Auctions: comic books in 'Underground'

Gothic Blimp Works (1969) 5 VG 4.0

This influential underground was a supplement to the East Village Other newspaper, featuring many artists who would go on to underground fame: Kim Deitch, Spain Rodriguez, Bill Griffith, and Trina Robbins. Edited by Deitch and Bhob Stewart. Mature readers. 24 pages. Cover by Deitch. Cover price $0.35. Cover price $0.35.

Gothic Blimp Works (1969) 6 VG/FN 5.0

Mature content. 1969 comic tabloid supplement to the East Village Other newspaper. Cover art by Gilbert Shelton. Features radical cartoons by artists such as Robert Crum, Vaughn Bode, Bhob Stewart, Jay Lynch, M. Kaluta, Kim Deitch, Willy Menedez, Ralph Reese, Roger Brand, Willy Murphy, Joe Schenkman, S. Clay Wilson, and more. Cover price $0.35.

Skull Comics (1970 Rip Off Press/Last Gasp) #1, 1st Printing VG+ 4.5

Water spotting.

1st printing. Stories and Art by Greg Irons, Dave Sheridan, Jack Jackson, Fred Schrier, and Rory Hayes. Classic Underground Horror/Humor comic inspired by classic EC Comic Tales. 7-in. x 10 1/4-in., 36 pages, B&W, MATURE READERS NOTE: Printing Very Difficult to determine. 1st and 2nd Printings have a printing defect on Story Page 7 of the story "The Answer" (pg15) in which the word "Decadence" is partially covered. This is Corrected in the 3rd Printings. Further, 1st Printings are slightly taller than 2nd printings, and the art on issue pages 20-29 is tilted due to incorrect printing alignment of 1st Printings. Cover price $0.50.