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New chapter in comic strip about underground publisher John Wilcox

Mark Frauenfelder at 4:34 pm Mon, Sep 10, 2012

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I love Ethan Persoff and Scott Marshall's comic strip about the colorful and brilliant underground publisher John Wilcox. My only complaint is that it runs so infrequently! They just posted the third chapter.

JOHN WILCOCK, NEW YORK YEARS: 1954-1971
Chapter Three: Party Time with Bud Waldo

Featuring "Editing Norman Mailer" (a true account of Mailer's brief stint as a columnist for the Village Voice), "Woody Allen Before He was Woody Allen", "An Interview with Jean Shepherd" and bonus early appearances by Paul Krassner and Lyle Stuart. This chapter covers the years 1956 and 1957 in the history of the underground press.

Mark Frauenfelder is the founder of Boing Boing and the editor-in-chief of MAKE and Cool Tools. Twitter: @frauenfelder. Come and hear Mark speak at the ALA conference in Chicago on July 1.

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  • Ashley Yakeley

    Christ, what an asshole.

    • Antinous / Moderator

      In Mr. Mailer’s case, we say, “Christ what a where the moon don’t shine.”

  • http://bradhicks.livejournal.com/ J. Brad Hicks

    That would be the same Norman Mailer who turned a serial killer loose on New York because one should overlook such minor pecadillos in a major talent? (OK, yes, I’m exaggerating. But this IS Norman Mailer we’re talking about.)

  • http://www.peterbagge.com/ Buddy Bradley

    Fantastic comic, thanks for the update, Mark! I’d forgotten about this series after the first installment and am now thrilled to see it again.

    Anyone notice that in the scenes with Florence and John, the artwork takes on a “pulp” comic feel?

  • http://www.luketemplewalsh.com/ Luke Temple Walsh

    Thanks for posting this, a thoroughly enjoyable and informative comic strip.