Newave!: The Underground Mini Comix of the 1980s

by Michael Dowers

Newave is a gigantic collection of the best small press cartoonists to emerge in the 1970s after the first generation of underground cartoonists (such as R. Crumb, Gilbert Shelton, and Art Spiegelman) paved the way. These cartoon?ists, inspired by the freewheeling creative energy of the underground commix movement, began drawing and printing their own comix. The most popular format was an 8 1/2" x 11" sheet, folded twice, and printed at local, pre-Kinkos...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1606993135
• ISBN13: 9781606993132
• Release Date: February 2010
• Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
• Length: 888 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 5.1" x 6.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher