*Undergrounds: Our last update of Undergrounds was such a success that we’re heading subterranean again for another rampage through the counterculture on both sides of the Atlantic. From the UK, we have the infamous Nasty Tales, the comic which promoted a notorious obscenity trial in the 1970’s; Issues #1 and #2 of this scarce series back in stock. We also have RDH Comix, a 1971 small-press featuring very early work by Brian Bolland on his ‘Little Nympho’ series, and Ogoth and Ugly Boot, from Cozmic Comics in 1973. From the US, we have Fantagor, the 1970s anthology featuring Richard Corben’s art; Corben also looms large in From the Pit, new this update. Robert Crumb, probably the most acclaimed and most reviled underground artist, is heavily represented with new issues of Half Assed, Id, Mr. Natural and Weirdo, and the Furry Freak Brothers turn up not only in their own series, but in Fat Freddy’s Cat: War of the Cockroaches TP and the 20th Anniversary Freak Flyer. There’s a long run of Jack Katz’ groundbreaking ‘ground level’ saga, the First Kingdom, and other alt/indie series from the 1970s: Imagine, Star*Reach, Orb and Quack, while George Perez makes a surprising appearance in the first (and possibly only?) issue of Oracle. Deja-Vu brings us Wrightson, Kaluta and Jeff Jones, Ghita of Alizarr brings us Frank Thorne’s saucy Red Sonja-alike, the current series of Love and Rockets continues, Rip Off celebrates its 20th Anniversary, and Steve Ditko’s Mr. A hits the streets… but out of all these diversities, the most oddball is probably the Cathy collection, collected from Don Lawrence’s work in men’s magazines. This full-colour paperback from Aircel presents its heroine in a variety of situations which are light on plot, but heavy on gratuitous nudity! Pictured are Cathy Vol 1 (VF £35), Fantagor #1 (2nd Print) VF £25 and #2 (1st Print) £20, Nasty Tales #1 VG £40 and #2 VG £30. For price and grade details of the others, please see the Underground section of our online catalogue.