Zap Comix, No. 4

Description: Exchange Value Books presents ... Zap Comix, No. 4 Author:Robert Crumb, Robert Williams, S. Clay Wilson, Gilbert Shelton Publisher:San Francisco: Apex Novelties Release Date:1969 Seller Category:Comics Qty Available:1 Condition:Used: Good Sku: 0009012 Notes: [COMICS]. Robert Crumb, Robert Williams, S. Clay Wilson, Gilbert Shelton. "Zap Comix, No. 4." San Francisco: Apex Novelties, 1969. Sixth printing per Comixjoint. English language. Stapled comic book with full-color glossy wrappers. Text with black and white illustrations. 9 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches. 2 oz. 48 pp. Back wrapper has a short closed tear which has been strengthened with Japanese mending tissue. Text clean. Interior toned. Wear to spine. Good Plus. No ISBN. "A series of short comics stories revolving around transgressive heterosexual erotic fantasies and grotesque illustrations. Zap's publisher the Print Mint weathered a lawsuit filed over this issue, Zap #4, released in 1969, which features among other things, Crumb's depiction of incest in a middle-class family. The publishers, Don and Alice Schenker, were arrested and charged with publishing pornography by the Berkeley Police Department. Previous to that, Simon Lowinsky, who had a gallery on College Avenue in Berkeley and had put up an exhibition of the Crumb's original drawings, had been arrested on the same charge. His case came to trial first. He was acquitted after supportive testimony from Peter Selz, a prominent figure in the art world. At that point, the city dropped the charges against the Print Mint.cIn a related case, however, also brought on by Zap #4, the US Supreme Court ruled in 1973 that local communities could decide their own First Amendment standards with reference to obscenity." Don't forget to check out other great deals in our eBay Store!!

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