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1940 Buffalo, New York - 2012 San Francisco, California. Known for: Cartoons, underground comics.
Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist:. Spain Rodriguez, Artist of Underground Comics, Dies at 72. By BRUCE WEBER. Published: December 2, 2012. Spain Rodriguez, a cartoonist whose... Read full biography
Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist:. Spain Rodriguez, Artist of Underground Comics, Dies at 72. By BRUCE WEBER. Published: December 2, 2012. Spain Rodriguez, a cartoonist whose radical politics and hyperbolic macho imagery, all presented with sly humor, were influential elements... Read full biography
Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist:. Spain Rodriguez, Artist of Underground Comics, Dies at 72. By BRUCE WEBER. Published: December 2, 2012. Spain Rodriguez, a cartoonist whose radical politics and hyperbolic macho imagery, all presented with sly humor, were influential elements in the rise of underground comics, died on Wednesday at his home in San Francisco. He was 72. The cause was cancer, his wife, Susan Stern, said. Mr. Rodriguez was part of a wave of artists —... Read full biography
Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist:. Spain Rodriguez, Artist of Underground Comics, Dies at 72. By BRUCE WEBER. Published: December 2, 2012. Spain Rodriguez, a cartoonist whose radical politics and hyperbolic macho imagery, all presented with sly humor, were influential elements in the rise of underground comics, died on Wednesday at his home in San Francisco. He was 72. The cause was cancer, his wife, Susan Stern, said. Mr. Rodriguez was part of a wave of artists — including R. Crumb, S. Clay Wilson and Bill Griffith, who created the character Zippy the Pinhead — who established the irreverent, profane, highly sexed, antiwar, anti-capitalist spirit of underground comics (often, in this context, spelled comix). A... Read full biography
Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist:. Spain Rodriguez, Artist of Underground Comics, Dies at 72. By BRUCE WEBER. Published: December 2, 2012. Spain Rodriguez, a cartoonist whose radical politics and hyperbolic macho imagery, all presented with sly humor, were influential elements in the rise of underground comics, died on Wednesday at his home in San Francisco. He was 72. The cause was cancer, his wife, Susan Stern, said. Mr. Rodriguez was part of a wave of artists — including R. Crumb, S. Clay Wilson and Bill Griffith, who created the character Zippy the Pinhead — who established the irreverent, profane, highly sexed, antiwar, anti-capitalist spirit of underground comics (often, in this context, spelled comix). A voracious reader of comic books as a boy in Buffalo, he was highly offended by the Senate hearings that resulted in the... Read full biography
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Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist:
Spain Rodriguez, Artist of Underground Comics, Dies at 72
By BRUCE WEBER
Published: December 2, 2012
Spain Rodriguez, a cartoonist whose radical politics and hyperbolic macho imagery, all presented with sly humor, were influential elements in the rise of underground comics, died on Wednesday at his home in San Francisco. He was 72.
The cause was cancer, his wife, Susan Stern, said.
Mr. Rodriguez was part of a wave of artists — including R. Crumb, S. Clay Wilson and Bill Griffith, who created the character Zippy the Pinhead — who established the irreverent, profane, highly sexed, antiwar, anti-capitalist spirit of underground comics (often, in this cont...But wait, there's more...
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