Zap Comix #2 2nd Printing / 1968 R. Crumb, S. Clay Wilson, Griffin / VG 4.0

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Zap Comix #2 2nd Printing / 1968 R. Crumb, S. Clay Wilson, Griffin / VG 4.0:
$12.01

Zap Comix #2 2nd Printing / 1968 Heads First! / VG 4.0
Robert Crumb, S. Clay Wilson, Rick Griffin, Victor MoscosoAfter finally getting Zap Comix #1 published, Robert Crumb invited three new artists to contribute to the second issue. S. Clay Wilson, who Crumb met when Zap #1 was still on the press, Rick Griffin, who inspired Crumb with his psychedelic rock posters, and Victor Moscoso, who\'d been collaborating with Griffin on some comic-book ideas already. It took the foursome about a month to complete Zap Comix #2, which came out less than four months after the debut.

If Zap #1 was about Robert Crumb remaking the comic-book narrative to poke fun at our secret fears and fixations, #2 was about pushing those buttons even harder while recasting the comic-book aesthetic. The latter objective is tackled by Griffin and Moscoso, who provide several comics with minimal, nonsensical or nonexistent dialogue. Their stories typically present rotund, often Disney-like cartoon characters experiencing surreal transformations while shapeshifting through—or even becoming a part of—abstract, continually mutating landscapes. The second issue proved to be even more groundbreaking than the first when it came to how comics looked and communicated. I have conservatively graded this copy at VG 4.0.All comics are individually bagged and boarded. This book will ship in a new cardboard envelope.I am not a professional grader but attempt to grade books based on standard Overstreet guidelines. My grading is fairly conservative, particularly at the high end of the spectrum, but your grading may be more conservative. I can only say that I try to be consistent and you will likely find that my grades are within one full grade of your own.
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