Anarchy Comics by Spain Rodriguez

Anarchy Comics by Spain Rodriguez

Anarchy Comics: The Complete Collection brings together the legendary four issues of Anarchy Comics (1978-1986), the underground comic that melded anarchist politics with a punk sensibility, producing a riveting mix of satire, revolt, and artistic experimentation. This international anthology collects the comic stories of all thirty contributors from the U.S., Great Britain, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, and Canada.

In addition to the complete issues of Anarchy Comics, the anthology features previously unpublished work by Jay Kinney and Sharon Rudahl, along with a detailed introduction by Kinney, which traces the history of the comic he founded and provides entertaining anecdotes about the process of herding an international crowd of anarchistic cats.

Contributors include: Jay Kinney, Yves Frémion, Gerhard Seyfried, Sharon Rudahl, Steve Stiles, Donald Rooum, Paul Mavrides, Adam Cornford, Spain Rodriguez, Melinda Gebbie, Gilbert Shelton, Volny, John Burnham, Cliff Harper, Ruby Ray, Peter Pontiac, Marcel Trublin, Albo Helm, Steve Lafler, Gary Panter, Greg Irons, Dave Lester, Marion Lydebrooke, Matt Feazell, Pepe Moreno, Norman Dog, Zorca, R. Diggs (Harry Driggs), Harry Robins, and Byron Werner.

From 1968 through the 1970s and into the 1980s, Jay Kinney was a key figure in the underground comics movement. Young Lust, a satirical romance comic, was co-created by him, as was Anarchy Comics, which he started and edited. He also contributed to a number of other comics. Before launching Gnosis: A Journal of the Western Inner Traditions, he was the editor of Whole Earth's CoEvolution Quarterly. Hidden Wisdom, The Inner West, and The Masonic Myth are among his other works. He just contributed a chapter to Ten Years that Shook the City: San Francisco 1968-1978 (City Lights) about the underground comics scene.