How Underground Comix Spread Outlaw Weed Culture

Great Moments in Weed History

David Bienenstock

Tv & Film, Comedy, History

4.8 • 659 Ratings

🗓️ 8 February 2023

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Getting high featured prominently in the work of many underground comix artists of the 1970s, from R. Crumb's "Mr. Natural" and "Stoned Again" to Kim Deitch's "Sunshine Girl" and Gilbert Shelton's indomitable Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers. In his new book Dirty Pictures: How an Underground Network of Nerds, Feminists, Geniuses, Bikers, Potheads, Printers, Intellectuals, and Art School Rebels Revolutionized Art and Invented Comix, author Brian Doherty traces the fascinating history of this transgressive art. A movement led by a bunch of stoned wise-asses who took a decidedly outlaw approach to publishing, capitalism and cannabis. As summed up in the Freak Brothers' sage advice: "Weed will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no weed." Help Make This Podcast Possible! Please support Great Moments in Weed HIstory on Patreon. Supporters get exclusive access to a video version of the show and extra seshes, plus access to cool rewards like a signed book. And it truly helps us make the best show possible. EPISODE ARCHIVE Visit our Great Moments in Weed History podcast feed for 90+ episodes of our classic format, and subscribe now to get a new weekly podcast every other Weednesday.

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0:00.0	Hi, everybody. It's been happy weedness day and welcome to an all new episode of great moments in weed history.
0:11.5	Now, I realize you might not be listening to this on an actual Wednesday, but it is certainly
0:17.5	Weedness Day and all of our hearts every time we get a chance to get together
0:22.5	and talk about the history of this plant that we all love.
0:28.4	And today is no exception because we have a fascinating bit of weedy history to go over
0:34.3	with our guest, Brian Doherty, and he is the author of a new and fascinating book
0:41.2	about the history of underground comics.
0:44.6	That's comics with an X at the end, and that's because these comics are a little bit,
0:49.9	or in some cases, a lot of bit, naughty, and some of that naughtiness includes the love of getting lit.
0:59.4	I recently read Brian's book called Dirty Pictures, How an Underground Network of Nerds, Feminists,
1:07.4	Genuces, Bikers, Potheads, Printers, Intellect intellectuals, and art school rebels, revolutionized art
1:14.4	and invented comics. Let's see. I'm definitely a nerd. I'm definitely a feminist. I like to think
1:22.1	I'm a genius, but that's not a widely shared opinion. I am not a biker other than bicycles, which is not what they're talking about.
1:32.1	I am most definitely a pothead.
1:33.9	I have certainly done some indie printing jobs.
1:37.2	I consider myself an intellectual, but maybe I'm just a pseudo intellectual.
1:42.1	I did not go to art school, but I went to some cool art
1:45.8	school parties in my life. So there was a lot to identify with in this book. It was a whole
1:53.1	revolutionary way to look at this art form, and it gave us some very, very interesting comics, characters, many of whom have been
2:05.0	lost to heistory, like, of course, who could forget, dealer McDope, or Captain High.
2:12.6	And if you want to see examples of these strips and many more underground comics dealing with weed and psychedelics.
2:20.3	Please check out our Instagram.
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