Underground comix are small press or self-published comic books which are often socially relevant or satirical in nature. They differ from mainstream comics in depicting content forbidden to mainstream publications by the Comics Code Authority, including explicit drug use, sexuality and violence. They were most popular in the United States between 1968 and 1975, and in the United Kingdom between 1973 and 1974.

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  • I never got to read any of these! I led such a sheltered life! Or was it the fact that I was spending all of my money on the recreational use of illegal substances? LOL! Anyway, thank you for the invitation! Larry

  • Awesome Group Addition To #Timespast ....

  • I have never heard of these. Oh, what a sheltered life I led, I am willing to try anything at least once. This sounds like fun. Thanks Rick for the chance to try these...........................Elaine

  • I have a few dvd's of digitized comix. Also many original issues I bought from the late 60's through the 70's.

  • Thanks for the invite. Brings back a lot of memories - then again if you can remember the sixties...

  • Thanks for the invite, Rick.

  • Thanks for the invite! ZAP Comic made me what I am today--unfit for conventional employment.
  • What  really interested me is when I went to post this is that many of the comix have been revived and new ones drawn and some that were originally Black and white have been colorized.  Will wonders never cease.  ---------------------  R

  • I sure spent plenty of time reading these--I'd love to look them over again. Thanks for the invite.

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Near Myths

Near Myths Only Printing / 1978 / 44 pages / Galaxy Media Distribution _ On the table of contents of its first issue, Near Myths declares itself to be "A Science Fiction and Fantasy Comic for Adults." This is similar to the declaration from Brainstorm Comix (1975) that it is an "Adult Fantasy" comic series, but Brainstorm's content was clearly underground in nature. Near Myths, on the other hand, really is more like a sci-fi/fantasy series, akin to Heavy Metal. Near Myths is indeed a science…

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Honkytonk Sue - 1979-1980 / Bob Boze Bell

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Hot Stuff (1974-1978)

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Forbidden Knowledge

 Forbidden Knowledge_1975-1978 / Last Gasp_Only George DiCaprio would host such a macabre feast as Forbidden Knowledge. Filled with stories of cannibalism, incest, castration and exhumed corpses, the two-issue series wallows joyfully in its depravity. In the first issue, Jim Himes "Blood Lust of the Tupinamba" is particularly gruesome. The story about Russian castrators by Rich Chidlaw, also in the first issue, is dedicated to George's newborn son, the "Mighty Leonardo!" (I'm guessing Leo was…

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