American/British Update: Up From The Underground: A Cavalcade of Counter-Culture – Crumb, Shelton, Spain, Jaxon, Ghura, Corben, Talbot and more
*Undergrounds: Approximately seventy new titles added to our Underground listings this week, with strong entries from both sides of the Atlantic; the traditional – if that’s not an inappropriate term in context – underground scene from the US offers us Arcade, Balloon Vendor, Comix Book, Dan O’Neill’s Comics and Stories, Dr. Atomic, Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers, Fantagor, Garbage, Home Grown, Mr. Natural, R. Crumb’s Best Buy Comics, Recuerden El Alamo, Red Raider, Sleazy Scandals from the Silver Screen, Snoid, Tits & Clits, Two Fools, Young Lust and Yow. The UK strikes back with Brainstorm Comix (early work from Bryan Talbot), Comic Rock, the prestigious anthology Knockabout, Lone Groover, Nasty Tales, Sometime Stories (1977 work from McCarthy & Ewins), Suzie and Jonnie, and the utterly filthy Truly Amazing Love Stories. And the later, 1970s onward ‘ground-level/indie comics’ movement from the New World gives us Dan Clowes’ Eightball, Peter Bagge’s Hate, Reid Fleming World’s Toughest Milkman, Heartbreak Comics, Star*Reach, and Mama Tits Saves The World! Illustrated are Comix Book #1 FN £20, Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers #1 (1st Printing) GD/VG £40, R. Crumb’s Best Buy Comics (1st Print) VF £30 and Sleazy Scandals of the Silver Screen (1st print) VF/NM £30.