FFF Results Post #113—Commix

On Friday afternoon, participating CR readers were asked to "Name Five Specific Issues or Stand-Alone Publications of Underground Comic Books You Enjoy." Here are the results.

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Tom Spurgeon

1. Zap #0
2. Tales of Toad #2
3. Arcade #4
4. Left-Field Funnies
5. The Tortoise and the Hare #1

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Chris Cilla

1. Laugh in the Dark
2. Light
3. Hungry Chuck Biscuits comics & stories #1
4. Up from the Deep
5. Insect Fear #3

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James Langdell

1. Mother Oats Comix #2
2. Moondog #1
3. Bijou Funnies #4
4. The Man #1
5. Areba Koala #1

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Jeet Heer

* Binky Brown Meets the Holy Virgin Mary
* Corn Fed #2
* Short Order Comix #1
* Arcade #7 (any issue of Arcade could make the list but this one has a long Kim Deitch story)
* Flamed-out Funnies #1 (with my favorite Harvey Pekar story)

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Robin McConnell

1. Corn Fed Funnies -- God Bless Kim Deitch
2. San Francisco Comic Book #6 -- Worth it just for Melinda Gebbie's "I Dreamt I was a character in Underground Heaven"
3. Short Order # 2 -- Art Spiegelman sets the bar high for quality.
4. Young Lust -- The comic that keeps on giving.
5. Anarchy Comics -- It is really nice to see the cartoonists stepping up the game and getting beyond sex and drugs humor.

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Marc Arsenault

* Young Lust #6 by various
* Binky Brown Meets the Holy Virgin Mary by Justin Green
* Griffith Observatory by Bill Griffith
* Smilin' Ed Smiley #3 by Raoul Vezina
* Eating Raoul by Kim Deitch (never saw the movie!)

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Joe Schwind

Despair -- Robert Crumb
Image of the Beast -- Tim Boxell
Felch Cumics -- Robert Williams, Evert Geradts, S. Clay Wilson, Robert Crumb, Jim Osborne, Joe Schenkman, Jay Lynch, William G. Stout, Michael McMillan, Spain Rodriguez.
Mickey Rat 3 -- Robert Armstrong
Heartbreak Comics -- David Boswell

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Frank Santoro

* Bongo Dick zine -- Dennis Worden
* Cometbus #37 -- All Bobby Madness issue
* Children of Fire #1 -- Richard Corben
* The Asshole -- Gary Panter
* Big Ass Comics #1 -- R Crumb

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John Vest

1. Laugh In The Dark #1
2. Lonely Nights Comics (the late, great Dori Seda)
3. Bizarre Sex #10 (one of the funniest ug covers I've seen, by William Stout)
4. Tales From The Leather Nun #1
5. Home Grown Funnies

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Michael Grabowski

1. Hup #1
2. The Cartoon Guide to The Universe #1
3. Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers #1
4. The New Adventures of Jesus #1 (Rip Off Classics)
5. The Adventures of Wonder Wart-Hog #1 (Rip Off Classics)

Thanks to the Comic Book Guys at both Peninsula Comics and Comics & Comix who let me start buying these at the tender age of 15.

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