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American Splendor, No. 11

Harvey Pekar, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

volumes : illustrations. Began in 1976 with #1; ceased in 1993 with #17. American Splendor is a series of autobiographical comic books written by Harvey Pekar and drawn by a variety of artists. The first issue was published in 1976 and the last one in September 2008, with publication occurring at irregular intervals (Pekar died in 2010). Publishers were, at various times, Harvey Pekar himself, Dark Horse Comics, and DC Comics. In addition to R. Crumb, Pekar's most well-known and longest-running collaborators included Gary Dumm, Greg Budgett, Spain Rodriguez, Joe Zabel, Gerry Shamray, Frank Stack, Mark Zingarelli, and Joe Sacco. Other notable American Splendor illustrators include Alison Bechdel, Brian Bram, Chester Brown, Alan Moore, David Collier, Drew Friedman, Dean Haspiel, Val Mayerik, Josh Neufeld, Jim Woodring, and Ed Piskor. The later Vertigo Comics-published issues employed a new crop of artists, including Ty Templeton, Richard Corben, Hunt Emerson, Eddie Campbell, Gilbert Hernandez, Ho Che Anderson, and Rick Geary. Color illustrated cover, b&w interiors Library has issues 1-16. The Adler Archive of Underground Comix, Gift of Bill Adler.
Lonely Nights Comics

Dori Seda, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

The Adler Archive of Underground Comix, Gift of Bill Adler.
Weirdo, No. 12

Peter Bagge (editor), Special Collections, and Fleet Library

28 volumes : illustrations. Frequency: quarterly. Publication dates: No. 1 (spring, 1981), ceased with no. 28 (summer, 1993). Editor: R. Crumb. With issue #10, P. Bagge became editor; with issue #18, Crumb's wife, Aline Kominsky-Crumb became editor (except for issue #25, which was again edited by Bagge).Color illustrations on covers, b&w interiors. Early issues of Weirdo reflect Crumb's interests at the time outsider art, fumetti, Church of the SubGenius-type anti-propaganda and assorted "weirdness." It also introduced artists such as Peter Bagge, Dori Seda and Dennis Worden. No. 12 Contributors: Jim Woodring, Robert Crumb, J.R. Williams, Brad Johnson, Ken Struck , Ken Weiner, Ace Backwords, Drew Friedman, Peter Bagge, Dennis Worden, J.D. King, Xno, Bill Griffith, Rory Hayes, Bob X, and more. Library has two copies of no. 27. The Adler Archive of Underground Comix, Gift of Bill Adler.
Weirdo, No. 13

Peter Bagge (editor), Special Collections, and Fleet Library

28 volumes : illustrations. Frequency: quarterly. Publication dates: No. 1 (spring, 1981), ceased with no. 28 (summer, 1993). Editor: R. Crumb. With issue #10, P. Bagge became editor; with issue #18, Crumb's wife, Aline Kominsky-Crumb became editor (except for issue #25, which was again edited by Bagge).Color illustrations on covers, b&w interiors. Early issues of Weirdo reflect Crumb's interests at the time outsider art, fumetti, Church of the SubGenius-type anti-propaganda and assorted "weirdness." It also introduced artists such as Peter Bagge, Dori Seda and Dennis Worden. No. 13 Contributors: Robert Crumb, Michael Roden, Ken Struck, Mary Fleener, John Holmstrom, Ace Backwords, B.N. Duncan, Diane Noomin, Raymond Pettibon, David Coulson, Robert Williams, Carel Moiseiwitsch, Aline Kominsky-Crumb, Peter Bagge, Arne Hultine, and more. Library has two copies of no. 27. The Adler Archive of Underground Comix, Gift of Bill Adler.
Weirdo, No. 14

Peter Bagge (editor), Special Collections, and Fleet Library

28 volumes : illustrations. Frequency: quarterly. Publication dates: No. 1 (spring, 1981), ceased with no. 28 (summer, 1993). Editor: R. Crumb. With issue #10, P. Bagge became editor; with issue #18, Crumb's wife, Aline Kominsky-Crumb became editor (except for issue #25, which was again edited by Bagge).Color illustrations on covers, b&w interiors. Early issues of Weirdo reflect Crumb's interests at the time outsider art, fumetti, Church of the SubGenius-type anti-propaganda and assorted "weirdness." It also introduced artists such as Peter Bagge, Dori Seda and Dennis Worden. No. 14 Contributors: Robert Crumb, J.D. King, Dennis Worden, Carel Moiseiwitsch, Ken Struck, Mary Fleener, Ken Weiner, Anthony Mostrom, Bruce Carleton, Steve Fiorella, Peter Bagge, S. Clay Wilson, J.R. Williams, Kazimieras G. Prapuolenis, and more. Library has two copies of no. 27. The Adler Archive of Underground Comix, Gift of Bill Adler.
Weirdo, No. 15

Peter Bagge (editor), Special Collections, and Fleet Library

28 volumes : illustrations. Frequency: quarterly. Publication dates: No. 1 (spring, 1981), ceased with no. 28 (summer, 1993). Editor: R. Crumb. With issue #10, P. Bagge became editor; with issue #18, Crumb's wife, Aline Kominsky-Crumb became editor (except for issue #25, which was again edited by Bagge).Color illustrations on covers, b&w interiors. Early issues of Weirdo reflect Crumb's interests at the time outsider art, fumetti, Church of the SubGenius-type anti-propaganda and assorted "weirdness." It also introduced artists such as Peter Bagge, Dori Seda and Dennis Worden. No. 15 Contributors: Robert Crumb, J.D. King, J.R. Williams, Ken Struck, R.L. Crabb, S. Clay Wilson, Dori Seda, C. Striewski, Peter Bagge, Raymond Pettibon, Kim Deitch, Kazimieras G. Prapuolenis, and more. Library has two copies of no. 27. The Adler Archive of Underground Comix, Gift of Bill Adler.
Zap Comix, No. 11

R. Crumb, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

Early issues were published by Apex Novelties and later reprinted by Last Gasp. Publisher became Print Mint with no. 3, Last Gasp with no. 10, and Fantagraphics with no. 16. No. 0 was drawn before issue no. 1 but published afterwards and numbered no. 0 to preserve the correct sequence. Zap Comics written and illustrated by Robert Crumb, S. Clay Wilson, Victor Moscoso, Rick Griffin, Gilbert Shelton, Spain Rodriguez, Robert Williams, Paul Mavrides. Zap Comix was an underground comix series which was originally part of the youth counterculture of the late 1960s. While a few small-circulation self-published satirical comic books had been printed prior to this, Zap became the model for the "comix" movement that snowballed after its release. The title itself published 17 issues over a period of 46 years. Color illustrations on covers, b&w interiors. #0 issue inscribed to Bill Adler and signed by R. Crumb, 1985. Library has issues 0 to 15 (two copies of 14) The Adler Archive of Underground Comix, Gift of Bill Adler.
American Splendor, No. 10

Harvey Pekar, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

volumes : illustrations. Began in 1976 with #1; ceased in 1993 with #17. American Splendor is a series of autobiographical comic books written by Harvey Pekar and drawn by a variety of artists. The first issue was published in 1976 and the last one in September 2008, with publication occurring at irregular intervals (Pekar died in 2010). Publishers were, at various times, Harvey Pekar himself, Dark Horse Comics, and DC Comics. In addition to R. Crumb, Pekar's most well-known and longest-running collaborators included Gary Dumm, Greg Budgett, Spain Rodriguez, Joe Zabel, Gerry Shamray, Frank Stack, Mark Zingarelli, and Joe Sacco. Other notable American Splendor illustrators include Alison Bechdel, Brian Bram, Chester Brown, Alan Moore, David Collier, Drew Friedman, Dean Haspiel, Val Mayerik, Josh Neufeld, Jim Woodring, and Ed Piskor. The later Vertigo Comics-published issues employed a new crop of artists, including Ty Templeton, Richard Corben, Hunt Emerson, Eddie Campbell, Gilbert Hernandez, Ho Che Anderson, and Rick Geary. Color illustrated cover, b&w interiors Library has issues 1-16. The Adler Archive of Underground Comix, Gift of Bill Adler.
Weirdo, No. 10

Peter Bagge (editor), Special Collections, and Fleet Library

28 volumes : illustrations. Frequency: quarterly. Publication dates: No. 1 (spring, 1981), ceased with no. 28 (summer, 1993). Editor: R. Crumb. With issue #10, P. Bagge became editor; with issue #18, Crumb's wife, Aline Kominsky-Crumb became editor (except for issue #25, which was again edited by Bagge).Color illustrations on covers, b&w interiors. Early issues of Weirdo reflect Crumb's interests at the time outsider art, fumetti, Church of the SubGenius-type anti-propaganda and assorted "weirdness." It also introduced artists such as Peter Bagge, Dori Seda and Dennis Worden. No. 10 Contributors: Peter Bagge, Robert Crumb, Ken Weiner, Dennis Worden, K. Struck, Lynda Barry, Savage Pencil, Carol Lay, Kazimieras G. Prapuolenis, David Coulson, J.D. King, Aline Kominsky-Crumb, Drew Friedman, and more. Library has two copies of no. 27. The Adler Archive of Underground Comix, Gift of Bill Adler.
Weirdo, No. 11

Peter Bagge (editor), Special Collections, and Fleet Library

28 volumes : illustrations. Frequency: quarterly. Publication dates: No. 1 (spring, 1981), ceased with no. 28 (summer, 1993). Editor: R. Crumb. With issue #10, P. Bagge became editor; with issue #18, Crumb's wife, Aline Kominsky-Crumb became editor (except for issue #25, which was again edited by Bagge).Color illustrations on covers, b&w interiors. Early issues of Weirdo reflect Crumb's interests at the time outsider art, fumetti, Church of the SubGenius-type anti-propaganda and assorted "weirdness." It also introduced artists such as Peter Bagge, Dori Seda and Dennis Worden. No. 11 Contributors: Kazimieras G. Prapuolenis, Robert Crumb, B. N. Duncan, Ken Weiner, Ken Struck, Anthony Mostrom, B. Carleton, Peter Bagge, Rick Trembles, Ed Roth, Savage Pencil, Kim Deitch, Dave Geary, and more. Library has two copies of no. 27. The Adler Archive of Underground Comix, Gift of Bill Adler.
American Splendor, No. 9

Harvey Pekar, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

volumes : illustrations. Began in 1976 with #1; ceased in 1993 with #17. American Splendor is a series of autobiographical comic books written by Harvey Pekar and drawn by a variety of artists. The first issue was published in 1976 and the last one in September 2008, with publication occurring at irregular intervals (Pekar died in 2010). Publishers were, at various times, Harvey Pekar himself, Dark Horse Comics, and DC Comics. In addition to R. Crumb, Pekar's most well-known and longest-running collaborators included Gary Dumm, Greg Budgett, Spain Rodriguez, Joe Zabel, Gerry Shamray, Frank Stack, Mark Zingarelli, and Joe Sacco. Other notable American Splendor illustrators include Alison Bechdel, Brian Bram, Chester Brown, Alan Moore, David Collier, Drew Friedman, Dean Haspiel, Val Mayerik, Josh Neufeld, Jim Woodring, and Ed Piskor. The later Vertigo Comics-published issues employed a new crop of artists, including Ty Templeton, Richard Corben, Hunt Emerson, Eddie Campbell, Gilbert Hernandez, Ho Che Anderson, and Rick Geary. Color illustrated cover, b&w interiors Library has issues 1-16. The Adler Archive of Underground Comix, Gift of Bill Adler.
Feelgood Funnies, No. 2

Frank Stack, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

volumes : illustrations. By Foolbert Sturgeon [i.e. Frank Stack]. First issue published without numbering. Library has nos. 1-2 (1972, 1984). The Adler Archive of Underground Comix, Gift of Bill Adler.
Weirdo, No. 7

R. Crumb (editor), Special Collections, and Fleet Library

28 volumes : illustrations. Frequency: quarterly. Publication dates: No. 1 (spring, 1981), ceased with no. 28 (summer, 1993). Editor: R. Crumb. With issue #10, P. Bagge became editor; with issue #18, Crumb's wife, Aline Kominsky-Crumb became editor (except for issue #25, which was again edited by Bagge).Color illustrations on covers, b&w interiors. Early issues of Weirdo reflect Crumb's interests at the time outsider art, fumetti, Church of the SubGenius-type anti-propaganda and assorted "weirdness." It also introduced artists such as Peter Bagge, Dori Seda and Dennis Worden. No. 7 Contributors: Robert Crumb, Drew Friedman, Elinore Norflus, Robert Williams, Jeff John, Terry Boyce, Spain Rodriguez, Dori Seda, Kazimieras G. Prapuolenis, Dennis Worden, and more. Library has two copies of no. 27. The Adler Archive of Underground Comix, Gift of Bill Adler.
Weirdo, No. 8

R. Crumb (editor), Special Collections, and Fleet Library

28 volumes : illustrations. Frequency: quarterly. Publication dates: No. 1 (spring, 1981), ceased with no. 28 (summer, 1993). Editor: R. Crumb. With issue #10, P. Bagge became editor; with issue #18, Crumb's wife, Aline Kominsky-Crumb became editor (except for issue #25, which was again edited by Bagge).Color illustrations on covers, b&w interiors. Early issues of Weirdo reflect Crumb's interests at the time outsider art, fumetti, Church of the SubGenius-type anti-propaganda and assorted "weirdness." It also introduced artists such as Peter Bagge, Dori Seda and Dennis Worden. No. 8 Contributors: Robert Crumb, Peter Bagge, Tom Bertino, Jeff John, Dori Seda, Elinore Norflus, Robert Armstrong, and more. Library has two copies of no. 27. The Adler Archive of Underground Comix, Gift of Bill Adler.
Weirdo, No. 9

R. Crumb (editor), Special Collections, and Fleet Library

28 volumes : illustrations. Frequency: quarterly. Publication dates: No. 1 (spring, 1981), ceased with no. 28 (summer, 1993). Editor: R. Crumb. With issue #10, P. Bagge became editor; with issue #18, Crumb's wife, Aline Kominsky-Crumb became editor (except for issue #25, which was again edited by Bagge).Color illustrations on covers, b&w interiors. Early issues of Weirdo reflect Crumb's interests at the time outsider art, fumetti, Church of the SubGenius-type anti-propaganda and assorted "weirdness." It also introduced artists such as Peter Bagge, Dori Seda and Dennis Worden. No. 9 Contributors: Dave Geary, Robert Crumb, Drew Friedman, J.D. King, Spain Rodriguez, B.N. Duncan, Max Crumb, Terry Boyce, Tom Bertino, Peter Bagge, Dori Seda, Billy Bunting, and more. Library has two copies of no. 27. The Adler Archive of Underground Comix, Gift of Bill Adler.
American Splendor, No. 8

Harvey Pekar, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

volumes : illustrations. Began in 1976 with #1; ceased in 1993 with #17. American Splendor is a series of autobiographical comic books written by Harvey Pekar and drawn by a variety of artists. The first issue was published in 1976 and the last one in September 2008, with publication occurring at irregular intervals (Pekar died in 2010). Publishers were, at various times, Harvey Pekar himself, Dark Horse Comics, and DC Comics. In addition to R. Crumb, Pekar's most well-known and longest-running collaborators included Gary Dumm, Greg Budgett, Spain Rodriguez, Joe Zabel, Gerry Shamray, Frank Stack, Mark Zingarelli, and Joe Sacco. Other notable American Splendor illustrators include Alison Bechdel, Brian Bram, Chester Brown, Alan Moore, David Collier, Drew Friedman, Dean Haspiel, Val Mayerik, Josh Neufeld, Jim Woodring, and Ed Piskor. The later Vertigo Comics-published issues employed a new crop of artists, including Ty Templeton, Richard Corben, Hunt Emerson, Eddie Campbell, Gilbert Hernandez, Ho Che Anderson, and Rick Geary. Color illustrated cover, b&w interiors Library has issues 1-16. The Adler Archive of Underground Comix, Gift of Bill Adler.
Mickey Rat, No. 4

Robert E. Armstrong, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

volumes : illustrations. Title from indicia. Library has nos. 1-4 (1972-1982) The Adler Archive of Underground Comix, Gift of Bill Adler.
Weirdo, No. 5

R. Crumb (editor), Special Collections, and Fleet Library

28 volumes : illustrations. Frequency: quarterly. Publication dates: No. 1 (spring, 1981), ceased with no. 28 (summer, 1993). Editor: R. Crumb. With issue #10, P. Bagge became editor; with issue #18, Crumb's wife, Aline Kominsky-Crumb became editor (except for issue #25, which was again edited by Bagge).Color illustrations on covers, b&w interiors. Early issues of Weirdo reflect Crumb's interests at the time outsider art, fumetti, Church of the SubGenius-type anti-propaganda and assorted "weirdness." It also introduced artists such as Peter Bagge, Dori Seda and Dennis Worden. No. Contributors: Robert Crumb, Drew Friedman, Harry S. Robins, Terry Boyce, Cliff Neal, Macedonio Garcia, Aline Kominsky-Crumb, and more. Library has two copies of no. 27. The Adler Archive of Underground Comix, Gift of Bill Adler.
Weirdo, No. 6

R. Crumb (editor), Special Collections, and Fleet Library

28 volumes : illustrations. Frequency: quarterly. Publication dates: No. 1 (spring, 1981), ceased with no. 28 (summer, 1993). Editor: R. Crumb. With issue #10, P. Bagge became editor; with issue #18, Crumb's wife, Aline Kominsky-Crumb became editor (except for issue #25, which was again edited by Bagge).Color illustrations on covers, b&w interiors. Early issues of Weirdo reflect Crumb's interests at the time outsider art, fumetti, Church of the SubGenius-type anti-propaganda and assorted "weirdness." It also introduced artists such as Peter Bagge, Dori Seda and Dennis Worden. No. 6 Contributors: Robert Crumb, Aline Kominksy-Crumb, Terry Boyce, Ace Backwords, Norman Dog, Jeff John, Drew Friedman, Butch Austin, Doris McCarthy, and more. Library has two copies of no. 27. The Adler Archive of Underground Comix, Gift of Bill Adler.
Zap Comix, No. 10

R. Crumb, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

Early issues were published by Apex Novelties and later reprinted by Last Gasp. Publisher became Print Mint with no. 3, Last Gasp with no. 10, and Fantagraphics with no. 16. No. 0 was drawn before issue no. 1 but published afterwards and numbered no. 0 to preserve the correct sequence. Zap Comics written and illustrated by Robert Crumb, S. Clay Wilson, Victor Moscoso, Rick Griffin, Gilbert Shelton, Spain Rodriguez, Robert Williams, Paul Mavrides. Zap Comix was an underground comix series which was originally part of the youth counterculture of the late 1960s. While a few small-circulation self-published satirical comic books had been printed prior to this, Zap became the model for the "comix" movement that snowballed after its release. The title itself published 17 issues over a period of 46 years. Color illustrations on covers, b&w interiors. #0 issue inscribed to Bill Adler and signed by R. Crumb, 1985. Library has issues 0 to 15 (two copies of 14) The Adler Archive of Underground Comix, Gift of Bill Adler.
American Splendor, No. 7

Harvey Pekar, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

volumes : illustrations. Began in 1976 with #1; ceased in 1993 with #17. American Splendor is a series of autobiographical comic books written by Harvey Pekar and drawn by a variety of artists. The first issue was published in 1976 and the last one in September 2008, with publication occurring at irregular intervals (Pekar died in 2010). Publishers were, at various times, Harvey Pekar himself, Dark Horse Comics, and DC Comics. In addition to R. Crumb, Pekar's most well-known and longest-running collaborators included Gary Dumm, Greg Budgett, Spain Rodriguez, Joe Zabel, Gerry Shamray, Frank Stack, Mark Zingarelli, and Joe Sacco. Other notable American Splendor illustrators include Alison Bechdel, Brian Bram, Chester Brown, Alan Moore, David Collier, Drew Friedman, Dean Haspiel, Val Mayerik, Josh Neufeld, Jim Woodring, and Ed Piskor. The later Vertigo Comics-published issues employed a new crop of artists, including Ty Templeton, Richard Corben, Hunt Emerson, Eddie Campbell, Gilbert Hernandez, Ho Che Anderson, and Rick Geary. Color illustrated cover, b&w interiors Library has issues 1-16. The Adler Archive of Underground Comix, Gift of Bill Adler.
It’s a Dog’s Life : why are these dogs men?

Larry S. Todd, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

52 unnumbered pages : chiefly illustrations. Cover title. A Man hits hard times and finds himself in the doghouse as his head is removed, and placed on a Dog's body! Color cover illustration, b&w interior. The Adler Archive of Underground Comix, Gift of Bill Adler.
Weirdo, No. 4

R. Crumb (editor), Special Collections, and Fleet Library

28 volumes : illustrations. Frequency: quarterly. Publication dates: No. 1 (spring, 1981), ceased with no. 28 (summer, 1993). Editor: R. Crumb. With issue #10, P. Bagge became editor; with issue #18, Crumb's wife, Aline Kominsky-Crumb became editor (except for issue #25, which was again edited by Bagge).Color illustrations on covers, b&w interiors. Early issues of Weirdo reflect Crumb's interests at the time outsider art, fumetti, Church of the SubGenius-type anti-propaganda and assorted "weirdness." It also introduced artists such as Peter Bagge, Dori Seda and Dennis Worden. No. 4 Contributors: Robert Crumb, Dennis Worden, Dori Seda, Robert Armstrong, Drew Friedman, Elinore Norflus, Terry Boyce, Kazimieras G. Prapuolenis, Tom Bertino, B.N. Duncan, and more. Library has two copies of no. 27. The Adler Archive of Underground Comix, Gift of Bill Adler.
Weirdo, No. 1

R. Crumb (editor), Various Artists, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

28 volumes : illustrations. Frequency: Quarterly. No. 1 (spring 1981)- Ceased with no. 28 (summer 1993). Editor: R. Crumb. Title from cover. Early issues of Weirdo reflect Crumb's interests at the time outsider art, fumetti, Church of the SubGenius-type anti-propaganda and assorted "weirdness." It also introduced artists such as Peter Bagge, Dori Seda and Dennis Worden. With issue #10, P. Bagge became editor; with issue #18, Crumb's wife, Aline Kominsky-Crumb became editor (except for issue #25, which was again edited by Bagge). Color illustrations on covers, b&w interiors. No. 1 Contributors: Robert Crumb, Stanislav Szukalski, Peter Brueghal, B.N. Duncan, and more. Library has two copies of no. 27. The Adler Archive of Underground Comix, Gift of Bill Adler.