Up From the Deep #1
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52-page paperback bound volume with half-tone and offset lithograph illustrations in black and in full color with cover in color
Dimensions
sheet: 25.4 × 17.46 cm (10 × 6 7/8 in.) open: 25.4 × 34.93 cm (10 × 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
2014.126.146
Art Historical Context
"Up From the Deep #" is a vibrant 1971 paperback comic anthology published by the iconic Rip Off Press, featuring from underground comix pioneers Jack Jackson, Richard Corben Greg Irons, and Deitch. This 52-page bound volume their bold illustrations in black-and-white half-tone and full-color offset lithography, with a striking color cover. Measuring 10 × 6 7/8 inches when closed (opening to 10 × 13 3/4 inches), it exemplifies the accessible, mass-produced format that defined the era's subversive graphic storytelling. Emerging from the countercultural ferment of the late 1960s and early 1970s...