Dirty pictures : how an underground network of nerds, feminists, geniuses, bikers, potheads, printers, intellectuals, and art school rebels revolutionized art and invented comix / Brian Doherty.

"In the 1950s, comics meant POW! BAM! superheroes, family-friendly gags, and Sunday funnies, but in the 1960s, inspired by these strips and the satire of MAD magazine, a new generation of creators set out to subvert the medium, and with it, American culture. Their "comix," spelled that way to distin...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Doherty, Brian, 1968- (Author)
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Abrams Press, 2022.
Subjects:	Underground comic books, strips, etc. > United States > History and criticism. COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS. HISTORY. LITERARY CRITICISM / Comparative Literature. Underground comic books, strips, etc. United States. Criticism, interpretation, etc. Literary criticism. Underground comics.
Genre:	Criticism, interpretation, etc. Literary criticism. Underground comics.
Physical Description:	439 pages ; 24 cm
Variant Title:	Dirty pictures : how an underground network of nerds, feminists, misfits, geniuses, bikers, potheads, printers, intellectuals, and art school rebels revolutionized art and invented comix [Cover title]
Format:	Book

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