him never replying... Ive heard the best way to get comics from him is to go to his shows, but who knows... ha 

Michael Hurley comics

Michael Hurley is a singer songwriter that was active in the Greenwich village folk scene in the 60s, and still performs and makes music. He does all of the art for his album covers, and also does comics featuring characters that also reoccur throughout his songs, such as Boone & Jocko (which are named after dogs he had as a kid) Uncle Gaspard, Mama Molasses, and many others. I'm lucky enough to have 2 of his comics. His comics are not easy to come by, and I went half in on a group of 4 with my friend who found them last year after searching for 3+ years. They are self published, and as far as I know, he just prints them whenever he feels like it. These are issues 2 & 3, and most of the content is dated from the 70s, 70, and 77, but the $5 price tag makes me think that these issues were published later. I have seen other variants of these issues too online with different color cover stock, which feeds into my theory that he just prints them whenever he feels like it. His drawing style is great -  sparse, naive, and very sub-underground in nature. He mixes classic folk storytelling elements with underground themes and his own personal and unique whimsy. Treasures!!

"OMAR" by David Omar White (1967) 

This is a large (11x14) portfolio of David Omar whites pen drawings. White was active from the early 60s and had a prolific output until his death in 2009. He is probably most famous for his album cover of The transfiguration of blind Joe death by John Fahey. While these are not comics, they certainly fit into the canon of what I'm interested in, especially seeing that it was published before Zap 1. his lifework and crosshatching work is phenomenal. I'm not sure how rare this is, but Im guessing that it only appears on the marketplace around once or twice a year. the book states that it is a quarterly publication, but I've been unable to find any more info on if any subsequent issues were published. 

hello! new user here. I am so so happy to have found this forum. My people! I have looked through everything you guys have posted, but will continue to analyze more and more and continue to do so. this is the exact realm of comic collecting I am interested in - sub underground comics would you say? ahaha... Im also ecstatic that people are still posting here. on many of the other underground threads I have ran into, all the content is a couple of years old and it is apparent that people don't post there anymore. 

like most people here, I have vigorously studied comixjoint, however I actually don't have the Kennedy price guide. I do have artsy fartsy funnies however, which is a pretty good resource, although not much information about specific comics is given.

im going to post a couple of pics from my collection, and will continue to do so in the coming days/weeks/months/years. my collection is not at all as big as most of you guys, but everything I have is super pared down and stuff that im really interested in, which is this same genre of "sub-underground" comics, publications, etc. the stuff Im going to post is stuff that no one here has posted before, although I do have a decent amount of the stuff posted here, but I wouldn't want to bore you guys with stuff that's already been posted. 

one question: is soliciting trading condoned here? I understand that it probably isn't, but I just have seen some amazing stuff that you guys have that appeals to my specific interests, and if you wanted to, I would be more than happy to trade you something of comparable rarity. feel free to reach out to me if anything you see catches you eye and you are interested in trading. 

ok! next, my first post