A Complete Run of the underground comix magazine Arcade, The Comics Revue, Issues #1-7. Issues 2 through 7 are Pristine Mint. Only issue 1 has a bit of wear under scrutiny.
#1 is Fine (faint bend to lower corner, faint wear to back cover)
#2-7 are Very Fine
"Arcade was a short-lived but deeply influential anthology that captured the underground comix scene, trying to bring it to the newstands throughout the country. The magazine ran for only 7 issues - approx. 20,000 copies issued, not reprinted. Primary editors were Art Spiegelman and Bill Griffith (Zippy the Pinhead) and showcased writings and comic illustrations by underground icons like Robert Crumb, S. Clay Wilson, and Aline Kominsky along with more well known counter-culture heroes like Bukowski and Burroughs."
Published by the Print Mint in a large 8" x 10 -1/2" format, black-and-white interiors with color covers.
#1: Cover art by R. Crumb. Centerspread: Big Ass Topics, script and art by R. Crumb. Cracking Jokes, script and art by Art Spiegelman; An investigation of humor. Nard 'n' Pat, script and art by Jay Lynch. Detective Zippy, Plainclothes Pinhead, script and art by Bill Griffith; Zippy runs a detective agency and locates a diamond-encrusted g-string in typically discursive manner. Once More With Or Without Feeling starring Arnold Peck, script and art by Willy Murphy. The Love Song Of Timothy Leary article. Mishkin's Folly, script and art by Kim Deitch.
#2: Cover art by R. Crumb. Sawney Beane bio. Let's Talk Sense About This Here Modern America, script and art by Robert Crumb; Crumb rants about America. Gilbert Shelton's Advanced Motoring Tips. Where Are They Now?, script and art by Kim Deitch; A reporter learns about a practical joker. A Couch in the Sun, script and art by Bill Griffith; biography of Henri Rousseau. Who Killed Lenny Bruce? article, art by Crumb. Goethe's Faust, script and art by Justin Green.
#3: Cover art by Robert Crumb and Bill Griffith. That's Life, script and art by Robert Crumb; The recording career of Tommy Grady and the search for old blues recordings. A Fool's Paradise Revisited, script and art by Bill Griffith; Zippy invades a tourist attraction. Bop Bop Against That Curtain, script by Charles Bukowski, art by Robert Crumb. A Flaw in the starring Arnold Peck, script and art by Willy Murphy. Biography of H.P. Lovecraft by George Kuchar. Fyodor Dostoevsky's Crime & Punishment, script and art by Justin Green. Gilbert Shelton's Advanced Motoring Tips.
#4: Cover art by Robert Crumb. Frosty the Snowman and His Friends, script and art by Robert Crumb; Frosty and friends plot to throw bombs disguised as snowballs at the "Rockerfella" mansion. Fun City In Ba'Dan, script by William Burroughs, art by S. Clay Wilson. As the Mind Reels, script and art by Art Spiegelman; a surreal soap opera. Dollboy, script and art by Bill Griffith; A ventriloquist's dummy is kidnapped. Stalin bio by Spain Rodriguez. The Adventures of Don Carlos Balmori, script and art by Kim Deitch; the story of a Mexican hoaxer.
#5: Cover art by Jay Lynch. Crybaby's Blues, script and art by Robert Crumb; the harshness of life. Comedia Dell' Zippy starring Zippy The Pinhead, script and art by Bill Griffith; Outlawed clowns put on a show. The Great Ajeeb, Chess Playing Automaton, script and art by Kim Deitch; fake chess playing machine. The Corpse Gobblin' Ogre of Columbite Mountain, script and art by S. Clay Wilson. A Modern Mystery starring Arnold Peck, script and art by Willy Murphy. Some Boxes for the Salvation Army, script and art by Art Spiegelman. The Calvin Coolidge Story, script by Jim Hoberman, art by Kim Deitch. Götterdämmerung, script and art by Spain Rodriguez.
#6: Cover art by Robert Crumb. Ain't It Nice starring Those Cute Little Bearzy Wearzies, script and art by Robert Crumb. The Malpractice Suite, script and art by Art Spiegelman. Social Problems of the Toadettes, script and art by Bill Griffith. Monster Bride, script and art by S. Clay Wilson; a Frankenstein bride is created. Dad For A Day, script and art by Justin Green; a day out for the teenage orphans. Getting A Document Stamped At Somerset House, script and art by H.M. Bateman. They Came From Space, script and art by M.K. Brown.
#7: Cover art by M.K. Brown. Possessed, script and art by Kim Deitch; Miles Microft is released from the sanitarium, but told not to experience stress. Drawings from My Sketchbook illustrations by Robert Crumb. The Gates of Purgatory, script and art by Justin Green. The Mass Psychology Of Disneyworld, script by Jim Hoberman, art by Robert Williams. Back Home In Pasadena, script and art by Robert Armstrong; young Robert gets a bee stuck in the ear, and the relatives come round. Reprinted Tijuana Bible strips. The Toad and the Madman, script and art by Bill Griffith.
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