Gothic Blimp Works (12 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust jacket. First Edition. Original underground comic. $.35 cent cover price. Tabloid, newspaper format. Color cover and some interior color. Includes work from: Robert Williams (cover); Art Spiegelman; Bernie Wrightson; Lee Kleinberg; Nancy Kalisch; Trina Robbins; Kim Deitch; Michael Kaluta; Gilbert Shelton; Allen Shenker; Bill Griffith; John "Mad" Peck; Justin Green; George Metzger; Spain (Manuel Rodriguez); S. Clay Wilson; Ralph T. Reece; Willy Mendes. First and only printing according to Kennedy's Underground guide. Very Good condition. Expected toning to newsprint from the 1960s. Horizontal fold with some wear at center. Printing uneven with some ink smudging (particularly poor on the S. Clay Wilson page). Issue has been boxed, stored in a dark, dry closet for decades. See my other listing for more high grade undergrounds. No AMA Text unmarked. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Slight shelf-wear and bumping to corners. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 Pounds. Category: Comics, Graphic Novels::Underground & Indy; Inventory No: 020799.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Very Rare Underground Comic Book. Newspaper Format, Folded Horizontally Once. Unmarked. Paper Inevitably Rather Tanned. Some Smal Lnicks Along Spine Edge Of Wrappers. And Some Small Nicks Also To Outer Edges, But No Significant Tears. Photos Available On Request. Colour And B&W. Cover Has Michelin Man Pursuing Scantily Clad Girl In Country Scene.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. East Village Other New York 1970 underground comic. newspaper format. cover art by R. Crumb. contributions from Kim Deitch, Spain Rodriguez, R. Crumb and others. slight age toning to pages. tears and creases along edges of pages. scarce copy. G+ $NRP.

Original Wraps. Condition: Very Good+ in Wraps. Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. First Edition. Original Wraps. "During its eight-issue run, the publication displayed comics in both color and black-and-white. The first issue was titled Gothic Blimp Works Presents: Jive Comics. Vaughn Bodé was the founding editor but soon stepped down after the first two issues. At Bodé's invitation, Bhob Stewart became the publication's editor, introducing a line-up of contributing artists and writers that included Larry Hama, Michael Kaluta, Willy Mendes, George Metzger, Ralph Reese, Steve Stiles and Bernie Wrightson. The first two issues also featured work by Bodé, Joel Beck, Roger Brand, Robert Crumb, Kim Deitch, Simon Deitch, Bill Griffith, Ron Haydock, Jay Lynch, Trina Robbins, Spain Rodriguez, Art Spiegelman, John Thompson, Larry Todd, and S. Clay Wilson." While Zap Comix officially started the underground comics movement in the US, Blimp Works created national readership and networks to collectively identity as a distinct comic art movement. Features the distinctive oversexualized art of Robert Crumb known for his characters, as Mr. Natural and Keep on Truckin'. Important collection billed as "the first Sunday underground comic paper." Scarce complete holdings in the US. Light chipping, fading, fold lines, one issue with dampstaining, and general newsprint toning, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Complete run of eight issues with color and b/w illustrations. fo. Var. pg.

No Binding. Condition: Fair. Comics. This is a clean, but delicate copy with fraying edges.

Condition: Good. No jacket. album2. Monthly comics supplement for the East Village Other. Worn and yellowed.

No Binding. Condition: Fair. Comics. This is a clean, but delicate copy with fraying edges.

Condition: Good. No jacket. album2. A monthly comic supplement for the East Village Other. Newsprint starting to yellow. Edgeworn.

Condition: Good. No jacket. album2. First issue. Paper yellowed with age.

Condition: Good. No jacket. album2. Monthly comics supplement for the East Village Other. Cover by Kim Deitch. Edgeworn, and yellowed.

Unbound tabloid newsprint, 24 pages; good condition, folded horizontally at center; pages toned; light wear to page edges; but most still very crisp for this fragile item. Foreign shipping may be extra.

First Edition. THE GOTHIC BLIMP WORKS LTD., Volume 1, #1, East Village Other / Peter Leggieri, 1969, first edition, some light wear and tear as only natural for a near 40 year old newspaper, else a vg+/near fine copy of this historic underground publication. Printed in both color and black & white. Quite uncommon.