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Official Comics - The Book

Official Comics - The Book

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Offical Comics
A Compilation of Excessive Frankness
A Book of Cartoons by WH Bonney

Step back into a world where pens scratched, Zip-A-Tone crackled, and a young cartoonist chased big ideas with small tools. In this warm and wildly entertaining collection, decades of underground, campus, and alternative-press comics come together — born in classrooms, dorm rooms, print shops, and late-night bursts of irreverence.

From makeshift word-balloon mischief in grade school to brushes with the Vietnam-era counterculture, to run-ins with principals, publishers, professors, and even Robert Crumb himself, this book traces the unlikely evolution of a cartoonist determined to draw… even when nobody asked him to.

Featuring restored artwork, eccentric characters, forgotten oddities, political jabs, and gloriously unmarketable experimentation, Official Comics is both a time capsule and a celebration of creative persistence. Whether you’re a comics fan, a nostalgist for the pre-digital age, or simply someone who loves a good story about doing what you love anyway — you’ll find plenty to enjoy in these pages.

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