Bryan John Murphy Willy (3 results)

First Edition. Tabloid (58cm); original color-pictorial newsprint wrappers; 8pp; illus., together with the 16pp supplement section (printed in black & white) laid in. Horizontal fold at center (as issued), some very subtle toning to extremities, else a bright, Near Fine copy. Supplement has some foxing at folds, and some old, faint dampstaining at upper and lower edge; Very Good or better. Final issue of John Bryan's ambitious San Francisco weekly underground paper, which appeared for only seven issues in early 1972. Each issue included a 2-page full-color section of comics and (save for the final two issues, which were abbreviated), and most with an insert containing editorial contributions and advertisements. The editorial board included such underground all-stars as John Wilcock, Chester Anderson, and Diane DiPrima; comic contributions by Willy Murphy, Gary Hallgren, Justin Green, and Bill Griffith, whose earliest "Zippy" strips appear here. 88006.…

First Edition. Tabloid (58cm); original color-pictorial newsprint wrappers; 8pp; illus., together with the 16pp supplement section (printed in black & white) laid in. Horizontal fold at center (as issued), very faint vertical bend, with a small "For Machine Sale Only" sticker mounted to upper front wrapper; a bright, Near Fine issue, with a Near Fine supplement. Well-preserved issue of John Bryan's ambitious San Francisco weekly underground paper, which appeared for only seven issues in early 1972. Each issue included a 2-page full-color section of comics and (save for the final two issues, which were abbreviated), and most with an insert containing editorial contributions and advertisements. The editorial board included such underground all-stars as John Wilcock, Chester Anderson, and Diane DiPrima; comic contributions by Willy Murphy, Gary Hallgren, Justin Green, and Bill Griffith, whose earliest "Zippy" strips appear here. This issue contains contributions by Bill Griffith, Willy Murphy, Gary Hallgren, Robin Morgan, and others. 88005.…

First Edition. Tabloid (58cm); original color-pictorial newsprint wrappers; 8pp; illus. Horizontal fold at center, as issued, else a bright, very Near Fine copy. Early issue of John Bryan's ambitious San Francisco weekly underground paper, which appeared for only seven issues in early 1972. Each issue included a 2-page full-color section of comics and (save for the final two issues, which were abbreviated), and most with an insert containing editorial contributions and advertisements. The editorial board included such underground all-stars as John Wilcock, Chester Anderson, and Diane DiPrima; comic contributions by Willy Murphy, Gary Hallgren, Justin Green, and Bill Griffith, whose earliest "Zippy" strips appear here. This issue features comics by Trina Robbins, Willy Murphy, and others, with a black & white psychedelic centerfold spread, and a portion dedicated the late Kenneth Patchen, with a poem in his memory by Lawrence Ferlinghetti.…