THE PROFIT : AN ALIENATED WAR BABY REPORT
Berkeley, CA: Gobroke Press, 1966. Stated First Edition. Staplebound Pamphlet. Octavo, 9 in. x 6 in., unpaginated. Orange decorated cardpaper wraps with dark red highlights and black titling. Touch of darkening along spine with several tiny droplets of white paint near bto bottom left side of cover. Minor rust to staples. Clean, unmarked interior. Very Good. Item #100604
Joel Beck (1943-1999) was one of the earliest artists of the underground comix and is considered the earliest genuine underground comics artists. This was his third comic publication.
Beck grew up in a small town north of Oakland, California. As a young boy, he was bedridden with spinal meningitis for three years, during which time he was constantly drawing and cartooning. Beck never graduated from high school, but as a teenager in the early ‘60s had a job with Roth Greeting Cards and later, publishing his cartoon in the University of California campus newspaper, The Pelican. Beck went on to work on his own comics as well as doing some work for others. After 15 years of producing some of what are historically considered the best comics ever, Beck's productivity dropped significantly in the '80s and '90s as he suffered bouts with alcoholism and homelessness.
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