Paul Mavrides was born on 1952 and is an American artist, best known for his critique-laden comics, cartoons, paintings, graphics, performances and writings that encompass a disturbing yet humorous catalog of the social ills and shortcomings of human civilization.
16 Facts About Paul Mavrides
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Paul Mavrides has been noted for "adding new dimensions to the political comic" in the underground comix press of the 1970s and '80s.
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Paul Mavrides is a founding member of the Church of the SubGenius, having been a member of the organization since its earliest days.
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Paul Mavrides is a co-author of Revelation X: The "Bob" Apocryphon: Hidden Teachings and Deuterocanonical Texts of JR "Bob" Dobbs.
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Paul Mavrides came to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1975, and was working with San Francisco-based comics creator Jay Kinney on "Cover-Up Lowdown", originally a weekly panel cartoon which was collected and published by Rip Off Press in November 1977.
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Kinney and Paul Mavrides then collaborated on the political anthology Anarchy Comics, which was published sporadically by Last Gasp between 1978 and 1987.
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Paul Mavrides contributed comics to all four issues of Anarchy Comics as well as editing the final issue.
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Paul Mavrides illustrated several stories for Harvey Pekar in American Splendor.
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Paul Mavrides had work in such alternative comics titles as Young Lust, Real War Stories, and the Brought to Light trade paperback.
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Paul Mavrides was credited as art director for Grass, a 1999 documentary on marijuana.
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Paul Mavrides designed the record jacket for The Nuclear Beauty Parlor.
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In 1978, Paul Mavrides joined Gilbert Shelton and Dave Sheridan to co-produce Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers comics stories.
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In 1991, Paul Mavrides protested against a resolution by the State of California to levy a sales tax on comic strips and comic books.
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Paul Mavrides challenged the law in court, with assistance from the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, arguing that the comic strip is a communications medium that should be classed with books, magazines, and newspapers.
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In 1997, a ruling in Paul Mavrides' favor was handed down by the California State Board of Equalization.
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Rhizome, whom Rucker described as "Paul Mavrides as evil toymaker", is a profligate user of moon grown hybrid marijuana that he smokes via complex vaping hardware.