Last Gasp 40th Anniversary Art Show, Thursday in San Francisco

For 40 years, our friends at Last Gasp have kept the counterculture busy with books, publishing wild, weird, wonderful, and subversive works by R. Crumb, Robert Wilson, Diane di Prima, Mark Ryden, Timothy Leary, and a slew of other greats. This Thursday, April 1 in San Francisco, Last Gasp will celebrate with the opening of a major art show and party at the 111 Minna Gallery. The line-up is mindblowing with works by: Tim Biskup, Glenn Barr, R. Crumb, Frank Kozik, Camille Rose Garcia, Mark Ryden, Winston Smith, Stanislav Szukalski, Basil Wolverton, Ed Hardy, Charles Gatewood, Liz McGrath, Laurenn McCubbin, Jay Kinney, and dozens of others. Our pals at Gama-Go even created a special t-shirt for the anniversary. The 21+ over event is free, public, and starts at 6pm. di Prima is reading at 6:30pm. Congratulations, Last Gasp! Thanks for keeping the dream alive, and the underground literate.
Last Gasp 40th Anniversary Art Show

The Last Gasp story

• [i_prefer_yeti]

  freedom of expression, pal.

  Here’s a link to Wed’s tee design for all y’all.

  snazzy tee

• [David Pescovitz]

  Thanks, you furry bastard. I updated the post with the link to the rad t-shirt.

• [Sketch V]

  Robert Williams should be at the head of that list instead of not on it at all as most of these guys wouldn’t have seen the light of day with out him. You also spelled Stanislav Szukalski wrong.

  • [David Pescovitz]

    Thanks for the correction on Szukalski. And the list was in no particular order.

    • [Sketch V]

      After reading my post a second time, I sound like a dick. Sorry. Just a rabid Williams fan…

      • [David Pescovitz]

        No prob. I’m a big Williams fan too.

• [i_prefer_yeti]

  I’m barely a bear!

  ‘sides, that’s where I get my superpowers.

  Sf Gate ran a decent blurb on Last Gasp this weekend too:

  Badass Ron

• [moloko]

  I attended their Christmas party in 2009. If this art show is anywhere as cool as their office this is something everyone with even a passing interests in comics should DEFINITELY check out.

• [strangefriend]

  I’d like to thank Ron Turner & Last Gasp Eco Comics for the following underground comix:
  Laugh in the Dark,Skull, Fantagor, Wimmen’s, Slow Death, Scarlet Pilgrim,Wet Satin, Dr. Atomic, After Shock,Young Lust, Forbidden Knowledge, Middle Class Fantasies, Hup & others too numerous to mention.

• [i_prefer_yeti]

  I’ll be there, beotches!

  • [David Pescovitz]

    Until you’re escorted out for public nudity, of course.