Originally Posted By: the G-man
 Originally Posted By: Captain Sweden
Steve Ditko's Mr A and similar (usually Objectivist-themed ) comics by him.

There's a B/W Wally Wood comic about an American (I think) who flew around the world and fought commies and had sex with women. Kinda like a softcore porn version of James Bond. One comic had WWI, WWII and Cold War fighter planes taking on each other.

Milo Manara and Guido Crepax are great artists, but I'm not so keen on BDSM. Gulliveriana by Manara seems funny. Might buy that one, though I've heard it's not one of his best.

I bought a TPB copy of Howard Chaykin's Black Kiss, appropriately titled Thick Black Kiss, not too long ago at the LCS. (Not 2nd hand, but it must have been in the store for a long time.) Art looks great though I prefer Chaykin's art when it's coloured, like American Flagg!, Time2 and his Blackhawk mini-series. (Probably his The Shadow mini as well.) As I said, not a big fan of BDSM, but I love Chaykin's art enough and there's an actual plot in the story so it will hopefully be awesome anyway.


Are any of these really "underground comics"? Most, if not all, of the examples you cite are by mainstream creators and/or publishers.


The B/W Steve Ditko and Wallace Wood comics certainly are. You think underground is only for hippies? ;\)

On that note, I've read some of Art Spiegelman's pre-Maus comics; they were pretty... interesting, at least.

Oh! Almost forgot! Fritz the Cat by Robert Crumb! Hilarious stuff!

The others may not be "underground", but they sure are "adult"... Also, define "mainstream", since most US comics fans seem to consider anything outside DC and Marvel as not being "mainstream".


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