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Zap Comix #5
Zap Comix #5
ZAP Comics #5 "Special Business Executive Issue" from Apex Novelties
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Comic Book
First published January 1, 1970
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About the author
Robert Crumb
565 books528 followersRobert Dennis Crumb (born August 30, 1943)— is an American artist, illustrator, and musician recognized for the distinctive style of his drawings and his critical, satirical, subversive view of the American mainstream.
Crumb was a founder of the underground comix movement and is regarded as its most prominent figure. Though one of the most celebrated of comic book artists, Crumb's entire career has unfolded outside the mainstream comic book publishing industry. One of his most recognized works is the "Keep on Truckin'" comic, which became a widely distributed fixture of pop culture in the 1970s. Others are the characters "Devil Girl", "Fritz the Cat", and "Mr. Natural".
He was inducted into the comic book industry's Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 1991.
Crumb was a founder of the underground comix movement and is regarded as its most prominent figure. Though one of the most celebrated of comic book artists, Crumb's entire career has unfolded outside the mainstream comic book publishing industry. One of his most recognized works is the "Keep on Truckin'" comic, which became a widely distributed fixture of pop culture in the 1970s. Others are the characters "Devil Girl", "Fritz the Cat", and "Mr. Natural".
He was inducted into the comic book industry's Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 1991.
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January 10, 2023
The Robert Williams cover is great. He went on to do some amazing paintings, and you can start to see his talent here.
R. Crumb has a funny Mr. Natural strip.
The whole gang is in full-force here. When you think Zap Comix, you're thinking of issues like this one.
Robert Williams, Gilbert Shelton, Robert Crumbs, S. Clay Wilson, Spain Rodriguez, also Victor Moscoso and Crumb's brother Charles helps out with a strip called the Adventures of Fuzzy the Bunny.
It's great stuff. Grab a doobie (I didn't... but it'd work well I'm sure) and enjoy!
R. Crumb has a funny Mr. Natural strip.
The whole gang is in full-force here. When you think Zap Comix, you're thinking of issues like this one.
Robert Williams, Gilbert Shelton, Robert Crumbs, S. Clay Wilson, Spain Rodriguez, also Victor Moscoso and Crumb's brother Charles helps out with a strip called the Adventures of Fuzzy the Bunny.
It's great stuff. Grab a doobie (I didn't... but it'd work well I'm sure) and enjoy!
March 16, 2025
Goofy underground comix are the key to my heart! Crumb has a ton of friends here now! He's barely in it himself! Let's see some of my favorites!
Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers:
Hilarious one pager of them booby trapping their apartment.
Bludgeon Funnies:
Gore! But funny!
Fuzzy the Bunny:
A fun little tale about a genie and the wishes he may grant.
Snake Snatch Tale:
That crazy pervy sex demon is at it again. VWith a snatch eating snake this time!
And so much more!
Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers:
Hilarious one pager of them booby trapping their apartment.
Bludgeon Funnies:
Gore! But funny!
Fuzzy the Bunny:
A fun little tale about a genie and the wishes he may grant.
Snake Snatch Tale:
That crazy pervy sex demon is at it again. VWith a snatch eating snake this time!
And so much more!
January 23, 2023
moscoso's work is more in line with the overall aesthetic here, and it's interesting to see what seems to be one of the crumb brothers' childhood comics redrawn by robert, with the strange narrative leaping of children making something up as they go (not that the stories in here are ever tightly structured)
April 2, 2025
Zap Comix #5, 1970
After delivering some of the most horrendously scandalous bits of underground comix ever with Zap Comix #4, the Zap Collective seem significantly more reined in with this issue. Crumb's two stories are particularly benign with compared to the work in the previous issue, with both the "Mr. Natural" story and "The Adventures of Fuzzy the Bunny" almost passing as appropriate comics for kids.
Not all of the Zap Collective are completely toned down though, and instead lean into violence over sex here. S. Clay Wilson's two stories, "Lester Gass, The Midnight Misogynist" and "Ruby the Dyke Meets Weedman", feature torture, mutilation and gore to rightfully earn the "Adults Only!" label on the cover.
Robert Williams is the star of the show with Zap Comix #5, with his wonderful artwork gracing the front and back cover of the issue as well as this being the issue that debuts "Coochy Cooty".
Gilbert Shelton and Victor Moscoso provide some nice stories of their own, while Spain Rodriguez is mostly absent here. While this issue isn't really as legendary in status as the previous issue was, I think the increased mature take on transgressive comics really helps the series with some degree of longevity. Had every issue attempted to outdo the moral depravity of Zap Comix #4, I'm not sure if this series would have gone on for much longer.
After delivering some of the most horrendously scandalous bits of underground comix ever with Zap Comix #4, the Zap Collective seem significantly more reined in with this issue. Crumb's two stories are particularly benign with compared to the work in the previous issue, with both the "Mr. Natural" story and "The Adventures of Fuzzy the Bunny" almost passing as appropriate comics for kids.
Not all of the Zap Collective are completely toned down though, and instead lean into violence over sex here. S. Clay Wilson's two stories, "Lester Gass, The Midnight Misogynist" and "Ruby the Dyke Meets Weedman", feature torture, mutilation and gore to rightfully earn the "Adults Only!" label on the cover.
Robert Williams is the star of the show with Zap Comix #5, with his wonderful artwork gracing the front and back cover of the issue as well as this being the issue that debuts "Coochy Cooty".
Gilbert Shelton and Victor Moscoso provide some nice stories of their own, while Spain Rodriguez is mostly absent here. While this issue isn't really as legendary in status as the previous issue was, I think the increased mature take on transgressive comics really helps the series with some degree of longevity. Had every issue attempted to outdo the moral depravity of Zap Comix #4, I'm not sure if this series would have gone on for much longer.
August 4, 2007
Reading "Zap" is where I learned to draw: S. Clay Wilson, Spain, Victor Moscoso, Robert Williams, R. Crumb.
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