Loved Crumb's psychosexual fever dreams dissected by Witness the entire underground combustion in Rebel Visions: The Underground Comix Revolution 1963-1975 by .
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You've traced Crumb's psychosexual fever dreams through Nadel's archive; now zoom out to witness the entire underground combustion. Rosenkranz doesn't prettify the movement's misogyny, racism, or drug-fueled chaos—he lays bare the whole grotesque carnival from Zap Comix's first printing to the scene's inevitable implosion, naming names and reproducing the controversial panels that still make publishers nervous.
This is the collective biography of every artist who rejected mainstream decency alongside Crumb, complete with firsthand testimonies, censorship battles, and the libidinal shocks that fueled a cultural earthquake.
If you want the uncensored origins of the comix you hoarded in basements, this is your primary source.
What Readers Are Saying
"a great book...for those interested in the counterculture, the history of comic books" — Sir Michael Röhm, Goodreads
"Indispensable for getting a complete picture of underground comix...intricately linked with counter culture music, politics, and lifestyle in the 60s and 70s." — Cameron, Goodreads
"a great book on the History of Comix...lavishly illustrated with samples" — Lew, Goodreads
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