The definitive Comics Journal interviews with the cartoonists behind
Zap Comix, featuring: Supreme 1960s counterculture/underground artist
Robert Crumb on how acid unleashed a flood of Zap characters from his
unconscious; Marxist brawler Spain Rodriguez on how he made the
transition from the Road Vultures biker gang to the exclusive Zap
cartoonists' club; Yale alumnus Victor Moscoso and Christian surfer Rick
Griffin on how their poster-art psychedelia formed the backdrop of the
1960s San Francisco music scene; Savage Id-choreographer S. Clay Wilson
on how his dreams insist on being drawn; Painter and Juxtapoz-founder
Robert Williams on how Zap #4 led to 150 news-dealer arrests;
Fabulous, Furry, Freaky Gilbert Shelton on the importance of research;
Church of the Subgenius founder Paul Mavrides on getting a contact high
during the notorious Zap jam sessions; and much more. In these
career-spanning interviews, the Zap contributors open up about how
they came to create a seminal, living work of art.