Hippy Comix and Stories!

S. Clay Wilson Benefit Signings and Auction

Saturday, October 1st at 8pm

The Escapist Comic Bookstore

3090 Claremont Ave, Berkeley, CA 94705

Underground Comix Legend Spain Rodriguez and Author/Historian Dan Fogel will be signing the new Graphic Album collection from the classic Sixties Era, the Snatch Comics Treasury!

To benefit the S. Clay Wilson Special Needs Trust, a special live auction will be held consisting of: limited signed editions from many of the contributors, donated Original Art both published and created on the spot by Spain and other special guests including Dan O’Neill and Mark Bode, and other goodies!

Refreshments sponsored by: Big Wow! ComicFest 2012, Fly Dragon Studio, and Hippy Comix, Inc.

For more information about the event see our website:

http://www.escapistcomics.com/

And you can donate directly at:

www.sclaywilsontrust.com

That’s all for now, folks! Hope to see you in the store soon! And don’t forget, the Alternative Press Expo is this weekend in San Francisco, and Spain, Fogel, and S. Clay Wilson (health permitting) will be signing Saturday from Noon to Two at the Lee’s Comics tables 290-294!

8th Annual Carnival of Stars Belly Dance & Comic Art Festival In Richmond August 6-7

WHAT: Latifa and Alexandria present the Eighth Annual Carnival of Stars Belly Dance & Comic Art Festival  - an All-Ages, Family-Friendly World Dance and Art Extravaganza!

WHERE: Richmond Memorial Auditorium
403 Civic Center Plaza (27th and Nevin), Richmond, CA 94804

WHEN: Saturday and Sunday, August 6 and 7, 2011, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. both days

TICKETS: Adults: $15. Children under 12, $6. Parking: FREE

WHO: Top Belly Dance Performers, Famous Comic Book Artists, and an
International Bazaar with Mediterranean Cuisine.

RICHMOND, CA—Come to the most unique cultural event in the Bay Area, combining comic books and belly dancing with live musical performances and panel discussions! This year the festival will be bigger and better than ever, with two days of non-stop professional belly dance performances by top Local and World Artists. Performers converge on the stage, solo after solo, troupe after troupe, while audience members are free to watch and shop at the numerous vendors’ booths, and also to savor delectable Mediterranean Cuisine! Our International Market features a wide range of gifts: dance costumes and accessories, jewelry, arts and crafts, rare and collectible comic books, graphic novels, toys, artwork, books, trading cards, and Rock and Roll and Sixties Memorabilia! Dancers of all skill levels can participate in workshops, intensive training and free dance classes with the Masters and Pioneers of Belly Dance!

Special Media Guests this year include: Underground and Political Comix Legend (Sunday Only) Spain Rodriguez (Zap Comix, Zodiac Mindwarp), Horror-Host John Stanley (Creature Features), Counter-Culture Author and Publisher Dan Fogel (Hippy Comix, Underground Comix Price Guide), Special Effects and Makeup Master Ed Martinez (The Dead and the Damned), and the Multi-Talented Pepper Alexandria (Belly Dance Comix, Clone Comics).

Our fan-favorite Costume Contest with cash prizes takes place Saturday at 3 pm, and our first-ever Special Raffle takes place Sunday at 1pm!

For more information please see our website at www.carnivalofstars.com
Call (510) 548-6128 or contact Pepper Alexandria at hipaysha@aol.com

The Snatch Comics Treasury Now Available for Pre-Order!
Fly Dragon Studio and Hippy Comix, Inc. proudly present the Snatch Comics Treasury! After creating Zap Comix in 1968, Robert Crumb teamed up with S. Clay Wilson, Robert Williams, Rory Hayes, Victor Moscoso, Jim Osborne, Rick Griffin, and Spain to create three best-selling issues of Snatch Comics. Controversial, incendiary, and erotically satirical, the first and greatest smut comix are now completely collected and digitally remastered! Exclusive commentary by Patrick Rosenkranz (Rebel Visions) and Dan Fogel (Underground Comix Price Guide), with a special color section and fold-outs! Extremely Adults Only!!!

5.25” x 7.25”, Perfect-Bound Trade Paperback, 128 pages (16 in color, with 5 fold-outs!)

A significant portion of the proceeds and royalties from each edition will be donated to the S. Clay Wilson Special Needs Trust.

www.sclaywilsontrust.com

The Signed and Numbered Limited Editions are exclusively available from us and will not be wholesaled!

A.

Mass-Market Edition

Shipping May 2011

ISBN: 978-0-615-43978-5 

$19.95 plus $6.05 Shipping & Handling for $26.00 Total

B.

R. Crumb Signed Edition, Limited To 250

Shipping August 2011

 $49.95 plus $7.05 Shipping & Handling for $57.00 Total

C.

S. Clay Wilson Signed Edition, Limited To 250

Shipping August 2011

 $49.95 plus $7.05 Shipping & Handling for $57.00 Total

Should Mr. Wilson’s health prevent his finishing signing the Edition, one or more of the other contributors will sign!

For those who wish to use PayPal, please go to this link:

http://www.flydragonstudio.com/#!__store

Please give us feedback to improve the site, store, etc.!

For those using checks and money orders, please make them out to:

Fly Dragon Studio

and mail to:

Market Street Surgical
Attn: John Messina
444 Market Street, Ste. 3
Saddle Brook, NJ
07663

All questions & requests please contact Dan Fogel at hippycomix@aol.com

Underground Comix Original Art At MEARS Online Auctions May 13-21 2011

www.mearsonlineauctions.com

For their Inaugural Comic Book and Toy Auction on May 13th-21st 2011, MEARS Online Auctions is proud to present a selection of historical and unique pieces of Original Artwork by several Masters of Underground Comix!

Original Cover Art:

The Whole Forty Year Old Hippie Catalog    1978
First Issue cover by Ted Richards of the notorious Air Pirates collective.

It’s A Dog’s Life    1981
First Issue cover by Larry Todd, Dean of Science-Fiction Comix oil painting.

Original Illustration Art:

Omaha The Cat Dancer    1988
A rare, sexy pin-up of one the top Adult Comix characters by creator Reed Waller.

General Hisstory    1991
From the upcoming film Cobalt 60, to be directed by Zack Snyder for Warner Brothers.
Painted by Larry Todd and created by Vaughn and Mark Bode.

Unique, Limited Edition Signed Prints and Matchbook by the legendary Zap Comix artist S. Clay Wilson, featuring his signature character the Checkered Demon, to benefit his Special Needs Trust, www.sclaywilsontrust.com

And more Underground Comix, rarities, art and collectibles!

MEARS is also pleased to present an original owner collection of over 7,000 never before seen, fresh to the hobby Super-Hero and War comic books that will be sold with no reserve! Both raw and graded, the collection is offered as singles and as lots. Highlights include: Superman #2, Detective Comics #38 (1st Robin), early Captain America Comics, Daring Mystery Comics, Amazing Fantasy #15 (1st Spider-Man), Fantastic Four #1, X-Men #1 & #94, Avengers #1 & #4, Journey Into Mystery #83 (1st Thor), Incredible Hulk #181 (1st Wolverine), and Amazing Spider-Man #129 (1st Punisher).

This auction also features a huge assortment of the beloved and highly collectible 1970s MEGO Action Figures, additional toy lots, and movie posters, with an emphasis on Horror and Sci-Fi.

A leading name in the Sports Memorabilia and Authentication field, MEARS Auctions is excited to enter the comic book, art, and toy market! Previous sales have included the famous T 206 Honus Wagner tobacco card, a 1938 Lou Gehrig game worn Yankees jersey, a 1920s Babe Ruth game used bat, and millions of dollars more in high end sports equipment.

Interested parties please register at https://www.mearsonlineauctions.com/adduser.aspx

For further information, please contact MEARS at (414) 828-9990 or info@mearsonlineauctions.com

MEARS Authentication - MEARS Auctions
1234 Manitoba Ave.
South Milwaukee, WI 53172

www.mearsonlineauctions.com
www.mearsonline.com
www.mearsbuysgameusedbats.com

GPAnalysis Adds Underground Comix Advisor Dan Fogel

GPAnalysis for CGC Comics welcomes its newest Advisor, Underground Comix expert and Price Guide author Dan Fogel. In his new column, “Fogel’s Bullish Pulp-It!”, the publisher of Hippy Comix, Inc. brings over 30 years of experience as a writer, editor, and retailer to GPA’s monthly newsletter The Collector.

Fogel plans to use his column to shed light on this often-baffling and unique sub-genre and collecting niche. “George Pantela and GPA have truly been invaluable to me as a retailer, investment advisor, and author of Fogel’s Underground Comix Price Guide  and Supplement. I’m happy and proud to educate our readers about the hottest and coolest creators and titles, and how to tell the difference between a $30,000 and a $10 printing of Zap Comix #1!”

GPAnalysis for CGC Comics is the world’s first reporting service for online auction and dealer sales of comic books graded and encapsulated by the Certified Guaranty Company. Reporting thousands of daily transactions, GPA offers the cutting edge trend analysis tools required to guide investors and collectors in today’s fast-moving comic book market. Members receive exclusive access to monthly market reports, historical data, graphing and online portfolio software, direct links to CGC census data, and much more!

To contact Dan Fogel, please visit www.hippycomix.com

To subscribe to The Collector Newsletter and for more information about joining GPA for CGC Comics, please visit www.GPAnalysis.com