My True Story

Rodríguez, Spain

Literature & Fiction

Fantagraphics Books

<ul><li>Although best known for his recent Che Guevara graphic biography and for his Trashman character, in Cruisin’ With the Hound underground cartoonist Spain lets loose his blunt graphic style and uncompromising gift for caricature on the memoirs of his misspent youth, which ranges from Spain’s days as an innocent young churchgoer to his time as a member of the Road Vultures motorcycle gang, with stops along the way for his discoveries of science fiction and other, more adult pursuits (“The Birth of Porn”) — as well as the “The Education of an Underground Cartoonist,” describing his journey from a pimply Captain Marvel-reading scribbler to his arrival as a professional artist. But the heart of this collection is set during Spain’s teenage days in the 1950s, often featuring the dot-eyed Fred Tooté, a wild, flaky character in whose company some of his wildest escapades occurred: raunchy, hilarious, and often violent as hell!</li></ul>

Crusin' With The Hound: The Life And Times Of Fred Tooté GN

Comics & Graphic Novels

Graphic Novels

This is a more-than-complete collection of the quintessential underground comic book.
There scarcely was an underground comics world before Robert Crumb’s classic solo first issue ofZap. By Zap #2, he had begun assembling a Seven Samurai of the best, the fiercest, and the most stylistically diversified cartoonists to come out of the countercultural kiln. All of them were extremists of one sort or another, from biker-gang member Rodriguez to Christian surfer Griffin, but somehow they produced a decades-long collaboration: a mind-blowing anthology of abstract hallucination, throat-slashing social satire, and shocking sexual excess, that made possible the ongoing wave of alternative cartoonists like Daniel Clowes, Chris Ware, and Charles Burns. The Complete Zap Comix collects every issue of Zap ― every cover and every story, and even the Zam mini comic jam among the Zap artists ― in a five-volume, slipcased hardcover set. Plus, an introduction by founder R. Crumb and an oral history of Zap by Patrick Rosenkranz. Zap is the most historically and aesthetically important comics series ever published.
Also included exclusively in this boxed set is a portfolio of Zap covers by the eight artists, replicated from high resolution scans and proofs, and specially printed for this edition on acid-free, 100% cotton fine-art paper utilizing archival pigment inks. Partial color

The Complete Zap Comix Boxed Set

Arts & Photography

CRUMB, ROBERT

Griffin, Rick

Shelton, Gilbert

Mavrides, Paul

WILLIAMS, ROBERT

Moscoso, Victor

Wilson, S. Clay

Collections, Catalogs & Exhibitions

This blowout issue not only includes work by all eight Zap artists (plus a collaboration with cartoonist Aline Kominsky), but also three double-page jams by the group. Plus: Zapâ€™s first-and-only color section, featuring comics by R. Crumb and Gilbert Shelton (his final Zap Wonder Wart-hog episode, no less). Paul Mavrides provides an alternately embellished version of Gilbert Sheltonâ€™s and his Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers episode, â€œPhineas Becomes a Suicide Bomberâ€ (originally inked in the Complete Zap by Shelton). Front cover by R. Crumb. Back cover by Moscoso.

Zap Comix #16 (ROBERT CRUMBS ZAP COMIX)

Comic Strips

A motorcycle outlaw and one of the original seven cartoonists behind Zap Comix, this is the first volume in a series celebrating the influential force in the underground movement. Spain's Trashman stories form the backbone of this volume, along with his firsthand accounts of riding with the Road Vultures Motorcycle Club (a gang once considered so dangerous that the police chief of Buffalo, New York, declared war on them) and his 1969 East Village Other series about cop corruption, Manning. This first volume is rounded with an informative, inside account of Spain’s life and loves in the emerging counterculture of New York’s Lower East Side.

Street Fighting Man: Spain Vol. 1 (SPAIN GN)

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

Spain Rodriguez’s most memorable characters are ferocious femmes fatale: gorgeous and deadly women who can slash and slaughter as fast as any man. You’ll find them all in this volume ― Nasty Elaine, Mara, Mistress of the Void, Sangrella, and his ultimate independent woman, Big Bitch. This also includes a selection of interviews with strong women whom he loved and who inspired him. These stories appeared in Zap, Weirdo, Thrasher Comics, and many other publications as part of Spain’s prolific contributions to the comic medium over a six-decade career.

Warrior Women: Spain Vol. 2 (SPAIN GN)

Manga

This is a more-than-complete collection (it includes the unpublished 17th issue!) of the quintessential underground comic book.
The Complete Zap Comix collects every issue of Zap ― every cover and every story, and even the Zam mini comic jam among the Zap artists ― in a five-volume slipcased hardcover set. It will also include the 17th unpublished issue with work by Crumb, Moscoco, Wilson, Rodriguez, Shelton, Mavrides, and Williams. Plus, an introduction by founder R. Crumb and an oral history of Zap by Patrick Rosenkranz. Zap is the most historically and aesthetically important comics series ever published.
This Special Signed Edition includes everything in the regular edition, but also contains a portfolio of five gyclée prints, scanned from original pages of Zap art by Robert Crumb, Paul Mavrides, Gilbert Shelton, Robert Williams, and S. Clay Wilson, each signed by the artist. Limited to 250 copies. Partial Color

The Complete ZAP Boxed Set: Special Signed Edition

CRUMB, R.

Fantagraphics

In My Life & Times, Spain turns his eye on himself to create his most candid, autobiographical comic stories, which draw on the pivotal moments of his formative years: cruising with teen pals and wild acquaintances; the Buffalo, New York, jazz clubs; close encounters with women and sexuality; and his growth as an artist. Through rarely seen paintings, a sampling of sketchbook pages, and dozens of stories, in addition to essays by historian Patrick Rosenkranz, My Life & Times explains how Spain went from a misguided youth to a high-profile denizen of San Francisco's Mission District to a community elder who attempted to bridge the gap between underground comix and the emerging Latino Art Movement -- he was even included in the "Neighborhood Heroes" mural at the local middle school. This collection of comics from Zap, Blab!, Young Lust, Rip Off Comix, and The Comics Journal make for Spain's most personal contributions from his over six-decade career.

My Life & Times: Spain Vol. 3 (SPAIN GN)

Community & Culture

The classic graphic biography of Che Guevara—the most iconic revolutionary of the twentieth century This dramatic and extensively researched book breathes new life into the story of Ernesto “Che” Guevara. It portrays his revolutionary struggle through the appropriate medium of the underground political comic—one of the most prominent countercultural art forms since the 1960s. Spain Rodriguez’s powerful artwork illuminates Che’s life and the experiences that shaped him: his motorcycle journey through Latin America, his rise to prominence as a leader in Fidel Castro’s revolutionary movement, his travels in Africa, the desperate mission in Bolivia that led to his death, and his extraordinary legacy.

Che: A Graphic Biography

Leaders & Notable People

Verso

Since his death in 1967, Ernesto “Che” Guevara has become a universally known revolutionary icon and political figure whose image is among the most recognizable in the world. This dramatic and extensively researched book breathes new life into his story, portraying his struggle through the medium of the underground political comic—one of the most prominent countercultural art forms since the 1960s. Spain Rodriguez’s powerful artwork illuminates Che’s life and the experiences that shaped him, from his motorcycle journey through Latin America, his rise to prominence as a leader in Fidel Castro’s revolutionary movement, his travels in Africa, his involvement in the insurgency that led to his death in Bolivia, and his extraordinary legacy.

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My True Story

Crusin' With The Hound: The Life And Times Of Fred Tooté GN

The Complete Zap Comix Boxed Set

Zap Comix #16 (ROBERT CRUMBS ZAP COMIX)

Street Fighting Man: Spain Vol. 1 (SPAIN GN)

Warrior Women: Spain Vol. 2 (SPAIN GN)

The Complete ZAP Boxed Set: Special Signed Edition

My Life & Times: Spain Vol. 3 (SPAIN GN)

Che: A Graphic Biography

Che: A Graphic Biography