Showing posts with label Zap Comix. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Zap Comix. Show all posts

Saturday, July 25, 2015

Happy Birthday S. Clay Wilson

Underground Comix Family Album Deluxe Limited Edition Book Autographed by 22
Happy birthday to underground cartoonist S. Clay Wilson, an early contributor to Zap Comix. Our Collector's Treasure of the Day is the Underground Comix Family Album Signed Deluxe Limited Edition Book. A major photographic reference, it celebrates the creators of trail-blazing cartoon art, features 50 intimate black and white photo portraits by Clay Geerdes, intrepid chronicler of the underground scene for 25 years. Veteran cartoonist and graphics pioneer, Will Eisner, sets the tone of the book with his foreword. Cartoon Art Museum founder, Malcolm Whyte, follows with a concise introduction to comix and their place in history. Hand-signed in a numbered edition of 325 by 22 contributors including Kim Deitch, Will Eisner, Bill Griffith, Jay Kinney, Lee Marrs, Paul Mavrides, Trina Robbins, Spain Rodriguez, Sharon Rudahl, Bill Stout, Larry Welz, Robert Williams, and S. Clay Wilson. Fine condition. Authenticity guaranteed for life by Collector's Shangri-La.

Monday, March 2, 2015

Happy Birthday Robert Williams

Complete Zap Comix: Special Edition w/ Limited Edition Signed Prints by R. Crumb, Paul Mavrides, Gilbert Shelton, Robert Williams, S. Clay Wilson
Happy birthday to artist, cartoonist, and co-founder of Juxtapoz magazine, Robert Williams, a.k.a. Mr. Bitchin’! In the late 1960s, Robert joined the ranks at Zap Comix where he created the seminal Underground Comix anti-hero, Coochy Cooty. Our Collector's Treasure of the Day is this Special Signed Edition of The Complete Zap Comix which includes a portfolio of five gyclĂ©e prints, scanned from original pages of Zap art by Robert Crumb, Paul Mavrides, Gilbert Shelton, Robert Williams, and S. Clay Wilson, each signed by the artist. The set collects every issue of Zap — every cover and every story, and even the Zam mini comic jam among the Zap artists — in a multi-volume, slipcased hardcover set. It will also include the 17th unpublished issue with work by Crumb, Moscoco, Wilson, Rodriguez, Shelton, Mavrides, and Williams. Plus, an introduction by founder R. Crumb and an oral history of Zap by Patrick Rosenkranz, and other exclusive bonus features and items. Zap is the most historically and aesthetically important comics series ever published. Limited to 250 copies.