The Unofficial Underground Comix thread... 14 14

[OtherEric]

27 minutes ago, Jayman said:

Nice love me some Skull! I still need a nice 1 and 3 to complete my Skull run, Was the Skull 1 pricey?

Nice books!

The Skull #1 was $8, the 3 and 6 were $6 each.  And I think they had multiple copies of all of them.  They did have the other issues or I would have grabbed them too.

[OtherEric]

4 minutes ago, OtherEric said:

Nice books!

The Skull #1 was $8, the 3 and 6 were $6 each.  And I think they had multiple copies of all of them.  They did have the other issues or I would have grabbed them too.

DIDN'T have the other issues.

[Jayman]

1 minute ago, OtherEric said:

DIDN'T have the other issues.

Thanks, just checked their site and am going to try to order from them! 

[FoggyNelson]

2 hours ago, OtherEric said:

KAYO Books provided some undergrounds after Haight-Ashbury failed me.  As near as I can tell, all bit the Yellow Dog are 1st printings:

Nice haul o undergrounds‼️👍😷

[wpbooks01]

4 hours ago, OtherEric said:

KAYO Books provided some undergrounds after Haight-Ashbury failed me.  As near as I can tell, all bit the Yellow Dog are 1st printings:

The 1 and 3 require some investigation (as would a #2) to determine if they are firsts as your pictures show the comix partially obscured, and no interior point for the #1. But a fine score anyways, as the reading is priceless!

[OtherEric]

10 minutes ago, wpbooks01 said:

The 1 and 3 require some investigation (as would a #2) to determine if they are firsts as your pictures show the comix partially obscured, and no interior point for the #1. But a fine score anyways, as the reading is priceless!

I did check them against the list of tells on comixjoint, the 1 definitely has the glitch on page 17 and art bleeding off the pages in the back of the book.  On the 3, I think this is the registration mark in the pentagon on the back cover:

[wpbooks01]

4 hours ago, OtherEric said:

I did check them against the list of tells on comixjoint, the 1 definitely has the glitch on page 17 and art bleeding off the pages in the back of the book.  On the 3, I think this is the registration mark in the pentagon on the back cover:

There ya go!

[OtherEric]

Seen on the wall of a sandwich shop in SF.  Griffin was always fascinating.

[wpbooks01]

Always wanted a collected edition of Skull, so I made one out of my 'undercopies'......part of my set of Corben Compendiums (even the ones that don't include his work, because....well....why not!) Can only show 1-3 as I don't want to risk upsetting the minders due to the back covers of 3-6 exhibiting girl flesh!

 

 

Edited July 14, 2021 by wpbooks01

[oldmilwaukee6er]

Homegrown hardcovers!! 

[wpbooks01]

1 hour ago, oldmilwaukee6er said:

Homegrown hardcovers!! 

Part of my wall o'joy!

 

 

Some recent editions.......

 

 

Lower berth....

 

 

 

Edited July 15, 2021 by wpbooks01

[OtherEric]

1 hour ago, wpbooks01 said:

Part of my wall o'joy!

 

 

Some recent editions.......

 

 

Lower berth....

 

 

 

You've shown these before, but they remain jaw-dropping. 

[wpbooks01]

I always like to inspire people to liberate the comics and comix from the darkness of the long and short box, and bring them into the light! Johnny Bindingseed, I am!

[felixthecat]

8 hours ago, wpbooks01 said:

I always like to inspire people to liberate the comics and comix from the darkness of the long and short box, and bring them into the light! Johnny Bindingseed, I am!

Plus they look so much more visually appealing on a bookshelf vs boxes. The only books I own that I don’t read are CGC slabs. You have inspired me to crack out more books and actually read them. 

[wpbooks01]

And don't forget that delightful 'old funnybook' aroma that smacks you in the face, bigly! Something you don't really get in a finely printed collected edition. The missing link, if you will! Makes me a tad giddy! And Undergrounds are old enough now to share such delight!

Edited July 15, 2021 by wpbooks01

[felixthecat]

I can’t maintain interest in mainstream (Marvel) books. I finally started shipping them to MCS with the intent of putting all funds raised towards comix and/or original art. I know a number of you collect other genres but is there anyone else here that only collects Underground comix and/or original art?

[L Ludwig]

I do.

I started collecting Marvel and then realized the 60's and 70's were my influencing decades. I sobered up and haven't looked back. (Well, maybe only to gasp in horror at some of the latest prices if truth be told.)

[swebbvella]

I also only collect undergrounds. Started out casting a wide net but quickly focused in on Crumb, Shelton, and Air Pirates. Have most of the important stuff (to me). I still have a lot of duplicates and other underground odds and ends I'm slowly selling off, but since I'm retired now I'm able to pass it off as a hobby to use my free time and help me stay out of trouble. Never was interested in the DC/Marvel type stuff - I've got free time, but not THAT much.

[OtherEric]

Since we've been discussing Skull, which was heavily influenced by the EC's, I thought I would show off a book of mine that has a EC/Underground connection:

[oldmilwaukee6er]

22 hours ago, felixthecat said:

I can’t maintain interest in mainstream (Marvel) books. I finally started shipping them to MCS with the intent of putting all funds raised towards comix and/or original art. I know a number of you collect other genres but is there anyone else here that only collects Underground comix and/or original art?

I would say I was almost 98% undergrounds from '03 when I discovered them to probably '14 when I started to get priced out. Since then I've moved to back into two runs I collect (Spawn and Usagi). I also collect mid century tourist pottery (Nemadji) since I moved to Wisconsin and I like anything counterculture Milwaukee. I also got into vintage video games and systems but sold the majority of that stuff. 

Now I maybe buy an underground a year sadly. But I haven't sold much at all, so I still have 4+ short boxes of raw and stabbed UGs.