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The mostly American-made “Tijuana Bibles” are widely considered to be the first underground comic books. These small 8-page comics were sold in tobacco shops,...
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The mostly American-made “Tijuana Bibles” are widely considered to be the first underground comic books. These small 8-page comics were sold in tobacco shops,...
Human beings have always been fascinated by tales of the supernatural…like the one playing out in the US right now where a dumpy wannabe...
These Italian comic books for the discerning gentlemen were popular in the 1970s and 1980s. Fumetti featured under-dressed women being menaced and molested by...
We’ve stumbled across a gold mine of perverted, blasphemous graphic storytelling from some of comic art’s greatest! A one-off comic published in January, 1973...
We started in Heaven with Jesus, and now it’s time to descend into Hell with our lord Satan. In an attempt to look “scary”...
Being that I’m a child of the 70’s and raised most of my life in Venice, CA, it makes sense that I love getting...
By Stephen J. Gertz Impish devils dance, make merry, carry off young maidens, engage in scatological activities, make mischief, toy with men and women....
Jake Fried‘s artwork is like taking a visual trip on your own thought process. On solitary days, when you are alone to allow your...
When I think of really creative people in the underground, ALEXANDER HEIR is at the top of my list. He is an illustrator, silkscreener,...
Text and Photos via Quixotic Dreams. Written by Freddy Alva One of the more enduring motifs in the development of American hardcore is the...
Yesterday, one of the most influential artists for our dark and underground communities died. H.R. Giger, designer of the world’s most famous Alien and...
If you don’t know now you know: CVLT Nation loves to find the beauty in what many in society perceive as dark art! I...
Growing up, I was a fan of all things crazy and weird, especially movies or tv shows. When I watched a B-Movie, I had...
Schizophrenia is the subject of ever-developing theories and treatments; many say it’s a disease of the mind, while others say that our society is...
Highlights from the illustrations in the 1665 edition of Fortunio Liceti’s De Monstris, originally published, without the illustrations, in 1616. Liceti’s work, although not...
