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  Comic Bastards - James Anders II Dec 12, 2013

  This book is a must have for anyone who is a fan of the history of comics. Comix Book had some amazing contributions to include the first American publication of the critically acclaimed "Maus", as well as less "deep" renderings like Flip the Bird! my favorite here. You also get to see some interesting work that puts in some religious commentary (We Fellow Traveleers), some overtly bad taste racial (as well as other) stereotypes (The Sammy Smoot stuff), and, of course, naked people (Panthea). You finally get a very entertaining and historical comic read. It may be a little watered down, but you can see why Marvel tried to play down everything about this. I bet when this thing hit the newsstands back in the day, that it shocked a whole lot of people. Not so shocking by today's standards, but definitely a good investment to have in a collection. Also added is the story 39/74 by Guyla and Alex Toth which was originally to be released in Comix Books #1, but didn't make it. I found all rend Read Full Review

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