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[Counterculture Comix] [Robert Crumb] Archive of Yellow Dog Underground Comic Newspaper, Vol. 1, Nos. 1, 2, 3, 5, and 6. Berkeley, CA: The Print Mint, 1968. Five issues (Vol. 1, No. 1, 2, 3, 5, 6), A substantial archive of five early issues from the first volume of Yellow Dog, one of the foundational publications of the underground comix movement. Published by the legendary Print Mint in Berkeley in 1968, Yellow Dog served as an anarchic forum for radical satire, drug-fueled surrealism, and sexual and political taboo-busting art. It was the first underground comix tabloid to combine the sensibilities of psychedelic poster art, post-Beat existentialism, and antiwar protest with the iconoclastic energy of newspaper comics. This lot includes contributions from key figures in the movement such as Robert Crumb, S. Clay Wilson, Joel Beck, Victor Moscoso, John Thompson, and Gilbert Shelton-many of whom would later contribute to Zap Comix and other landmarks of the genre. measuring 17" x 11" and 8 to 16 pages each. This archive includes: [1] Crumb, R. et al. Yellow Dog, Vol. 1, No. 1 (May 1968): The debut issue introduces the title's namesake mutt, drawn by Crumb, and includes his full-page satire "Mr. Natural's School of Wisdom." A historic piece of early comix featuring crude visual gags, anti-establishment mockery, and spiritual pastiche. Other contributions by John Thompson and Joel Beck feature dense, scratchy linework with themes of repression and absurdity. [2] Crumb, R. et al. Yellow Dog, Vol. 1, No. 2 (June 1968): Notable for Crumb's "Hey Kids, Eat Popsicles!" ad parody, which grotesquely mocks consumer culture and postwar suburban innocence. Also includes gags involving sexuality and violence, and early expressions of the era's "let it all hang out" visual aesthetic. Features a Maoist quotation panel, echoing the period's New Left fascination with global revolution. [3] Crumb, R. et al. Yellow Dog, Vol. 1, No. 3 (June 1968): Cover spoofing the Iwo Jima flag-raising with a satirical underground cartoonist flag. Highlights include Andy Martin's "The Great Generation Gap" and S. Clay Wilson's brutally raw cartoons of sexual and racial confrontation, including a Black child urging an elder hippie to assault a cop. Dark, chaotic, and explosively political. [4] Crumb, R. et al. Yellow Dog, Vol. 1, No. 5 (July 1968): Features Crumb's "Crumbs" strips and several surrealist tableaus. Includes a brutal parody of Nixon as a hairy grotesque, an elephant-riding caricature of conservative politics by Martin, and antiwar satire from Ron Cobb. Covers increasingly reflect anger at American imperialism and moral hypocrisy. [5] Crumb, R. et al. Yellow Dog, Vol. 1, No. 6 (July 1968): Front and back covers include contributions from Crumb and Martin; Crumb's strip "Crumbs" continues inside with scatological absurdities and hippie critique. Gilbert Shelton contributes theater-style spoof strips, while S. Clay Wilson's "The Hatchet Maniac" shows Benjamin Franklin as a serial killer, a vision of colonial madness echoing the Vietnam-era cultural breakdown. Light even toning throughout; a few issues with minor edgewear or corner folds, typical of newsprint of the era. Pages supple and complete. Very good overall. A rare early grouping of Yellow Dog from the moment when underground comix exploded into the national counterculture consciousness. These issues crystallize the aesthetic and political insurgency of 1968, combining drug-era grotesquerie, antiwar fury, racial confrontation, and sexual provocation in one of the movement's most historically significant and visually unrestrained formats.
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