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SoU eCralze) Anarchy Comics #1 Published September 1978 (1st edition) Last Gasp Eco Funnies $1.00 36 pages Printrun of 10,000 copies 7 x 40" Artists: Jay Kinney (editor) 1-7, 10, 30, 35 Gerhard Seyfried 2, 35, 36 Spain Rodriguez 8, 9, 15-24 Melinda Gebbie 11-14 Gilbert Shelton 22 Epistolier 23-26(s) Volny 23-26(a) Berangere Lomont 23-26(translation) J.R. Bumham 27 Cliff Harper 28, 28 Paul Mavrides 31-34 UNDERGROUND abs Stories: ‘Comix inspired by or based on anarchist ideas and history in the belief that the true terrorists are governments and corporations who hold us hostage with their armaments, militaries, and intelligence activities. 3-Too Real 8-Nestor Makhno 10 - Smarmy Comics 11 - Quilting Bee 15 - Blood And Sky 22.- Gilbert Shelton’ Advanced International Motoring Tips 23- Kronstadt 27 - What's The Difference 28 - Owd Nancy's Petticoat 30 - Safehouse 30 - On Contradiction 30 - Today's Rhetoric 30 - Aristotelian Brand Nostril Hairs 31 - Some Straight Talk About Anarchy “Th it “ANARCHY COMICS: AN INFANTILE DISORDER” Excerpt from a speech by VI. Lenin at the AFL-ClO Convention, Disneyworld, Sept, 16, 1978. “THANK YOU, THANK YOU, LADIES & GERMS! IT’S A PLEASURE TO ADDRESS YOU TODAY, IF ONLY TO GET OUT OF THAT GLASS CAGE THEY HAVE ME LIVING IN BACK IN MOSCOW. | KNOW THERE’S STILL A HOUSING SHORTAGE, BUT THAT PLACE 1S RIDICULOUS! IT’S SO CRAMPED, YOU'D THINK IT WAS A TOMB! (wowx!) BUT =~ SERIOUSLY FOLKS, I’M HERE TO TALK TODAY ABOUT THIS LITTLE PIECE OF SENSATIONALISM CALLED ANARCHY COMICS. HEY! THAT REMINPS ME—DID YOU HEAR WHY THE LENINIST »» CROSSED THE ROAD ? BECAUSE THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE TOLD HIM TO! (nada!) AND DO YOU KNOW WHY THE ANARCHIST CROSSED THE ROAD? BECAUSE THEY TOLD HIM NOT TO! (8AaNG!) BUT BACK TO BASICS.,.LET'S TALK ABOUT "THE STATE" FOR A SECOND. | MEAN, | MERELY WANT TO TAKE IT OVER. THESE ANARCHISTS WANT TO ABOLISH IT/ CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? I'VE NEVER HEARD OF ANYTHING SO ABSURD IN MY LIFE! 1 MEAN, TAKE OUR GOVERNMENT... PLEASE! (wxoor! wHoor/) HEY ! C'MON, LET'S LOOK AT THIS COMIC. WRAT DO THEY GOT ANYWAY ? THEY GOT SOME HUMOR SOME HISTORY, SOME SARCASM, SOME SINCERITY. THEY GOT SOME GERMAN GUY NAMED SEVERIED, AN ENGLISH ANARCHIST NAMED HARPER.., AND EVEN A COUPLE OF FRENCH GUYS :EPISTOLIER & VOLNY. THEY GOT WOMEN, THEY GOTA MARXIST, THEY GOT DOPERS. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT THEY DON’T HAVE 22 SEX/! ANP IF THERE |S ONE THING THAT THE AFL-CIO IS ALL ABOUT IT'S SEX! | MEAN, LETS GET DOWN / LET'S PARTY! (HowK!) I MEAN..." (End of Excerpt.) L AND NOW FOR A FEW WORDS FROM THE EDITOR: THIS COMIC BEGAN AS A WHIMSICAL IDEA A YEAR AGO—BUTAS THE IDEA CAUGHT FIRE IT HAS COME TOGETHER AMAZINGLY FAST. ALL cmon, OF THE WORK IN THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN INSPIRED BY-OR BASED ON-ANARCHIST IDEAS AND HISTORY. AS IT BECOMES INCREASING CLEAR THAT THE REAL TERRORISTS’ ARE NOT , A FEW ISOLATED LEFTISTS ® BUT ARE THE GOVERNMENTS \ AND CORPORATIONS OF THIS WORLD WHO HOLD US HOSTAGE WITH THEIR ARMAMENTS, MILITARIES & INTELL GENCE Ces ACTIVITIES, ANARCHISM BE- iN REAP COMES MORE & MORE RELEVANT! ANARCHY COMICS No. |, ©1978 by KINNEY, MAVRIDES, SPAIN, GEBBIE, EPISTOLIER & VOLNY, HARPER, SEYFRIED, SHELTON, amd BURNHAM. All Rights Reserved. PUBLISHED BY LAST GASP, P.O. BOX 212, BERKELEY, CA, 94705. ADDITIONAL COPIES ARE $1.25 FOSTPAID FROM ADDRESS ABOVE. PERMISSION TO REPRINT EXCERPTS MAY BE OB- TAINED THRU THE EDITOR. EDITOR: JAY KINNEY. WE INVITE YOUR COMMENTS & SUGGESTIONS + MAIL TO KINNEY % LAST GASP, FRONT COVER. by JAY’ KINNEY, SPECIAL THANKS TO BEN,ON CAMERA! urine SUGAR ANALTSSS PAPER) preredwennitade SOMEHOW | \ ( of SENSE THAT SOMETHING IS NOT RIGHT! HE WAS JUST A NORMAL JOE LIKE YoU AND ME UNTIL HIS WORLD STARTED FALLING APART... {HSER TECHS EET TORCH TH ORC ETT JOE'S DAD PULLED SOME STRINGS AND GOT HIM A GOOD JOB. THINGS WERE THIS JOB LOOKING UP, FOR SURE // sucks, BUT CONGRATULATIONS ON JOINING THE TEAM HERE AT FLEXCO, JOE! KEEP YOUR NOSE CLEAN, WORK HARD AND You'LL SOON BE REWARDEP WITH A JUICY MANAGEMENT SLOT WHERE TEXTE KCoLLAGE HERE'S NORMAL JOE AND His WIFE JANE FIVE YEARS AGO. AH. SO FULL OF LIFE, THE WORLD WAS THEIR OYSTER, JOE “~LET’S MAKE SOME BABIES! B YOU CAN REALLY FAKE !T IN. JOE DISCUSSES His "MORALE BUT RELIEF IS M PROBLEM” AT LENSTH WITH His TEMPORARY, =a BOSS. MR. SMITH SEEMS UNDER. JESUS FUCK! THIS HEADACHE STANDING, AND AFTER A SHORT JS A SKULL-BUSTER AND | PEP TALic GIVES JOF A SMALL ; STILL HAVE TO = DRIVE FOR AN wow, MAYBE Es HOUR IN WE CAN AFFORD RUSHHOUR THAT NEW TV 7 NOW. SMITH is AN ‘OK 6uy! Joe, VE NOTICED You've BEEN SUFFERING FROM SOME FORM OF DISENCHANTMENT LATELY. { CARE TO GET IT OFF YouR WELL, GEE MR. SMITH. SOMETIMES 1 WONDER "WHY BOTHER?” BUT TO REPLACE IT | HAVE To BUY A $150 "COMPONENT KIT”! THEY DON'T SELL THE PART SEPERATELY. SORRY—BUT THAT'S DETROIT THESE DAYS... (LL BE FRANK WITH You, JOE. SEE THIS LITTLE PART? THAT's WHATS FUCKING UP, BY ITSELF IT COSTS $5 DAMN |! WHAT'S THE PROBLEM Now ?? WHAT'S THAT Noise 2 WHY ISN’T THE CAR MOVING ? a mA ED,| gf CMON DAD! WHERE DID You HIDE MY QUAALUDES 72 PATE wr 8 SEU AT ta MY CAR ISA PIECE FATHER IS DEPRESSED? OF SHIT. 1’ UP TO MAYBE HE’S RIGHT! MY NECK IN DEBT : : It/s HIGH TIME | AND MY SON. IS s b z INVESTIGATED SOME A DRUG FIEND. . "OTHER OPTIONS" / Look! “§ YOU'RE DEPRESSED? HAH! WAIT/LL You eee ape IN THE GET A LOAD OF THE ECONOMY /!j PAPER THAT MELATION WHAT WE NEED 1S HAS DOUBLED IN THE LAST 24 HOURS. WELL, THINGS WOULD SURE BE DIFFERENT IF You. WERE A POUND OF GROUND BEEF! YM NOT So SURE, MEL! THAT'S WHAT “THEW”! WOULD LIKE US TO THINK OF COURSE.,,BUT JUST BETWEEN You AND ME | SMELL A WIENER } |/ psGuSTING IS RIGHT! AND YET SOMEHOW APT! FOR AFTER ALL AREN'T WE ALL JUST_A BUNCH OF BURGERS IN THIS SOCIETY? WHAT IN TARNATION 2? THIS IS DISGUSTING |! AH, BUT WIENERS ARE PEOPLE TOO.[HOWEVER WHAT ARE WE TO MAKE OF THIS CHARACTER? NOW | KNOW MANY OF YOU ARE WONDERING: URGERS ? WIENERS? j HOW, MUNDANE, THEVRE "BUT WHAT ABOUT COMMUNISM P NOT IN MY CLASS AT ALL. eee oe 1S IT PRACTICAL ANP WILL IT GET THEM OUT OF MY SIGHT ree, WN TAKE Away my POWER MOWER?" TY LET'S LOOK AT THE FACTS! I, RUSS|A AND CHINA ARE NOT COMMUNIST. aoe 2. EXTREMISM IN-THE DEFENSE OF LIBERTY JS NO VICE. 3. THIS COUNTRY |S BEING RUN BY CROOKS AND CONMEN. awd 4. WHAT WAS FORD TRYING To PULL WITH THAT SWINE FLU BUSINESS BACK IN'76 ANYWAY? \NUFF SAID!! MEANWHILE BACK IN THE ORLD, JOE'S BOSS HAS IM INTO THE OFFICE JOE, SALES ARE OFF AND WE SEEM TO BE EXPERIENCING A FALLING RATE OF. PROFIT. SO WE/RE HAVING TO TAKE SOME REGRETTABLE MEASURES. Now JOE IS REALLY DEPRESSED. IN A MAD ACT OF DESPERATION .HE STARTS DISMANTLING HIS "REC ROOM’. AND WHILE WE’RE ON THE SUBJECT, DID You GET TO VOTE ON WHETHER YOU WANTED THESE DIABOLICAL LITTLE UNIVERSAL PRICE CODES” STUCK ON EVERYTHING ?2 oo NO, OF COURSE You DIDN'T. THAT'S BECAUSE WE LIVE IN A FREE COUNTRY, BuB, GEE, | SURE HOPE | CAN MAKE A FEW BUCKS BY SELLING OFF THE WOOD PANELING. ANP DON’T YOU FORGET IT...OR REMEMBER IT... OR SOMETHING... BACK HOME, JOE STRIPS THE TU. FOR PARTS.., | KNOW 1 CAN GET $292 FoR L| THESE DO-HICKIES AT THE FLEA— MARKET. AND THESE KNOBS WILL MAKE DANBY ROACH-CLiPs / MEANWHILE, AWARE OF [THE BAD NEWS JIANE 1s AT HER HAIRDRESSER’S, JANE | DO HOPE You’LL BE THERE ON SUNDAY IN THE 'GAY FREEDOM MARCH’. WHAT RIGHT DOES THAT ANITA BRYANT HAVE TO TELL YoU oR ME WHAT To DO? YOU KNOW MIDGE , ‘HENRI? HAS A POINT THERE! | THINK VEL BRING THE WHOLE FAMILY To THAT MARCH/ YES, !LL BE THERE IN THE ANARCHO- FEMINIST CONTINGENT! THAT NIGHT, JOE CASUALLY BREAKS THE NEWS OVER A FAMILY GAME OF BILLIARDS. FOR AWHILE | BY | WITH CITRUS FRUITS. HERE... WHY DON'T YOU KIDS TAKE THESE ORANGES AND GO OUT AND PLAY IN TRAFFIC WELL DEAR WE WON'T HAVE To SET THE ALARM CLOCK i TEN BALL IN THE CORNER POCKET... HOWEVER AS MONEY RUNS OUT... THINGS GET A BIT HAIRY ON THE OLD . WITH HER BACK To THE WALL, JANE] SUDDENLY] HOMESTEAD .,, TONIGHT WE'RE HAVING- BEGINS To HALLUCINATE WILDLY ! WATER FOR DIN-DIN ae aa TL. Mi ee 1AM ELEANOR ROOSEVELT WITH A MESSAGE FROM THE VATICAN/ INTRODUCE MAXIMUM AUTONOMY INTO DAILY LIFE. STOP. QUESTION AVTHORITY. STOR BUY FOOD _IN BULK. STOP THIS IS A RECORDING, THANK ONE DAY WHILE AT THE FOOD STORE, JOE GETS A VISIT FROM HIS OLD BOSS~. [70 joe, 1] WELL, WE WENT BANK (BUT VOU KNOW, I’M GETTING SEE YOU'VE FOUND A WAY || RUPT A.MONTH AGO. || oVER SOME OF MY OLD TO MAKE A LIVING WITH: || \’VE BEEN FEDUCED To || SEXUAL HANGUPS AND jin’ = ACTING IN PORN VE MADE MANY FILMS FOR A WONDERFUL NEW - ae _\ FRIENDS! FRIENDS, AL ON 4% TONS oF RHUBARB TODAY WiTH PROFITS GOING TO ANARCHISTS IN SPAIN! SOCIAL UPHEAVAL CAN PROCEED RAPIDLY. THE NEXT MORNING § JOE OPENS HIS PAPER To FIND: — Duckburg News-Heraia (OUT Bre se eres BESIENS IN DISGRACE , ! "WE GUE Up ” JANE. IT’S NOT ALWAYS EASY BUT IT ISN'T BORING ANYMORE. STILL SUSPICIOUS 7 JUST REMEMBER THESE THREE IMPORTANT RULES... od CALL ‘IT SOCIALISM, COMMUNISM, ANARCHISM OR WHAT HAVE YOU... THE FUTURE IS FLEXIBLE. ALL 1 KNOW |S THAT THIS PRESENT SET- UP iS ABOUT TO COLLAPSE AND HISTORY CAN'T GO BACKWARDS i a GIVE YOUR SUBCONSCIOUS A BREAK! MAKE ROOM FOR A WELL-INTEGRATE D SUBJECTIVITY IN YOUR SOCIAL STRUGGLES. EBow'r SWALLO IDEOLOGIES WHOLE! CHEW ALL THEORIES lOO TIMES BEFORE SWALLOWING. SUBLIMINAL MESSAGES IN ADVERTISING! DEFACE BILL- BOARDS AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY. WHATEVER THE OUTCOME, AN EXCITING FUTURE IS IN STORE FOR ALL! RELAX! ENJOY THE.RIDE! JUST BE SURE THAT WHEN HISTORY MAKES THAT "DIALECTICAL © JUMP"—VOU'RE IN THE DRIVER’S SEAT! Med s SSS a THE OCTOBER REVOLUTION OF ISI7 44VEEXPRESSION SCHOO) Ray y Too. FAT.SO “CONCEPTUAL WAR Toys.” MAYBE !’LL GET MARRIED" N’* DROP A FEW *BOMBS”OF MY OWN. y = Q THANX. THEYRE Just BOMB PLANS. | DROPPED OUTA PHYSICS. TOO MucH {YIALE COMPETITION. iA Se” Rn we JOBLESS AND BLUE, ESTELLE ENTERS AWOMEN’SART GALLERY IN SEARCH OF CREATIVE VALIDATION. Fae We Ar ¢ OT TRYA DRINK AND ANCTHER % GERMAN SHEPHERD BAMINY Sy... THAT'S WHEN! SHOT HIM; AFTER HE’D HUNG ME Seas fa 7 aa BO HOW LONG HAVE @///) SSNS YOU BEEN HOOKING?)|| GE, E HANGER SCARS GOT IN TO HEALINS! Gor IN- , TO STRIPPING. gm GLASSES'N’ ASHES'N’ BOTTLES “N’ CANS LATER WELL, HERE WE BE,BABE. FOUR FULL OF FURYJEM |HOW’BOUT A SINGING DELIVERY SERVICE Z, EAH.LETS BUILD US A MALE ORDER BIZNIZ, S! WHAT A ‘WAY TO NVENTION, HUH 7, <@) THREE HUNDRED AND TWENTY SEVEN DENY KNIGHTS OF hy, HEY! WHAT ABOUT AN ISIT TO OUR SISTERS IN THE CAGES WERE A WOMEN’S POETRY COOPERATIVE. ¥] F-GIRIS | { WE CALL OURSELVES THE QUILTING BEE. N CaF ee eee WE’RE GIVING A READING TODA’ 4 : NpetiiZA << eS A : ¢'X < DRESSED AS LITTLE OLD LADIES, THEY K & ENTER THE WOMEN'S PENITENTIARY. JY K se k Vee oa tit LIVE? YoU WANT THIS SYSTEM ‘To | Pe) YEAH! SCREW IT/ 1 EAT TER BP i? ; WHERE | AM.NO LIGE.NO C/MON-TEACH/ IN HER HOME oR IN A JAIL, 58. : CAN'T HELP A DAME WHO THINKS LIKE J lalindas< G YER ASSES FAS iL SEPT. 1936,THE ARAGON FRONT NORTH EASTERN SPAIN: WE WERE ESCORTING A GROUP OF BOMBERS RETURNING FROM A RAID OVER SANJURJO. ONE MAN|LT. TALVEREZ WAS SHOT DOWN WHEN WE RAN INTO A BONCH OF FIATS BELOW US,UNTRAINED ANARCHIST MAKING THEMSELVES EASY TARGETS) MILITIA, FIGHTING FOR THE FOR FASCIST MACHINE. GUNS , REPUBLIC, RETREATED IN GROUPS IWAS AFLNER LOOKING FoR AWAR AND SPAIN HADA WAR LOOKING FOR | | \HAD No INTEREST IN POLITICS BUT THE SPANIARDS| FLYERS SO WHEN CIVIL WAR BROKE OUT IHIRED ON WITH THE REPUBLIC,| | DISCUSSED I(T CONTINUOUSLY ESPECIALLY PABLO AND LOOSE COALITION OF LIBERALS, COMMUNISTS, AND ANARCHISTS TRYING TO] | AND JOAQUIN (MUSSOLINIS INTERVEN TION WILL FORCE BEAT BACK AFASCIST INSURRECTION SUPPORTED BY MONARCHISTS AND BRITAIN TO HELP oS BECAUSE THEY THE CATHOLIC CHURCH... eta: XOUCANT LET ITALY DOMINATE. s oY: 8 ei ae UT. TALVEREZ WAS DROPPED ON THE FIELD, NY HAD BADLY MUTILATED HIS BODY MOSCA, ARRIVED FROM RUSSIA. SOME OF OUR CREW CAME. IN ON TREM BELLY WHEN THEY FORGOT To CRANK DOWN THEIR RETRACTIBLE LANDING GEAR THE REPUBLICAN AIRFORCE WAS GREEN. STILLIT PUSHED THE FASCISTS, WITH THEIR ITALIAN AND GERMAN ALLIES BACK INTO ENEMY TERRITORY INTHE ARAGON SECTOR THE MILITIAS SUCEEDED IN BUT BACK AT THE BASE EVEN, PACO THE MECHANIC HAD ETHING To ALSO FRON| THE ARAGON FRONT CAME. BUENAVENTURA DURRUIT, THE FAMOUS LIBERTARIAN LEADER A“ HE WAS To MEET HIS DEATH YET HE AND Hif MEN GAVE. HOPE To THE CITY IN ITS DARKEST HOURS. STABILIZING THE FRONT oO n =f You WiLL SEE, THE INTERNATIONAL BRIGADE S# PACO REGARDED ALL OTHER EUROPEANS As" PoLockos” AND GENERALISIMO: FRANCOS MORDGAN TROOPS, WHO WERE, FRANTICALLY ATTACKING THE CAPITAL CITY OF MADRID WERE, To HIM, NEGROS” a NWN a ; ( A 0 NO.PASARAN* £L FAScismo QUIERE CONQUISTAR MADRID AORID:SERA-LAeTUMBA:DEL FASCISM’ Wa fp | oF Ry ay) , i : RVOLUNTEERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD WHO CAME TO DEFEND REPUGLICAN SPAW,LARGELY RECRUTED BY COMMUMIST PARTYS: a IBUT DANGER AWAITED IN THE CITY ITSELF WE FOUGHT BACK AGAINST THE FIRST MAY 3,1937, FIGHTING BROKE OUT IN BARCELONA BETWEEN! ATTEMPT To TERRORIZE A POPULATION, THE GOVERNMENT AND ANARCHISTS CULMINATING IN AN ATTACK FROM THE AIR... LI ON THE ANARCHIST CONTROLLED TELEPHONE EXCHANGE CL Se j ' =: MEANWHILE. THE ENEMYS NEW AIRCRAFTAND IMPROVED TACTICS WERE ERODING OUR CONTROL. OF THE AIR Eat (SOUT FoR THE MIDDLE FS CLASSES JUST LIKE THE [StILLWe HELD on a eS MONE UNFORTUNATE FASCIST PILOT MANAGED To PARACHUTE FROM HIS DAMAGED PLANE a ONLY ‘To BE CAPTURED BY ANARCHIST MILUITIAMEN. \N AN ATTEMPT TO SAVE OUR DE TERIORATING SITUATION JOAQUIN PROPOSED SOME NEW IDEAS as THE CROSS HE WAS WEARING WAS CRAMMED DOWN THE ENEMY HAS = LT ALL JUST MARCH To THES. pais SE) AND_RIP ONES i) wart say WHAT GOULD PUT THEM OUT OF THEIR ty =a eet 75 —— he BUT ALL OF You WHO Si Hed tale hl oan This old Nancy and her husband were both at Peterloo, and, I believe, both were wounded, at all events, the woman was. Radicalism are the invitations I used to receive to be at ‘Owd Nancy Clayton’s’ in & Charlestown, on the 16th ieee Todenonicn the Peterloo massacre and drink in solemn =I silence‘to the immortal memory of Henry Hunt] & She wore onthat memorableday a black In the year 1838 a new cap of Eberty petticoat, which she afterwards trans- — was made, and hung out with the black formed into a black flag which on the flag on the anniversary of the Peterloo 16th of August used to be hung out and massacre, a green cap of liberty attached thereto, no lover of democracy—was ordered by a magistrate to march a host lof special constables and all the civil power he could command and to These terrible and terrifying emblems of sedition alarmed the then powers that existed and our then chief constable— . . but the women of that part of the borough heard of the contemplated raid that was likely forcibly seize and take possession of these vile emblems of Anarchy and] *2 befall their cherished emblems, base Revolution. Off they marched . . . and the women drew them in |- Up this gallant and brave band of men from the window and hid them. ilitary array while the hief constable with a subordinate marched upstairs, ZL oe aa A ‘ has Imperiously and haughtily, as became the chief of so noble a band and n do wi’ cap 0’ liberty? Thou in so righteous a cause, he demanded the Black Plag and the cap of ony ever supported liberty, not|

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