Last Gasp Books

Last Gasp at Frankfurt Book Fair

NBC Bay Area News story on the 40th anniversary of Last Gasp Publishing. Founder Ron Turner gives a tour of his unusual art collection.

A peek inside Last Gasp’s robust packing technique. A variation on the “egg drop” test.

In the mid-sixties, Gary Arlington opened the SF Comic Book Company, the first comic book store in America. It became a meeting place for underground cartoonists. Gary now spends his days making art. Gary’s art is collected in the book I Am Not of This Planet.

A KRAMPUS CAROL BY ANTHONY BOURDAIN
In the early Christmas traditions of Europe, the Krampus was St. Nicholas’ dark servant — a hairy, horned, supernatural beast whose pointed ears and long slithering tongue gave misbehavers the creeps! Whereas St. Nicholas would reward children who’d been good all year, those that had behaved badly were visited by the Krampus.
Krampus! The Devil of Christmas

PINK SLIPS
Nothing is Golden