Description: LOT of 2 California Comics #2 & 3 Covers by Ed Watson Centerfold by Richard CORBEN 1974 Bob Sidebottom Underground Comix RARE Find for Corben Collectors! Nice Shape. Some Wear. See pictures of actual items you will receive! Securely Boxed & Shipped with USPS Media Mail. See my other listings to save with COMBINED SHIPPING! DOMESTIC SHIPPING IN USA: Pay only 25 CENTS shipping per additional item/lot! FREE SHIPPING on orders over $100 in the USA! Wait for a combined shipping invoice or just pay and any extra shipping charges paid will be reimbursed. International buyers get combined shipping discounts as well but I’m using eBay Global Shipping so you’ll need to contact me before you buy. Read instructions below. INTERNATIONAL COMBINED SHIPPING: If you wish to buy more than one of my items and have them ship together, WRITE TO ME FIRST before doing anything and tell me which items you want, and I will make a custom listing just for you that includes all of them in one listing. Global shipping will end up being much less this way. Info from Comix joint—> California Comics _ 1974-1977 / California Comics _ California Comics was published by Bob Sidebottom, who owned a legendary, groundbreaking comic book shop in San Jose, California and founded the publishing company California Comics. California Comics had previously produced the (mostly mediocre) Barbarian Comics series and would publish the first two issues of the (mostly pretty good) Barbarian Women series concurrently with the California Comics series. California Comics was a different type of series in more ways than one, but its foremost notoriety has to be its cover art by Ed Watson. All three issues have terrific covers, which presented me with a dilemma. I have an informal rule for not giving any comic book series more than two of my Top Twenty Underground Covers awards, and California Comics snatched two up in its first two issues. Yet the cover for the third issue is certainly deserving of some type of award for its bold presentation of patriotic graphics! Besides the great cover art, Ed Watson contributed several "Lovetree" stories to California Comics, which were memorable for their depiction of the wizardly Lovetree and his appreciative love interest. Another thing that set California Comics apart was the ambitious undertaking of Bob Sidebottom and Bill Loudin, who began presenting their comprehensive underground publishing checklist, titled "Comixography, The Comix Index," in the second issue. Although the checklist never got past the letter F before the series ended, it was the first published attempt to compile detailed information about every underground comic book in existence at the time. It would have taken three or four more issues of California Comics to complete the checklist, and hopefully that would have meant three or four more dreamy covers from Ed Watson and lots more Lovetree stories. But it was never meant to be. I'm not sure if Sidebottom and Loudin ever finished their checklist, but thankfully Jay Kennedy took up the same project and published The Official Underground and Newave Comix Price Guide in 1982. California Comics #2 _ Only Printing / July, 1975 / 44 Pages / California Comics _ Another Top Twenty Underground Covers award-winning front cover from Ed Watson graces the second issue of California Comics. This wraparound cover is particularly iconic of the hallucinogenic, erotic aspirations of the underground comic book era. The comic itself starts off with a juicy Lovetree story followed by a satisfying take on "The Sorcerer's Apprentice." Bill Loudin and Bob Sidebottom begin an ambitious underground publishing history, titled "Comixography, The Comix Index" at the end of the book, with section A to C. Their laudable effort earns this issue (and #3) an extra star for "Historical Bonus." _ HISTORICAL FOOTNOTES: It is currently unknown how many copies of this comic book were printed. It has not been reprinted. _ COMIC CREATORS: Ed Watson - 1, 5-13, 23-24, 29, 44 Larry Sidebottom - 2, 43 Al Davoran - 3- 4 Melvin Wong - 4 (calligraphy) John A. Williams, - 14-22 Dave Ross - 25-28 Bill Loudin - 30-40 (text collaboration) Bob Sidebottom - 30-40 (text collaboration) Ray Weiland - 41-42 California Comics #3 _ Only Printing / January, 1977 / 40 Pages / California Comics _ Even in the mid-'70s, not many comics or magazines had the balls to put a spread-eagle blonde beauty on the cover. California Comics #3 would have earned a Top Twenty Underground Cover award if I hadn't already given Ed Watson two awards for the two previous issues in this series. Alas, this is also the final issue of California Comics. But it ends in grand style with another installment of Lovetree and section two of "Comixography," section D-Fa. It's a shame this series did not continue long enough for "Comixography" to be completed, as it pre-dated almost all other underground checklists. It's also a shame because I would've enjoyed many more episodes of "Lovetree." _ HISTORICAL FOOTNOTES: It is currently unknown how many copies of this comic book were printed. It has not been reprinted. _ COMIC CREATORS: Ed Watson - 1, 3-18 Tom Bird - 19, 22 Richard V. Corben - 20-21 Barney Steel - 23-26 Bill Loudin - 27-38 (text collaboration) Bob Sidebottom - 27-38 (text collaboration)
Price: 64.99 USD
Location: Spring, Texas
End Time: 2024-08-23T00:05:06.000Z
Shipping Cost: 4.99 USD
Product Images
Item Specifics
All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Artist/Writer: Richard Corben, Ed Watson, Barney Steel, Bill Loudin, T. Bird, Tom Bird
Tradition: US Comics
Cover Artist: Ed Watson
Series Title: California Comics
Universe: Underground Comix
Publisher: Bob Sidebottom
Intended Audience: Viewer Discretion Advised
Vintage: Yes
Publication Year: 1977
Type: Comic Book
Format: Single Issue
Issue Number: 2 & 3
Language: English
Era: Bronze Age (1970-84)
Style: Partial Color
Genre: Animal, Bad Girl, Cartoon, Comedy, Cosmic, Drugs, Fantasy, Fiction, Folklore, Good Girl, Gothic, Horror & Sci-Fi, Monster, Occult, Pin-Up, Science Fiction, Supernatural, Underground, Weird, Heroic Fantasy
