{"product_id":"radical-america-komiks-9781629635675","title":"Radical America Komiks","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Underground comix,\" an artistic expression of rambunctious rebellion in the Vietnam War era, were exploding in 1969 when \u003cem\u003eRadical America\u003c\/em\u003e, a journal affiliated with Students for a Democratic Society, published a memorable comic art edition. Its principal artist and editor, Gilbert Shelton, whose Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers would be enjoyed in many editions across the world, brought to the project his Texas pals Frank Stack and Jack Jackson. Also on hand, among others, were Chicago comics innovators Jay Lynch and Skip Williamson. Together, these and other contributors issued a veritable artistic manifesto: a new vernacular art had arrived!\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA half century after its original appearance, \u003cem\u003eRadical America Komiks\u003c\/em\u003e retains its rebellious spirit and its rollicking humor. Dopey but also militantly antimilitarist, the comics in this reprinted volume speak to the ideas, sentiments, and artistic experiments of a generation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLongtime underground artist Jay Kinney, coeditor of the satirical series \u003cem\u003eYoung Lust\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eAnarchy Comics\u003c\/em\u003e, adds a foreword, and \u003cem\u003eRadical America\u003c\/em\u003e editor Paul Buhle offers an extensive introduction to the saga of comic art, radical and otherwise.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the 1960s, \u003cb\u003e Gilbert Shelton\u003c\/b\u003e contributed to various underground comix and designed concert posters before creating the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers. He then set up Rip Off Press, from which Freak Brothers strips were soon syndicated, borrowed, or stolen by a host of publications. \u003cb\u003ePaul Buhle\u003c\/b\u003e was the editor of \u003ci\u003eRadical America\u003c\/i\u003e in the late 1960s. He has edited comics biographies of figures including Emma Goldman, Che Guevara, Rosa Luxemburg, and Isadora Duncan. \u003cb\u003eJay Kinney\u003c\/b\u003e was an active participant in the underground comics movement from 1968 through the 1980s. He cofounded the romance comic satire \u003ci\u003eYoung Lust \u003c\/i\u003eand founded \u003ci\u003eAnarchy Comics.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"PM Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50856177795346,"sku":"9781629635675","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_20f231e9-706f-43da-9447-410b6d6351c6.jpg?v=1737498283","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/radical-america-komiks-9781629635675","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}