Zap Comix #1 is an underground comix anthology created by Robert Crumb, first issued in 1968 and initially sold directly by Crumb and his wife on the streets of San Francisco rather than through mainstream comics distribution. The issue collected short, explicit, often transgressive strips that broke sharply from the content restrictions the Comics Code Authority had imposed on mainstream American comic books since the 1950s. Zap Comix #1 is widely regarded as the founding publication of the underground comix movement and a major influence on the alternative and independent comics that followed it.
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Zap #1 was published in San Francisco in early 1968.
Zap Comix #1, Description, original language
The issue collected short, explicit, often transgressive strips that broke sharply from the content restrictions the Comics Code Authority had imposed on mainstream American comic books since the 1950s. Zap Comix #1 is widely regarded as the founding publication of the underground comix movement and a major influence on the alternative and independent comics that followed it.
Created By: Robert Crumb, Infobox: creators
Robert Crumb
In Group: Landmark Comic Book Issues, Lead
While working on Zap #1, Crumb saw a Family Dog poster drawn by Rick Griffin which resembled a psychedelic version of a Sunday funnies page.
In Medium: Comics, Lead
Zap Comix is an underground comix series which was originally part of the counterculture of the late 1960s.
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