In the 1960’s, American culture went through a number of changes.And even the comics weren’t exempt.In that turbulent decade, comics went “underground”, and helped revolutionize society, commercial publishing, and the graphic arts.
Underground comics are the subject of a new book, and exhibit at Madison’s Chazen Museum of Art… both called “Underground Classics: The Transformation of comics (with an “s”) to comix (with an “x”).Jim Danke is the co-author of the book, and curator of the exhibit, and he joins us now…
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