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36-page paperback bound volume with half-tone and offset lithograph illustrations on wove paper, with front cover in full color
Dimensions
sheet: 25.08 × 17.46 cm (9 7/8 × 6 7/8 in.) open: 25.08 × 34.93 cm (9 7/8 × 13 3/4 in.)
Classification
Volume
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of William and Abigail Gerdts
Accession Number
2014.126.111
Art Historical Context
Step into the vibrant, rebellious world of 1970s underground comix with *San Francisco Comic Book #*, a 36-page paperback anthology edited by Gary Arlington and published by The Print Mint for the San Francisco Comic Company. This 1970 volume bursts with contributions from iconic artists like Robert Crumb, S. Clay Wilson, Tr Robbins, Rick Griffin, Spain Rodriguez, among others, each bringing their raw, satirical visions to life through comics that defied mainstream conventions. Emerging from San Francisco's counterculture epicenter during the waning days of the hippie era, this comic book exe...