Underground comix are small press or self-published comic books that are often socially relevant or satirical in nature.
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10 Facts About Underground comix
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Long after their heyday, underground comix gained prominence with films and television shows influenced by the movement and with mainstream comic books, but their legacy is most obvious with alternative comics.
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Early underground comix appeared sporadically in the early and mid-1960s, but did not begin to appear frequently until after 1967.
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The first underground comix were personal works produced for friends of the artists, in addition to reprints of comic strip pages which first appeared in underground newspapers.
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The underground comix scene had its strongest success in the United States between 1968 and 1975, with titles initially distributed primarily though head shops.
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Underground comix often featured covers intended to appeal to the drug culture, and imitated LSD-inspired posters to increase sales.
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American Underground comix were strongly influenced by EC Comics and especially magazines edited by Harvey Kurtzman, including Mad.
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The influence of underground comix has been attributed to films such as The Lord of the Rings and Forbidden Zone .
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Comics critic Jared Gardner asserts that, while underground comix was associated with countercultural iconoclasm, the movement's most enduring legacy was to be autobiography.
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Artists formally in the underground comix scene began to associate themselves with alternative comics, including Barry, Crumb, Deitch, Griffith and Justin Green.
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