With the publication of R. Crumb's debut issue of Zap in 1968, the
Underground Comix revolution exploded, creating a major paradigm shift
and blowing the lid off the traditional comic book. Maverix and
Lunatix features 101 full page portraits (and more) by a cartooning
icon in his own right, Drew Friedman, spotlighting the essential
artists, writers, and editors who defined one of the great art and
countercultural movements of the 20th century. Featuring R. Crumb,
Gilbert Shelton, S. Clay Wilson, Melinda Gebbie, Art Spiegelman, Vaughn
Bode, Trina Robbins, Bill Griffith, Jay Lynch, Sharon Rudahl, Larry
Gonick, Rick Veitch, Joyce Farmer, Justin Green, "Grass" Green, George
DiCaprio, Diane Noomin, Harvey Pekar, Robert Williams, Howard Cruse, Dan
O'Neill, Spain Rodriguez, Shary Flenniken, Richard Corben, and so many
others... all of whom helped to reinvent an entire artistic medium and
became icons of underground comix.
Featuring a foreword by Marc Maron (WTF with Marc Maron) and an
afterword by historian Patrick Rosenkranz (Rebel Visions: The
Underground Comix Revolution 1963-1975), each portrait in Maverix and
Lunatix is also accompanied by a short biography of its subject by
Friedman, making the book both a gorgeous art book and a valuable
historical resource.
