Gothic Blimp Works
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Gothic Blimp Works, an all-comics tabloid published in 1969 by Peter Leggieri and the East Village Other, was billed as "the first Sunday underground comic paper". During its eight-issue run, the publication displayed comics in both color and black-and-white. The first issue was titled Gothic Blimp Works Presents: Jive Comics.[1]
Contributors and editors
Stewart and Deitch co-edited the fourth issue. With a front cover by Spain Rodriguez and a back cover reprint by Harrison Cady, it featured interior pages by Baby Jerry, Bodé, Brand, Deitch, Hama, Hurricane Nancy, R. Jaccoma, Kaluta, Dick Lupoff, Metzger, Willy Murphy, Reese, Trina Robbins, Joe Schenkman, Stewart, Stiles and S. Clay Wilson. Robert Williams supplied the cover art for issue number 7.
After the fourth issue, Deitch continued as the tabloid's editor. Cartoonists Van Howell and Joe Schenkman were the last co-editors.[2]
Archives
The first six issues are on file at the Syracuse University Library's Special Collections.[3]
See also
Notes
- ^ Hignite, Todd. In the Studio: Visits with Contemporary Cartoonists. Yale University Press, 2007.
- ^ Rosenkranz, Patrick. Rebel Visions: The Underground Comix Revolution, 1963-1975. Seattle: Fantagraphics Books, 2008.
- ^ "Gothic Blimp Works[permanent dead link], Syracuse University Library. Accessed Sept. 19, 2011.
References
- Gothic Blimp Works at the Grand Comics Database
- Gothic Blimp Works at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)