Category: all new underground comics

comix , all new underground comics , last gasp , two fisted zombies

two fisted zombies added

by docweasel Jul 9 2023

TWO FISTED ZOMBIES

two fisted zombies

Last Gasp 1973
At least the well-intentioned Last Gasp series doesn’t fade away with a loser like Big League Laffs. The last issue of All New Underground Comix gives us Two-Fisted Zombies. This is a ghoulish, gruesome tale of the black arts, the occult, holy war and the living dead by Rick Veitch. I enjoyed this dark, EC Comics-inspired comic, but then I’m a bit bent in the head. Definitely not for the squeamish or to be read shortly after consuming a large meal.

big league laffs , comix , all new underground comics , last gasp

big league laffs added

by docweasel Jul 8 2023

BIG LEAGUE LAFFS

big league laffs

Last Gasp 1972
Big League Laffs is where sports meets underground comix. The result is a mixed bag. It’s kind of hard to work up a belly laugh over teammates killing a rookie outfielder who drops a potential game-winning fly ball (“Big League Rookie”). (more…)

comix , all new underground comics , high school funnies , last gasp

high school funnies added

by docweasel Jul 8 2023

HIGH SCHOOL FUNNIES

high school funnies

Last Gasp 1973
The second half of All New Underground Comix #3 is also the weaker half. High School Funnies features Larry Hubbell recalling those joyous days in high school. Some of High School Funnies isn’t half-bad, though I doubt you ever had a teacher like this in your school (not to mention some of the classmates)! (more…)

comix , all new underground comics , mountain , last gasp

mountain added

by docweasel Jul 8 2023

MOUNTAIN

mountain

Last Gasp 1973
All New Underground Comix #3 gives us two long-form comic stories in one 52-page book. Unlike most back-to-back comics, this one is truly two distinct entities, so they are reviewed separately. The Mountain is the front half of the book, indicated by the cover art that declares “Presents in a Special Double Issue” (unlike the flip side of the comic). The Mountain also takes up 29 pages of the book, whereas High School Funnies is only 23 pages long. The Mountain is also the better half of the comic. (more…)

comix , hot crackers , all new underground comics , last gasp

hot crackers added

by docweasel Jul 8 2023

HOT CRACKERS

hot crackers

Last Gasp 1972
Peter D. Clapp’s artwork in Hot Crackers is a bit uneven, but the stories are rather good. You’ll laugh out loud at “The Devil Gets Me” and “Werz’z” features an alien she-devil seeking a silver phallus, but she is unwittingly trapped in a race against time as a mad scientist plots to take over the world with four-headed chickens! Yeah, you kind of have to be there. (more…)

comix , all new underground comics , last gasp

all new underground comics added

by docweasel Jul 8 2023

ALL NEW UNDERGROUND COMICS

all new underground comics

Last Gasp 1972-73
As the underground comic book scene flourished in the early 1970s, sometimes certain stories were reprinted in a second or third comic book to make up a full book. For instance, a Freak Brothers one-pager might have appeared in EVO, Bijou Funnies and then a Freak Brothers comic book. So Last Gasp began publishing the All New Underground Comix series in 1972 to ensure comic book buyers that the comics in this particular title had not been reprinted from elsewhere. In this five-issue run, each comic features a different sub-title and set of creators. The third issue is a back-to-back, double-sided comic book featuring two different long-form stories.

comix , armageddon , all new underground comics , last gasp

armageddon added

by docweasel Jul 8 2023

ARMAGEDDON

armageddon

Last Gasp 1972-76
The first title in the All New Underground Comix series turned out to be the most successful, at least from a commercial standpoint. Barney Steel’s Armageddon is one those comic series that stands as a personal statement from a singular comic creator. It delivers a diverse range of tales that touch on politics, race relations, eroticism, the cosmos and betrayal. At the same time, Steel employs some of the most awkward yet passionate dialog in the history of comics (more…)