Lollipop Magazine

Underground Station – Column

January 3, 2003

The owner of Knockabout Publishing, Tony Bennett (don’t start) is one of the brighter, more capable editors in the business alongside Ron Turner of Last Gasp, Denis Kitchen of the late Kitchen Sink, and the Fantagraphics gang.

Understation Station – Column

November 8, 2002

While coffee is its excuse for formation, much of the magazine always feature cutting edge people like Rick Geary, Peter Kuper, and Keith Knight, folks who otherwise get seen nationally and have something to say with a twist.

Underground Station – Column

August 2, 2002

Maxon Crumb is the brother of American-cartoonist-gone-to-France, Robert Crumb. Maxon showed up in the movie Crumb as one of Robert’s crazier brothers. He’s the one who did not commit suicide and was discovered in the underbelly of San Francisco.

Underground Station – Column

August 2, 2002

I had a chance to talk with ex-underground great, Jaxon recently. His real name is Jack Jackson and with the underground comics, he was only getting started. He’s gone onto illustrating books, too many to mention, let alone collect, and has risen to be a true Texas historian.

Underground Station – Column

April 19, 2002

Additional adult-oriented comic titles include Shaundra, Tart, Ship of Fools, Demi, and One Fisted Tales. They even feature truly underground titles like LCD #1, The Complete Crumb, and Horny Biker Sluts to name a few of my favorites.

Underground Station – Column

February 22, 2002

It’s a hardcover, about 300 pages, and well-designed by Dutch undergrounder, Joost Swarte. It’s chock-full of obscure magazine covers, European oddities, and lost and forgotten trading cards and record covers that Crumb has done over the years that never saw real exposure.

Underground Station – Column

April 1, 2001

160 pages of some of the best of the original underground artists like Bode, Crumb, and Shelton mixed with newcomers like Kiernan Sawyer and Randy Vogel. It’s good for the occasional fan that prefers a compilation to a half dozen obscure comix.

Underground Station – Column

September 1, 2000

Major titles of the recent past include Speigelman’s holocaust tale, Maus, Cruse’s coming of gay age Stuck Rubber Baby, and Talbot’s child abuse homage, One Bad Rat.

Underground Station – Column

January 1, 2000

Here’s some news that made me want to spend the entire month alone in bed: Kitchen Sink, one of the primary and initial publishers of underground comics (UGs), officially sank, to coin an unfortunate pun. One of the oldest and best of the underground comics publishers is gone.

Graffic Traffic – In Time For The Holidays, Unless We Bail – Column

January 1, 2000

If all goes well, you’ll have this essential column in time to use all that store-credit, once you’ve returned the Christmas gifts that suck (some people just haven’t gotten hip to the fact that it’s the gift that counts).