Ocean Shores, WA: Starhead Comics, 1992. First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. This first number of the neo-underground comix compendium presided over & mostly drawn by Seattle artiste Pat Moriarity features "My German Buddy" written by Charles Bukowski (1920-1994), the great American cult-favorite poet-denizen of the dive bar & the racetrack, drawn (in all Buk's squalid alcohol-soaked glory) by Moriarity. The "German Buddy" of the title is the composer Richard Wagner, whose..... More

San Francisco, CA: The Golden Gate Publishing Company, 1972. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. The one & only issue of this quintessential production by Robert Crumb, subtitled "A Comic for the Broad Masses!" on front cover. Featuring "Fritz the Cat-"Superstar"" in which his famous feline creation is dispatched by a bird-woman with an ice pick. Legend has it that Crumb wanted to end any further treatments of Fritz after being disappointed..... More