comic books, comics
Niño sano, mama contenta / Healthy baby, happy mother
Hampton, Iowa and San Francisco: US Farm News; Sun-Reporter, 1985. 40p., stapled wraps, 5.5x8.5 inches. People's Health Days. Reproduces a Nicaraguan public health booklet in cartoon form about preventing diarrhea; English translation is on facing pages. Introduction states that the booklet "stands in vivid contrast to the recent CIA manual..... More
Cat.No: 175801
The OB People's Rag; Ocean Beach, California, volume III, number 6, Mid December, 1972
Ocean Beach: The OB People's Rag, 1972. Newspaper. 24p., 11.5x17.5 inches, tabloid underground newspaper, worn, creased, yellowed, illustrated with cartoons, photos and local ads. More
Cat.No: 112209
Plant Rules
[Waukesha, WI]: RTE Corporation, n.d. [16p.], stapled wraps, 6.5x4.25 inches landscape format, very good condition. Small comic book-style booklet illustrating the unethical conduct of a fictional employee, resulting in his losing his job. "Disregard of the rules and regulations implies a disinterest in the organization and of remaining a member..... More
Cat.No: 136443
Rat Sass, vol. 1, no. 1
Las Vegas, NV: Rodent Graphics, 1993. Pamphlet. 40p., staplebound zine, 8.5x11 inches, very good. Comics featuring rats. Contributors are Robert Sundin III, Andy Hartzell, Jason Eckhardt, Steve Thomason, Mike Leskove, Skip Kent and F. Andrew Taylor. More
Cat.No: 251163
San Francisco Herald. Issue 1 (July/August 1998)
San Francisco: the zine, 1998. [14p.], zine on newsprint, paper toned, somewhat crinkled. Most of the contents are comics by Gene Mahoney. More
Cat.No: 251477
Small press comics explosion no. 7 (November)
Chicago: C&T Graphic Publication, 1986. Comic. 50p., one issue of the bi-monthly comic book 8.5x10.5 inch magazine wraps; comics, in very good condition. More
Cat.No: 314230
Supermen of the US Army. Lt. Colonel Boyd "Buzz" Wagner, US Ace! [illustrated card]
n.p. "Prepared in cooperation with US War Dept." [1942]. pamphlet. 4.5x6.25 inch sheet, printed one side. Creased at upper right margin. A separate printing of a comic book-style paean that was also printed in an issue of Action Comics. More
Cat.No: 288971
Telegraph Avenue Liberation Front: manual: no. 5 (October 22, 1969)
Berkeley: Telegraph Avenue Liberation Front, 1969. Pamphlet. [4p.], 7x8.5 inches; illustrated, photo., in very good condition. This is a single yellow sheet folded in half, printed on all four sides. Front cover illustration of hippies squatting. Interior illustrated by a comic strip "An August Day on Telegraph Avenue" Includes "The..... More
Cat.No: 90268
These People
[San Francisco]: Alternative Tentacles, 1985. Pamphlet. [22p.] staplebound booklet presenting the lyrics to each song on the album "These People," by the political punk band The Dicks, in the form of comics. Paper evenly toned, otherwise very good. The Alternative Tentacles label was established by the Dead Kennedys. Dicks Comics..... More
Cat.No: 314317
World War 3 Illustrated, #17
New York: World War 3, 1992. Magazine. [104]p., stapled glossy wraps with newsprint pages, 8x10.5 inches, pages lightly toned, some wear, two pencil notations else good condition, Radical comix and essays. More
Cat.No: 248862
World War 3 Illustrated, #20
New York: World War 3, 1993. Magazine. [96]p., stapled glossy wraps with newsprint pages, 8x10.5 inches, pages lightly toned, some wear, two pencil notations else good condition. Radical comix and essays. More
Cat.No: 248863
Zippie Joy! Vol. 1 no. 2 (March 1972)
Chicago: Zippies [Zeitgeist International Party], 1972. Newspaper. [8]p., tabloid format newspaper on good stock, still white, somewhat crudely printed, inner text multicolored; comix, photos., illus., happenings, minor handling, overall in very good condition. The Zippies were a faction of the Yippies who split off, in part after a dispute between..... More
Cat.No: 191358
Wish the World
San Francisco: Self-published by the author, 2008. Pamphlet. 12p., 5.5 x 8.5 inches, illus., very good condition in stapled wraps. Variant edition with only b&w illustrations (other version has both b&w and color) and a different font for the title. Short comic by the Korean-American artist. More
Cat.No: 269422
A Message to Teenagers . . . how to tell when drinking is becoming a problem [brochure] a simple 12 question quiz to help you decide
New York: A.A. World Services, Inc, 1984. Six-panel brochure folded to 3.5x8.5 inches, interior panels printed with 12 cartoon panel questions, very good condition. First published in 1980. The illustrator is uncredited but the panels are well-drawn. More
Cat.No: 260886
Titillating Tales [six issues]
npl: Wahab Algarmi, 2002-2007. Pamphlet. Six issues of the comics zine, Nos. 2, 4, 5, and 6 plus two unnumbered issues, various pagination, stapled wraps, 7x8.5 inches, very good condition. More
Cat.No: 269308
Titillating Tales [three issues]
npl: Wahab Algarmi, 2002-2003. Pamphlet. Three issues of the comics zine, No. 2 plus two unnumbered issues.[24], [44], and [28]p., stapled wraps, 7x8.5 inches, very good condition. More
Cat.No: 265890
The Road to God Knows...
Ottawa: Von Allan Studio, 2006. Pamphlet. 25p., stapled wraps, 5.5x8.5 inches, small stain on front wrap, else very good condition. No. 222 of 350 copies, signed by the author on the front wrap. Excerpt from Allan's autobiographical novel about a teenage girl dealing with her mother's schizophrenia. More
Cat.No: 283890
Hypnospiral Comics: No. 7
Self-published by the author, 2017. Pamphlet. [8]p., stapled wraps, 5.5x4.25 inches, very good zine-format comic. More
Cat.No: 282519
Boy Genius: Big Time Hits
n.p. Self-published by the author, nd. Pamphlet. [20]p., stapled wraps, 8.5x5.25 inches landscape format, very good zine-format comic. Japanese American artist. More
Cat.No: 282503
Boy Genius: Livin' Large
n.p. Self-published by the author, nd. Pamphlet. [20]p., stapled wraps, 8.5x5.75 inches landscape format, very good zine-format comic. Japanese American artist. More
Cat.No: 282502
(Working Class) Heroes and Villains Vol. 1
[Oakland]: Volcano Productions, 2009. [34]p., stapled wraps, 5.5x8.5 inches, very good zine-format comic. Color cover with black and white insides. Japanese-American artist. More
Cat.No: 254621
The Bathroom Terror and Other Childhood Threats
[Oakland]: Volcano Productions, nd. Pamphlet. [44]p., 7x8.5 inches, illus., very good condition in stapled wraps. More
Cat.No: 274420
The incredible Rocky vs the power of the people! Featuring... America's richest family. Revised edition
Berkeley: North American Congress on Latin America, 1974. Pamphlet. 49p., wraps, 8.25 x 10.75 inches illus., paper evenly toned, else very good condition. First published in 1973. Comic book on the Rockefellers. More
Cat.No: 245564