Comments on: A.D. – New Orleans After the Deluge http://www.linesandcolors.com/2009/08/31/ad-new-orleans-after-the-deluge/ Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:01:21 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Charley Parker http://www.linesandcolors.com/2009/08/31/ad-new-orleans-after-the-deluge/comment-page-1/#comment-803676 Charley Parker Tue, 01 Sep 2009 01:46:21 +0000 http://www.linesandcolors.com/2009/08/31/ad-new-orleans-after-the-deluge/#comment-803676 Yes. I'm a big fan of 1960's underground comix (the term artists and readers used to refer to them at the time), and have quite a collection of them (including the art for an unpublished one by me and some friends of mine). However, underground comix, with the possible exception of some public awareness of Robert Crumb, were never mainstream. Even among comics "fans" in the U.S., awareness of them was minimal, and lost in the glare of the superhero comics that dominated the popular market. Underground comix had a tremendous influence, though, on many American comics <em>creators</em>, and through them changed the medium indirectly in many ways. Yes. I’m a big fan of 1960′s underground comix (the term artists and readers used to refer to them at the time), and have quite a collection of them (including the art for an unpublished one by me and some friends of mine). However, underground comix, with the possible exception of some public awareness of Robert Crumb, were never mainstream.

Even among comics “fans” in the U.S., awareness of them was minimal, and lost in the glare of the superhero comics that dominated the popular market. Underground comix had a tremendous influence, though, on many American comics creators, and through them changed the medium indirectly in many ways.

]]> By: Erik Bongers http://www.linesandcolors.com/2009/08/31/ad-new-orleans-after-the-deluge/comment-page-1/#comment-803586 Erik Bongers Mon, 31 Aug 2009 22:05:44 +0000 http://www.linesandcolors.com/2009/08/31/ad-new-orleans-after-the-deluge/#comment-803586 So what about "Underground comics"? Are those marginal then? Or were they only a thing of the sixties? Is there a huge canyon between underground and mainstream? I ask this as I always thought (being a european) that american underground comics already did what european comics developed only in the seventies. True, in europe (especially France) the comics literally grew up together with it's audience, gradually, over a number of decades. As a result, there's no gap between genres and ages in europe. Big gap in the U.S and A? So what about “Underground comics”?
Are those marginal then?
Or were they only a thing of the sixties?
Is there a huge canyon between underground and mainstream?

I ask this as I always thought (being a european) that american underground comics already did what european comics developed only in the seventies.

True, in europe (especially France) the comics literally grew up together with it’s audience, gradually, over a number of decades. As a result, there’s no gap between genres and ages in europe.

Big gap in the U.S and A?

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