L.A. Comics

    (Los Angeles, 1971, 1974)
™ and ©1971 Los Angeles ComicBook Co.

In the tradition of Robert Crumb, Gilbert Shelton, and others, L.A. Comics presents an anthology of underground comix strips set in the Los Angeles area.

As examples of the series, the first issue contains “L.A. Is,” a story that gives a different view of the city than the one presented by the tourist brochures. There’s also “Mickey Rat,” about a strangely familiar mouse who is hounded by his own paranoia and the police; “Pizza Fella,” who has the misfortune to deliver to a gathering of devil worshipers in the Hollywood Hills; and “Ozzy Wowman and Lotta Hipsworth,” who seek their love advice in the stars.

The second issue focuses on law enforcement and features, among other stories, “FutureCop,” where the police are judge, jury, and executioner for every infraction, and “The 1st L.A. Cop,” presenting an officer’s less-than-successful search for enlightenment.
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