This traces the underground comix movement, from 1967 to its decline in the time of punk and disco. Profiles Robert Crumb, Gilbert Shelton, Bill Griffith, Vaughn Bodé, Spain Rodriguez, Art Spiegelman, Harvey Pekar, Chris Ware, Dan Clowes, and others, with more than 300 full-color illustrations. Includes a comprehensive directory of more than 1,500 U.S. and U.K. comics.