Last Gasp

Last Gasp

Infobox Company
company_name = Last Gasp
company_
company_type = Comic publisher, distributor
company_slogan =
foundation = 1970
founder = Ron Turner
key_people =
location = San Francisco, California
industry = Comics
homepage = http://www.lastgasp.com

Last Gasp is a book and comics publisher and distributor based in San Francisco, California.

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 movement. Notable artists published by Last Gasp include Mark Ryden, Ron English, Camille Rose Garcia, Tim Biskup, Justin Green, Bill Griffith, Dori Seda, Robert Williams, Robert Crumb, and S. Clay Wilson.

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, with an 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
*"Grim Wit"
*"Harold Hedd"
*"Horny Biker Slut"
*"Hup"
*"Inner City Romance"
*"It Ain't Me Babe"
*"Last Gasp Comix & Stories"
*"Little Green Dinosaur"
*"Mickey Rat"
*"Neurocomics"
*"Slow Death Eco-funnies"
*"Weirdo"
*"White Comanche"

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