Yellow Dog (comics)
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Yellow Dog was an underground comix newspaper and later comic book published by the Print Mint in Berkeley, California. It published 22 issues from 1968 to 1973, featuring many of the period's most notable underground cartoonists, including Robert Crumb, Joel Beck, Robert Williams, Rick Griffin, Greg Irons, and Trina Robbins. Other frequent contributors included Andy Martin, Franz Cilensek, John Thompson, Buckwheat Florida, Jr., Jim Osborne, Ronald Lipking, and Hak Vogrin. The founding editor was Print Mint co-publisher Don Schencker.[1]
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![]() The cover to Yellow Dog 1 (May 1968), featuring an illustration by Robert Crumb. | |
Publication information | |
Publisher | Print Mint |
Schedule | weekly, then biannually |
Format | Ongoing series |
Genre | Underground comix |
Publication date | May 1968 – Fall 1973 |
No. of issues | 22 |
Creative team | |
Artist(s) | Joel Beck, Robert Crumb, Rick Griffin, S. Clay Wilson, Kim Deitch, Gilbert Shelton, Victor Moscoso, Robert Williams, Jay Lynch, Vaughn Bodē, Justin Green, Trina Robbins, Larry Welz, Skip Williamson, Greg Irons, Harvey Kurtzman, George Metzger, Roger Brand, Joel Beck, Bill Griffith, Fred Schrier, Dave Sheridan, Carl Lundgren, Robert Armstrong |
Editor(s) | Don Schencker |
Yellow Dog has the distinction of having published more issues than any other true underground comix publication.[1]