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14 volumes. Illustrated in comic book format with artwork by Crumb, Spain, Shelton, Robbins, etc. Tabloid newspaper format with folds at middle. Comprises: Gothic Blimp Works, Nos. 2,3,5 & 6, [with] Jive Comics. New York: Gothic Blimp Works. Rodriguez, Spain. The Collected Trashman No. 1. Berkeley, CA: Berkeley Tribe. King Bee No. 1. San Francisco: Apex Novelty. Yellow Dog, Nos. 2 (2 copies), 3 (2 copies), 7, 8, 11 & 12 (the latter two being a double issue). Berkeley: Print Mint. Underground newspapers of the '60s, including the East Village Other and the Berkeley Barb , provided a forum for dozens of underground cartoonists in the watershed tears of 1966-68. In 1969, a group of underground cartoonists borrowed the tabloid newsprint format and produced their own paper featuring only comics, comprising a sort of Sunday funnies for radicals. The paper was first edited by Vaughn Bodé, who quickly burnt out on the task, with Kim Deitch assuming the editorial role. Gothic Blimp Works only lasted a year due to internal pressures and management problems, but the paper represents a creative peak of the underground comix movement. Yellow Dog ran for more issues than any other underground comix publication and is full of early work by key underground cartoonists. The tabloid format makes these issues much harder to find than those published in comic book form, especially in decent grade.