Last Gasp
Last Gasp is a book and underground comix publisher and distributor based in San Francisco, California.
History
Founded in 1970 by Ron Turner to publish the ecologically-themed comics magazine Slow Death Funnies, followed by the all-female anthology It Ain't Me Babe, Last Gasp soon became a major part of the underground comics (or comix) movement. Notable artists published by Last Gasp include Tim Biskup, Robert Crumb, Ron English, Camille Rose Garcia, Justin Green, Bill Griffith, Spain Rodriguez, Mark Ryden, Dori Seda, Larry Welz,Robert Williams, and S. Clay Wilson.
Music books
In the early 1980s Last Gasp published some of the first books about the West Coast punk rock scene.
Today
Last Gasp today publishes few comic books. The company publishes art and photography books, graphic novels, fiction, and poetry. Last Gasp operates as a publisher, distributor, and wholesaler for books of all types, often with a lowbrow art and counterculture focus.
Comic series published
The following is a list of notable comic books published by Last Gasp.
All Canadian Beaver Comix
All New-Underground Comix
Amputee Love
Anarchy Comics
Anarchy Love
Armageddon
Auto-be Recycled
Bakersfield Kountry Komics
Barefoot Gen (translation by Project Gen)
Binky Brown Meets the Holy Virgin Mary
Brain Fantasy
Cheech Wizard
Cherry Poptart
Chocolate Alphabet
Cocaine Comix
Dirty Laundry
Dopin' Dan
Dr. Atomic
Enigma
Eternal Comics
''Forbidden Knowledge''
''Frescas Zizis''
''Fresh Blood Funny Book''
''Good Night, Irene a.k.a. ''Good Girls''
''Grim Wit''
''Hardcore California: A History of Punk and New Wave''
''Harold Hedd''
''Horny Biker Slut''
''Hup''
''Inner City Romance''
''It Ain't Me Babe''
Last Gasp Comix & Stories
Laugh in the Dark
Little Green Dinosaur
Notes From the Pop Underground
Mickey Rat
Neurocomics
Skull Comics
Slow Death Funnies
Streetart: The Punk Poster in San Francisco 1977-1981
Weirdo
White Comanche
Young Lust
Books published
StreetArt: The Punk Poster in San Francisco 1977-1981
Hardcore California: A History of Punk and New Wave
Notes From the Pop Underground
Xcapees
Dead Kennedys: The Unauthorized Version, by F. Stop Fitzgerald and Marian Kester (1983) ISBN 0867193123
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