http://www.comixunderground.com A resource for underground comix collectors en-us Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:04:16 CST Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:04:16 CST http://www.comixunderground.comhttp://www.comixunderground.com/My_Account/cgi-bin/tools/logos/comixunderground.com.png http://www.comixunderground.com/ A resource for underground comix collectors Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:04:16 CST http://www.comixunderground.com/articles/146287/A-Short-History-of-America-by-R.-Crumb-and-Joni-Mitchell... Music Video: A Short History of America cartoon poster by R. Crumb with music by Joni Mitchell, The Big Yellow Taxi ... 2011-09-25 http://www.comixunderground.com/articles/141040/So-You-Want-to-Sell-Comic-Books... So You Want to Sell Comic Books Author: christopher When I was a kid I dreamed that one day I would have my very own store and that I would sell comic books to the local children. Comic books were so much a part of my life growing up and it was the same for my son as he was growing. When I was a kid it was Spiderman and The Fantastic Four, or a... 2011-07-01 http://www.comixunderground.com/articles/138117/All-About-Underground-Comix... Did you know that the comics industry of the world had undergone some major revolutions and controversies only few decades back? Do not be surprised. Professional cartoonists and those who are still actively involved in reading comics may know about these revolutions and controversies.These controversies revolved around the art of undergrou... 2011-04-30 http://www.comixunderground.com/articles/136114/Gilbert-Shelton... Gilbert Shelton is one of the leading members of the underground comix movement. In a way, this first sentence by itself may be controversial. Were underground comix artists a part of movement, or simply talented individuals who shared a disdain for hypocricy, after all? Still, Shelton and his contemporaries managed to lead art and to an extent, ... 2011-04-09 http://www.comixunderground.com/articles/132706/The-World-of-Cult-Books... The World of Cult Books By Finchley Bows Cult books and underground comix have recently hit the mainstream and emerged into the broader public consciousness so here is a primer about what they really are. Underground comics or underground comix as they are spelt with a deliberate misspelling of the word comics to distinguish them from the main... 2011-03-01 http://www.comixunderground.com/articles/126211/ZAP-COMIX-The-1968-to-2005... Zap Comix is the best-known of the underground comics that emerged as part of the youth counterculture of the late 1960sZap #1 was published in San Francisco in late 1968. It featured the work of satirical cartoonist Robert Crumb. Some 3,500 copies were printed by Beat writer Charles Plymell.[1] Zap #1 was the first title put out by... 2010-12-24 http://www.comixunderground.com/articles/123420/Collecting,-Buying,-and-Selling-X-Men-Comic-Books--... Collecting, Buying, and Selling X-Men Comic Books Author: James Morgan The world of comic book collecting is not what it once was. Long gone are the days when your neighbor discovered his old cache of X Men comic books hidden in the attic and made thousands of dollars selling these rare treasures. Not that such things used to happen very often ... 2010-12-04 http://www.comixunderground.com/articles/119217/Photos-of-Some-of-the-Greatest-Underground-Comix-Artists... A nice montage with photos of the geniuses behind the best underground comix, either at work, or at play. Complex, talented characters don't look much differently than the rest of us, it seems... Photos of UG underground comix artists, S.Clay Wilson, Crumb, Greg Irons, Dave Sheridan, Gilbert Shelton, Joel Beck, etc...All taken by Clay Geerdes, ... 2010-11-12 http://www.comixunderground.com/articles/114577/A-Basic-Guide-To-Comic-Book-Collecting... A Basic Guide To Comic Book Collecting By Xavier GalleryEven with the emergence of popular entertainment outlets such as the internet and satellite television, comic books have maintained an impressive market share of consumer spending. There simply is no replacement for the unique way a comic can present a story and engage its readers. Because ... 2010-09-18 http://www.comixunderground.com/articles/112832/Is-Bansky-the-New-Underground-Comix-Artist... The graffiti art of Bansky is a lot of things. It's subversive, and it makes people think and question, and it's definitely an underground style of art. But is it similar to underground comix? Are there similarities between comix and graffiti? Banksy Art - What is All the Fuss About? By Edmund Boey Art lovers from Bristol and Lo... 2010-08-28 http://www.comixunderground.com/articles/110382/Comic-Art-Vs-Graphic-Novels-... Comic Art Vs Graphic Novels Author: comic artist Art, we all know this word but how many of us knows what is art and what it contains inside it.Infact it has only a begining,it has no end.There are different type of priviliges and occupations in this world and the companies attempting to get their goal to keep stay and being up in their field ... 2010-08-01 http://www.comixunderground.com/articles/100159/A-Rand-Holmes-Retrospective... From the book featured in the video: His hippie hero, Harold Hedd, became the spokesman of the emerging counterculture as he avoided work, explored free love, and flouted drug laws. The Adventures of Harold Hedd spread across the globe in the wave of underground comix and newspapers of the era and Holmes became famous — or at least ... 2010-07-09 http://www.comixunderground.com/articles/86556/Collecting-Original-Comic-Art... Collecting Original comic art: a fun and exciting hobby by Martin Toms Comic art collecting has grown in stature since its humble beginnings in the 1970s. Comic books may still be viewed as entertainment for children but comic art has established itself as a distinct, mature art form that is able to move people with its appeal. And this ar... 2010-06-19 http://www.comixunderground.com/articles/75517/Comic-Book-Collecting,-I-Can’t-Get-Enough!... Comic Book Collecting, I Can’t Get Enough! By Dave GieberHave you ever read a comic book before? I imagine just about everyone, at some time in their life, has read at least one comic book. But do your interests and enjoyment level go beyond that? You may have said to yourself, at sometime or another, I would like to start comic book colle... 2010-05-28 http://www.comixunderground.com/articles/67413/The-Basics-of-Anime-From-A-Z-... The Basics of Anime-From A-Z By Anthony Chatfield Anime - Anime is the affectionately shortened name for animation in Japan. It's written in Katakana, as a derivative of English and general refers to any animation conceived and drawn in Japan. There is however a certain style and method to anime that can be recognized the world over as unique to... 2010-05-02 http://www.comixunderground.com/articles/60029/Comic-Book-Collecting-101... By: Patrick Rittenhouse Collecting comic books is a source of joy for many comic book and graphic novel enthusiasts. However, many collectors have trouble finding comics that they feel would be worth collecting and don’t really know what to do with them when they do. There are a number of ways that collectors and comic ... 2010-04-08 http://www.comixunderground.com/articles/55575/The-joy-of-collecting-original-comic-art... by Martin Toms The joy of collecting is even greater when what you are collecting is something as delightful and refreshing as original comic art. Comic books have proven to be much more than children's entertainment. Just like the fairy tales and legends of old which are now considered timeless classics for all ages, so too are c... 2010-03-10 http://www.comixunderground.com/articles/52799/American-Splendor:-When-Underground-Comix-Went-Mainstream... Harvey Pekar was famous among underground comix fans and among those who enjoyed watching people they thought were bizarre on late night TV, but his true mainstream famen came in2003, when Paul Giamatti played Pekar in a movie based on Pekar's American Splendor book. It is often the case that when an underground gem is discovered by the mainst... 2010-02-14 http://www.comixunderground.com/articles/48823/Collecting-Comic-Books-is-a-Great-Hobby... Collecting comic books is a hobby like no other. I remember my father tried to get me to collect stamps. I wasn't getting into it, he wasn't getting into it, and the book remained mostly empty. What he thought could be a harmless father-son activity proved to be just lame. Not to say anything against stamp collectors, but it just wasn't something e... 2010-01-07 http://www.comixunderground.com/articles/46351/What-to-do-with-old-comic-books... The article below is definitely for the novice collector, or even for those who may not know yet if comic book collecting and selling is for them. Of course one thing we can do with our comic book collections is let them be until our next of kin finds them in the attic. But we can also try to do something with our collection today. What to Do Wi... 2009-12-17 http://www.comixunderground.com/articles/44276/The-Bronze-Age-of-Comics... The era between the late 1960s and 1986 is considered the Bronze Age of comics. The article below discusses a few of the main symptoms of the era, one of which relates directly to the rise of underground comix in that era. As the article notes, While the subversive elements of many underground comix eventually died away for the most part, the inde... 2009-11-24 http://www.comixunderground.com/articles/41149/Investing-in-Comic-Books... The article below deals with mainstream comic books, which at the moment (or actually, in the last decade), have been all the rage in Hollywood. Simply put, the more a superhero comic book movie makes, the better it is for the collector. But does it translate to underground comix? Do comic books that challenge society have similar potentia... 2009-11-02 http://www.comixunderground.com/articles/38565/Collecting-Comic-Books----Software... While ownership of first editions of the famous comic books can get a good price, let's admit it: most of us don't own the first issue of Spiderman. While software dedicated to comic book collection tracking can be a lifesaver for the serious collector, it shouldn't be discarded by the amateur collector of comic books or by the collector of undergr... 2009-10-20 http://www.comixunderground.com/articles/34258/Fritz-the-Cat... Maybe the movie that came closest to the spirit of underground comix was the x-rated animated Fritz the Cat. Based on Robert Crumb comic strip, Ralph Bakshi's movie stayed close to the source and seems to have hit a chord with viewers. Still today, nearly 40 years after its debut, the film is still the most successful independent animated movie in... 2009-09-18 http://www.comixunderground.com/articles/27012/Comic-Book-Price-Guide... Whether we're talking about underground art or about mainstream comics, the value of a good comic book escapes us. Maybe we live our lives thinking we have in our possession a priceless copy, which turns out to be worth nothing. And maybe we have somewhere, at a bottom of a pile, the comic book that can give us money to live comfortably for a year.... 2009-08-26 http://www.comixunderground.com/articles/24197/Selling-your-comic-book-masterpiece... Here's an article that shows the spirit of individual, indy creation and marketing of comix. In a world where comic books increasingly turn into movies, where the President becomes the new Marvel star, and where everything revolves around money, true artists that want to move away from the mainstream need to find a way to get their comix out by t... 2009-08-17 http://www.comixunderground.com/articles/19839/The-Value-of-CGC-Comics... The Value of CGC Comics The Value of CGC ComicsBy Alan Karpuch One of the items that most people collect today is the comic books. And they do not just collect them to hark back all of their childhood memories but the comics are collected because they are valuable as well. When you own a bunch of comic books, one good thing which you can do is to... 2009-07-17 http://www.comixunderground.com/articles/18085/Comic-Book-Collector-Questions... Comic Book Collector Questions Author: MIKE SELVON Many of us collected comic books as kids. As adults, we think back to a simpler time when our biggest worry was the release of the latest edition of our favorite comic. At the time, we collected comics simply because we loved them. As we grew up, however, our interests changed. We becam... 2009-06-30 http://www.comixunderground.com/articles/16869/How-To-Maximize-The-Value-Of-Your-Comics---Comic-Book-Values-00-1085... How To Maximize The Value Of Your Comics - Comic Book Values-00-1085 How To Maximize The Value Of Your Comics - Comic Book Values-00-1085 by shojulInvestments mean putting down your money now for greater returns in the future. With this logic in mind, comic book collections then become a long-term investment. Just ask the old-timers who are sell... 2009-06-19 http://www.comixunderground.com/articles/12257/Steve-Stiles... One of the early members of underground comix, Steve Stiles is still working hard. His website, Stevestiles.com tells his story through anecdotes from his time working with zines alongside the founders of the underground movement, as well as his work with more mainstream artists like Jack Kirby. Steve's art is always imaginative and always... 2009-05-20 http://www.comixunderground.com/articles/11461/William-Stout... William Stout is an award winning comic book artist, even though he's as well known for his writing, design, and dinosaur drawings (Michael Crichton acknowledged Stout's work as an inspiration for his book Jurassic Park). He is considered one of the traiblazers of modern comic book writing. Always thinking, never compromising, Stout is as relev... 2009-05-12 http://www.comixunderground.com/articles/10805/The-Rise-and-Fall-of-Comics-in-the-Modern-Era... by: Vince P. Platania, Jr. The comic book industry, like any artistic industry, or any industry for that matter, is cyclical. There are up times and there are down times. There are times when sales are through the roof and there are times when sales can't break through the basement floor. Right now comics are in an in-between place, ... 2009-05-07 http://www.comixunderground.com/articles/8200/The-Whole-Marvelous-Super-Ultra-Magical-Comic-Book-Universe... By Rob Gustaveson The forge of creativity & business that was Marvel Comics was a synchronic chord sounded by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko and all the authors and artists and inkers and colorists who worked there. It all started during the early 1960's when the Fantastic Four and Spider-man and the X-men (The Uncanny X-Men... 2009-04-24 http://www.comixunderground.com/articles/7005/The-First-Batman-Comics-–-A-Different-Batman... by: Vince P.Platania,Jr. The first Batman comics were written in a pulp style representative of the times. In these early stories, Batman was not above using firearms, or even harming or killing criminals with little to no remorse. Being a detective more so than a superhero, Batman was more akin to a private eye than a capes and tigh... 2009-04-17 http://www.comixunderground.com/articles/6157/Comic-Book-Values... I don't know if you feel the same about comic books like I do, but one thing is for sure, I have held on to my first ever comic book for a very long time and I believe now it will probably cost you quite a penny especially since it is mint condition and it is a first series. When shopping for a comic book it is good to learn all you can on that c... 2009-04-10 http://www.comixunderground.com/articles/4325/Comix-Underground... 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