{"product_id":"zap-comix-16-paperback-by-r-crumb","title":"Zap Comix #16 Paperback by R. 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Plus: \u003ci\u003eZap\u003c\/i\u003e’s first-and-only color section, featuring comics by R. Crumb and Gilbert Shelton (his final \u003ci\u003eZap\u003c\/i\u003e Wonder Wart-hog episode, no less). Paul Mavrides provides an alternately embellished version of Gilbert Shelton’s and his Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers episode, “Phineas Becomes a Suicide Bomber” (originally inked in the \u003ci\u003eComplete Zap\u003c\/i\u003e by Shelton). Front cover by R. Crumb. Back cover by Moscoso.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003eBorn in Philadelphia, \u003cb\u003eRobert Crumb\u003c\/b\u003e is one of America’s most celebrated artists. Thrust reluctantly into fame as a defining voice of the 1960s and 1970s counterculture with comic strips like \u003ci\u003eFritz the Cat, Mr. Natural\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eKeep on Truckin’\u003c\/i\u003e, then again in the 1990s with the acclaimed documentary \u003ci\u003eCrumb\u003c\/i\u003e and more recently the 2025 biography \u003ci\u003eCrumb: A Cartoonist’s Life\u003c\/i\u003e, he continues to push himself and his chosen medium from his home in the south of France.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGilbert Shelton\u003c\/b\u003e (b. 1940, Dallas, Texas), a founding father of the underground comix movement, is the creator of the iconic comix characters The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers, Fat Freddy’s Cat, and Wonder Wart-Hog. He was inducted into the Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame in 2012. He has been known to sing and play piano for the Blum Brothers, a Paris-based rhythm and blues group. He lives in Paris, France, with his wife and an ever-changing number of cats.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn addition to being one of the seven, original \u003ci\u003eZap Comix\u003c\/i\u003e contributors, \u003cb\u003eRobert Williams\u003c\/b\u003e’s influence on alternative art is immeasurable. From his endeavors to broaden the possibilities for young artists to gain exposure sprang the well-known art chronicle\u003ci\u003e, Juxtapoz\u003c\/i\u003e magazine. He is the subject of a recent documentary, \u003ci\u003eMr. Bitchin’\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Chatsworth, CA with his wife Suzanne.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eS. Clay Wilson\u003c\/b\u003e, one of the founding members of the \u003ci\u003eZap\u003c\/i\u003e comics collective. (\u003ci\u003eZap\u003c\/i\u003e is a seminal underground comic book anthology, with contributors like R. Crumb.) He lives in San Francisco.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eManuel Rodriguez\u003c\/b\u003e (1940–2012), better known as Spain, was one of the great American underground and socially conscious cartoonists.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eVictor Moscoso\u003c\/b\u003e is one of the defining stylists of the psychedelic culture of the 1960s, and one of the original \u003ci\u003eZap Comix\u003c\/i\u003e artists (with R. Crumb, Robert Williams, Gilbert Shelton, Spain Rodriguez, S. Clay Wilson and Rick Griffin). He lives with his wife Gail in San Francisco, California.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Mavrides\u003c\/b\u003e (b. 1952), an enigmatic cartoonist, painter, and graphic artist, began collaborating with Gilbert Shelton on \u003ci\u003eThe Freak Brothers\u003c\/i\u003e in 1978. He is a founding member of the Church of the SubGenius. In 1997, after a six-year legal battle, he won a landmark decision for artists’ rights in California that established a legal equivalency between written-word authors and cartoonists.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Alden Griffin\u003c\/b\u003e (1944-1991) was an American artist and one of the leading designers of psychedelic posters in the 1960s. He was a key figure in the underground comix movement as a founding member of the Zap Comix collective.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46556094070945,"sku":"BBSNIJ9781606999004","price":19.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9781606999004.jpg?v=1781805016","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/zap-comix-16-paperback-by-r-crumb","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}