san francisco comic book added
SAN FRANCISCO COMIC BOOK
san francisco comic book
Print Mint (Fall 1971-72)
Gary Arlington was about 30 years old when he opened his 200-square-foot comic-book store in 1968 at 3339 23rd Street in the low-rent Mission District of San Francisco. With a charismatic lack of flair, Arlington dubbed his store The San Francisco Comic Book Company, which rapidly became a virtual headquarters for local underground artists, including Robert Crumb, Rick Griffin and John Thompson (among many others). Arlington’s store wasn’t just the first underground comix shop, it was probably the first comic-book-only store in the history of the world. (more…)