Last Gasp Books

  “San Francisco was the capitol of comix culture in the ’60s and early ’70’s and Gary Arlington’s hole-in-the-wall shop was, for me, the capitol of San Francisco” — Art Spiegelman   “Gary made a cultural contribution in San Francisco  in the late ’60s through the ’70s, ’80s & ’90s that was more significant than he [...]

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See New Books, Prints, and Fun Stuff at Last Gasp’s Comic-Con booth We are at Booth #1616 First of all, you must come play Comic-Con Bingo with us! http://www.lastgasp.com/bingo You can win the prizes!  We’ll be debuting Tank Tankuro: Pre-War Manga  “sporting a gorgeous case and cover design by Chris Ware. …cartooning at its best” [...]

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Open publication – Free publishing – More art

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This summer, Last Gasp will publish Add Toner, the second anthology of Cometbus, America’s longest-running underground magazine. Add Toner contains more than sixty stories and interviews, interspersed with bold graphics and illustrations, including never-before-published bonus material. Cometbus began in July 1981 as a small, stapled fanzine focusing on the Bay Area punk scene. The editor, [...]

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It’s Last Gasp’s 41st birthday, and to celebrate four decades of publishing the art of the underground, 111 Minna Gallery will host the 2nd annual Last-Gasp-curated art show. Last year’s show was an incredible party and this year will be no different.  See you Friday! Join Last Gasp for an evening of outstanding art.  Friday, [...]

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One of Japan’s most infamous artists, Toshio Saeki, will soon have his work on display at San Francisco’s 111 Minna Gallery. Called “the godfather of Japanese erotica,” Toshio Saeki has cultivated a unique and shocking style – blending traditional Japanese technique with his own twisted imagination. Saeki’s artwork is a synthesis of depraved vision and [...]

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BLABWORLD Book Signing Sponsored by The Intuit Show of Folk and Outsider Art (with SOFA Chicago) Navy Pier Festival Hall Friday, November 5th, 2011, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM Contributing artists, CJ Pyle, Fred Stonehouse, Michael Noland, Travis Lampe, Kari Laine McCluskey, Larry Day, and BLABWORLD founder, editor, and designer, Monte Beauchamp will be available [...]

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Last Gasp at APE — Booth 320-323 This weekend (Oct 16-17) we’ll be at the Alternative Press Expo right here in our backyard. The show is one of our very favorites, with an abundance of artists, small press, cartoonists, zine-makers, and creators of all types.  If you have any kind of interest in the arts, [...]

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Advances for several of our new books arrived: Hi-Fructose Collected Edition Vol. 2, Blab World No. 1, and Tokyo Underground 2. You can also see a preview of what Marion Peck’s upcoming book will look like! More Photos

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The Blab Show at CoproGallery – Santa Monica CA

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