num_pages: 50
description: Certification #: 0226766004 Zap Comix 4 Issue 1971 Issue 1971 Apex Novelties 4.5 Page OFF-WHITE TO WHITE Grade 03/27/2014 Second Printing Universal Art Robert Crumb, Gilbert Shelton, Victor Moscoso and S. Clay Wilson art Victor Moscoso cover By the summer of 1969, Zap Comix was selling out printing after printing and the phenomenon of underground comix was well underway, with Bijou Funnies, Radical America Komiks, Tales from the Ozone, Feds 'n' Heads Comics, Snatch Comics and Bogeyman in the marketplace. The mass migration of underground artists to San Francisco continued, with people like Greg Irons, Dave Sheridan, Fred Schrier and Roger Brand showing up, with even more on the way. It seemed clear that underground comics were more than just a passing fad, like Nehru jackets or love beads, but Zap's key contributors were not about to rest on their laurels. They invited Spain Rodriguez and Robert Williams as the last two members into the Zap Collective and a specific agenda was set for Zap Comix #4. As Williams put it, "We decided to severely test the norm with this issue and to actually try to produce the most extremely disgusting periodical imaginable. We really wanted to push people's buttons." Ultimately, our findings determined that the 1st printing of Zap #4 must have an upper staple placement of 2 5/16 inch from the top edge of the book, give or take 1/32nd of an inch. There is no other reliable determining factor. COMIC Victor Moscoso - 1, 3-8, 37-39 (collaboration), 52 Robert Williams - 2, 17-20, 51 Robert Crumb - 9-14, 28-31, 36, 37-39 (collaboration), 40 S. Clay Wilson - 15-16, 26-27, 32, 37-39 (collaboration), 41-50 Gilbert Shelton - 21-25, 37-39 (collaboration) Spain Rodgriguez - 33-35, 37-39 (collaboration) Rick Griffin - 37-39 (collaboration)
language: English
title: Zap Comix No. 4
titlecomplete: Zap Comix No. 4
genres: Comix
ratings_count: 30
series: Zap Comix
publisher: Print Mint