The term "underground comics" or "comix" describes the self-published or small press comic books that sprang up in the US in the 1960s. The movement was initially centered in San Francisco. Prominant artists associated with this movement include Robert Crumb, Robert Williams, S. Clay Wilson, Rick Griffin, Gilbert Shelton, Art Spiegelman and Kim Deitch.

Underground comix were written by and for the 1960s counter-culture and psychedelic movement, and a number of independent comics of this era were humorous (and unquestionably adult-oriented) stories about hippies and rebels who enjoyed sex and drugs, while putting up with persecution by evil police officers.

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Notable Underground Comix

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