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828:Willy Murphy
804:Robert Crumb
788:Billy DeBeck
731:Justin Green
726:Robert Crumb
683:Robert Crumb
656:Robert Crumb
620:Diane Noomin
616:Willy Murphy
584:Justin Green
576:Robert Crumb
558:Robert Crumb
543:Contributors
537:Cover artist
510:Billy DeBeck
500:, including
490:Diane Noomin
482:Justin Green
478:Robert Crumb
469:
467:
464:Contributors
458:Diane Noomin
453:
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315:to showcase
299:
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297:
257:Diane Noomin
253:Willy Murphy
209:Justin Green
201:Robert Crumb
39:
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846:M. K. Brown
811:Armstrong,
800:Summer 1976
780:M. K. Brown
774:Armstrong,
761:Spring 1976
741:J. Hoberman
735:Armstrong,
722:Winter 1975
692:Armstrong,
652:Summer 1975
554:Spring 1975
524:Issue guide
411:J. Hoberman
189:M. K. Brown
162:J. Hoberman
89:Underground
1608:Categories
1594:(daughter)
1501:Little Lit
1455:Breakdowns
1365:Breakdowns
1304:Young Lust
1297:Yellow Dog
1262:Slow Death
1206:Comix Book
1185:Armageddon
974:,pp=67–68.
903:References
886:Alan Moore
813:Mark Beyer
710:Milt Gross
667:Rory Hayes
592:Jay Kinney
580:Kim Deitch
568:Aldo Bobbo
514:Milt Gross
498:Golden Age
446:Print Mint
435:Milt Gross
431:Banana Oil
358:Jay Kinney
354:Kim Deitch
345:movement.
321:Print Mint
225:Jay Kinney
221:Rory Hayes
205:Kim Deitch
181:Mark Beyer
141:Written by
127:Created by
63:Print Mint
1311:Zap Comix
1220:Gay Comix
1072:, p. 108.
1049:, p. xix.
997:, p. 252.
989:. Verso.
893:launched
867:) section
861:B. Kliban
851:B. Kliban
842:Fall 1976
765:Jay Lynch
679:Fall 1975
638:; plus a
608:Jay Lynch
366:Jay Lynch
283:Editor(s)
241:Jay Lynch
229:B. Kliban
173:Artist(s)
114:of issues
72:Quarterly
58:Publisher
1386:God Nose
696:/Crumb,
384:Overview
350:R. Crumb
80:Oversize
69:Schedule
44:R. Crumb
1321:Stories
1290:witzend
1106:at the
823:reprint
790:reprint
751:reprint
712:reprint
642:reprint
1588:(wife)
1579:Family
1494:Arcade
1447:Comics
1276:Weirdo
1199:Cherry
1178:Arcade
1156:Series
1103:Arcade
1068:
1045:
993:
970:
944:
882:Arcade
876:Legacy
634:, and
546:Notes
516:, and
492:, and
470:Arcade
454:Arcade
450:Arcade
395:Arcade
390:Arcade
333:Arcade
289:&
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104:
100:
98:Spring
77:Format
40:Arcade
1540:Other
1146:works
85:Genre
1476:Maus
1066:ISBN
1043:ISBN
991:ISBN
968:ISBN
942:ISBN
534:Date
409:and
401:and
376:and
329:1976
327:and
325:1975
311:and
106:1976
1530:Raw
896:Raw
830:by
574:),
338:Raw
112:No.
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