PM Press just released my book, On the Ground: An Illustrated Anecdotal History of the Sixties Underground Press in the U.S., and it should be in stores this week. Shouts to the homie Simon Benjamin who designed the cover. also on vimeo Above is a short video of amateur hand model and expert book flipper Kensey checking out the book. I’m really happy with how it turned out and whether you’re new to this shit, have read the history, or lived through it, there’s plenty here for you. There are over 120 full color scans from my collection of underground newspapers and comix, the great majority of which have never been published before. In addition to the images, I also have testimony from 24 veterans of the sixties underground press. Included are: Judy Gumbo Albert, Bill Ayers, Jeffrey Blankfort, Paul Buhle (preface), Emory Douglas, Thorne Dreyer, Alice Embree, Al Goldstein, Billy X Jennings, Michael Kleinman, Paul Krassner, Art Kunkin, Ben Morea, Abe Peck, Trina Robbins, Spain Rodriguez, Jeff Shero, Skip Shockley, Peter Simon, John Sinclair, Howard Swerdloff, Ron Turner, Harvey Wasserman, John Wilcock, and Allen Young.If your local bookstore hasn’t already ordered it their buyers should be fired or at the very least harassed. If you are a more gentle and forgiving soul than I am, you can politely request it and they should be able to get the book as easily and quickly as they can get a restock of the latest tween fantasy novella. It’s also available directly from the publisher, and is of course available from all the usual suspects online. In addition, I’m selling signed and personalized copies in my webstore.  I’m charging the full $20 sticker price but am offering free priority shipping within the U.S. and $10 global priority everywhere else in the world. I also have some die-cut stickers of the iconic Frank Cieciorka clenched fist coming in sometime this week that I’ll add to every order that goes out. No matter where you buy, steal, or flip through it, if you like the book definitely leave a review on Amazon—those reviews help more than you would imagine.Hope you guys dig it.
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PM Press just released my book, On the Ground: An Illustrated Anecdotal History of the Sixties Underground Press in the U.S., and it should be in stores this week. Shouts to the homie Simon Benjamin who designed the cover.

also on vimeo

Above is a short video of amateur hand model and expert book flipper Kensey checking out the book. I’m really happy with how it turned out and whether you’re new to this shit, have read the history, or lived through it, there’s plenty here for you. There are over 120 full color scans from my collection of underground newspapers and comix, the great majority of which have never been published before. In addition to the images, I also have testimony from 24 veterans of the sixties underground press. Included are: Judy Gumbo Albert, Bill Ayers, Jeffrey Blankfort, Paul Buhle (preface), Emory Douglas, Thorne Dreyer, Alice Embree, Al Goldstein, Billy X Jennings, Michael Kleinman, Paul Krassner, Art Kunkin, Ben Morea, Abe Peck, Trina Robbins, Spain Rodriguez, Jeff Shero, Skip Shockley, Peter Simon, John Sinclair, Howard Swerdloff, Ron Turner, Harvey Wasserman, John Wilcock, and Allen Young.

If your local bookstore hasn’t already ordered it their buyers should be fired or at the very least harassed. If you are a more gentle and forgiving soul than I am, you can politely request it and they should be able to get the book as easily and quickly as they can get a restock of the latest tween fantasy novella. It’s also available directly from the publisher, and is of course available from all the usual suspects online. In addition, I’m selling signed and personalized copies in my webstore.  I’m charging the full $20 sticker price but am offering free priority shipping within the U.S. and $10 global priority everywhere else in the world. I also have some die-cut stickers of the iconic Frank Cieciorka clenched fist coming in sometime this week that I’ll add to every order that goes out.

No matter where you buy, steal, or flip through it, if you like the book definitely leave a review on Amazon—those reviews help more than you would imagine.

Hope you guys dig it.

Was walking past St. Mark’s Bookshop last night and Kensey spotted my book (On The Ground) sitting in their window display. That’s love! and here it is inside on the shelf, not bad company. If your local store doesn’t carry it you should definitely order it and/or harass them…the book has full distribution and it’s as easy for them as ordering Oprah’s latest selection. Tomorrow I’ll put up more info and a little preview of the book.
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Was walking past St. Mark’s Bookshop last night and Kensey spotted my book (On The Ground) sitting in their window display. That’s love!

chilling with chomsky

and here it is inside on the shelf, not bad company. If your local store doesn’t carry it you should definitely order it and/or harass them…the book has full distribution and it’s as easy for them as ordering Oprah’s latest selection.

Tomorrow I’ll put up more info and a little preview of the book.

I recently completed work on a book about the sixties underground press, On The Ground (PM Press), and in the process of putting it together I’ve gathered way more content than I could ever hope to possibly cram into the thing. Instead of sitting on it all, I’ll be sharing a series of left over interview snippets and scans that didn’t make the final cut, but which I still think you’ll dig. First up is a studio visit at the San Francisco home of comix legend Spain Rodriguez. Continues here
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I recently completed work on a book about the sixties underground press, On The Ground (PM Press), and in the process of putting it together I’ve gathered way more content than I could ever hope to possibly cram into the thing. Instead of sitting on it all, I’ll be sharing a series of left over interview snippets and scans that didn’t make the final cut, but which I still think you’ll dig. First up is a studio visit at the San Francisco home of comix legend Spain Rodriguez.

Continues here

This is the cover (designed by the homie Simon Benjamin) of my book, On the Ground: An Illustrated Anecdotal History of the Sixties Underground Press in the U.S., which will be published this November (11/11) by PM Press. The deadline for the book is fast approaching and now that I’ve accumulated all the images and done all the interviews I need to finally put everything together so I’m going to stop posting here for the next couple weeks. Like a true hoarder I gathered about three books worth of shit so when I start posting again there will be no shortage of material. Stay tuned.
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This is the cover (designed by the homie Simon Benjamin) of my book, On the Ground: An Illustrated Anecdotal History of the Sixties Underground Press in the U.S., which will be published this November (11/11) by PM Press.

The deadline for the book is fast approaching and now that I’ve accumulated all the images and done all the interviews I need to finally put everything together so I’m going to stop posting here for the next couple weeks. Like a true hoarder I gathered about three books worth of shit so when I start posting again there will be no shortage of material. Stay tuned.