Galley proofs for Zap issue #3, Undated

A collection of underground comic books and related printed material, spanning from approximately 1948-1978. The collection contains precursors to the genre, including 174 Tiajuana Bibles, individual zines, along with galley proofs and proof books of issues of Zap and Motor City. The collection also features an extensive representation of some of the genre's most celebrated titles such as Zap, Bijou Funnies, Motor City, Mr. Natural, Yellow Dog and dozens of others. Most of the issues come from the original publisher's file at The Print Mint, a major publisher of underground comics based in the San Francisco Bay Area during the genre's heyday (1968-1974), and the first publisher to focus heavily on the underground comix movement. The collection includes works by Robert Crumb, Victor Moscoso, Rick Griffin, Joel Beck, Vaughn Bode and many others.