Tales from the Tube

    (Surfer, 1972-1973)
™ and © 1973 Rick Griffin

With its E.C. Comics-inspired cover, this underground title from a number of creators—including the legendary R. Crumb—explores the relationship between surfing and total euphoria: the ocean is a gift from the gods, and the perfect wave is—to borrow a phrase from the Bard—“a consummation devoutly to be wished.” One story even relates the experience of surfing, of shooting the curl, to the euphoria of sex—a popular topic of underground comics of the 1960s and 1970s.
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