Below Critical Radar: Fanzines and Alternative Comics from 1976 to the Present Day

Sabin, Roger and Triggs, Teal

ISBN 10: 1899866477 / ISBN 13: 9781899866472

Published by Codex Books, 2001

About this Item

UK stocked, available immediately. Large format paperback, published by Slab-O-Concrete Publications in 2001. First edition. A lovely bright copy with unmarked contents. Very light rubbing to the edges only. Illustrated.

Seller Inventory # sk9rew452

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Below Critical Radar: Fanzines and Alternative Comics from 1976 to the Present Day
• Publisher: Codex Books
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1899866477
• ISBN 13: 9781899866472
• Binding: Very Good
• Edition: 1st Edition

About this title

Synopsis

Twenty-five years of print (and web) anarchy from the fringe publishing culture. This is the first study on both fanzines and alternative comics, from the end of the hippie underground press to the start of the Internet publishing boom. Publications covered include Sniffin Glue, Buffy zines and Ghost World as well as the Konvention of Alternative Komix. Essay contributors include Gary Groth of Fantagraphics and Steven Heller, author and NY Times art editor; interviews are with Peter Bagge Hate, and Joe Sacco of Safe Area Gorazde.

About the Author

Roger Sabin is an author, editor and authority on independent comics, graphic novels and fanzines. He is based in London.

Teal Triggs is completing a doctorate on British punk and riot grrl fanzines, and has written extensively on the subject for Emigre, Visible Language, and Zed, among others.