The Women of Underground Comix
Christina Lee
Illustration (School of Graduate Studies)
About this Item
- Title
- The Women of Underground Comix
- Contributor Names
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Lee, Christina (Author)
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Reitschel, Barbara (Thesis advisor)
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Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York. Illustration (Degree granting institution)
- Date
- 2024
- Degree Information
- M.A. Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York 2024
- Department: Illustration (School of Graduate Studies)
- Advisor: Barbara Reitschel
- Committee member: Brendan Leach
- Abstract
- Underground Comix was a style of independently published comics that primarily originated from the San Francisco Bay Area from the 1960s-70s. The word “comix” was used to differentiate the work from mainstream comics and imply the X-rated content of the work. The illustrators of the Underground Comix style depicted explicit content that was forbidden to major publishers by the Comics Code Authority, passed by the Comics Magazine Association of America in 1954, such as drug use, politics, violence, and sexuality. During a revolutionary time for culture, Underground Comix changed the comic book industry by publishing edgy work unfettered by censorship and societal norms, paving the path for new comic genres to emerge beyond superheroes and newspaper strips. While the illustrators from this era, such as Robert Crumb, S. Clay Wilson, and Spain Rodriguez are well-regarded; the women from this era, such as Joyce Farmer, Shary Flenniken, Aline Kominsky-Crumb, and Lee Marrs, are rarely recognized. Historically subjugated, the women of the Underground Comix embraced creative freedom and produced groundbreakingly personal and feminist comics that continue to influence illustration today.
- Rights
- In Copyright
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- Identifier
- FIT Repository ID: etd_000966
- Language
- English
Citation
Lee, C. (2024). The Women of Underground Comix [Master's thesis, Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York]. FIT Institutional Repository. https://institutionalrepository.fitnyc.edu/item/155986
Lee, Christina. The Women of Underground Comix. 2024. Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York, Master's thesis. FIT Digital Repository, https://institutionalrepository.fitnyc.edu/item/155986
Lee, Christina. "The Women of Underground Comix." Master's thesis, Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York, 2024. https://institutionalrepository.fitnyc.edu/item/155986