Description: LOT of 2 FULL RUN - COMPLETE SET Aardvark Papers #1 1970 David Faggioli Underground Comix Tabloid Only Printing Only 2,000 Printed! Aardvark #2 1971 David Faggioli Underground “Mini” Comix Only Printing Only 3,000 Printed! RARE! HARD TO FIND! Great Shape! Some Light Wear. See Pictures of actual items you will receive! Securely Boxed between sturdy cardboard to prevent bends or dings & Shipped with USPS Media Mail. See my other listings to save with COMBINED SHIPPING! DOMESTIC SHIPPING IN USA: Pay only 25 CENTS shipping per additional item/lot! FREE SHIPPING on orders over $100 in the USA! Wait for a combined shipping invoice or just pay and any extra shipping charges paid will be reimbursed. International buyers get combined shipping discounts as well but I’m using eBay Global Shipping so you’ll need to contact me before you buy. Read instructions below. INTERNATIONAL COMBINED SHIPPING: If you wish to buy more than one of my items and have them ship together, WRITE TO ME FIRST before doing anything and tell me which items you want, and I will make a custom listing just for you that includes all of them in one listing. Global shipping will end up being much less this way. Info about the comic from Comix joint—> Aardvark _ 1970-1971 / David Faggioli _ It's kind of appropriate that any alphabetical review of the golden era (1968-73) of underground comics begins with Aardvark. In some ways, this seemingly innocuous two-issue series mirrors key evolutionary aspects of the underground movement. It also represents the way underground comics touched the lives of talented people in every corner of society, created rich personal histories, and can lead you on fascinating tangential discoveries in today's Internet age. The two issues of Aardvark were published in 1970 and 1971 in Salt Lake City by David Faggioli when he was a college student at the University of Utah. Faggioli, a music major at the university, did not contribute artwork to either issue, but he put up the money to have them printed. Most of the contributors to the books were also Utah college students, though artists Al Davoren and Rob Brown were not. Davoren was the art director for the outstanding Promethean Enterprises fanzine/magazine from 1969 to '74, for which Brown also contributed several pages of art. Parley (Par) Holman and his brother Robert were two of the students who contributed to Aardvark. Robert designed the cover art for the second issue and Par went on to a distinguished career in mini-comics in the late '70s and '80s. Michael Evans, who also provided art in both issues, has mentioned Faggioli in a few of his blogs and wrote about Aardvark for Dan Fogel's Underground Comix Price Guide. David Faggioli not only published Aardvark, but also sold golden-age comic books to fund his college tuition and was an accomplished saxophonist in several bands, including a punk band called The Atheists (just imagine a punk band with a saxophonist!). He also was a member of a band called A Plague of Locusts and wore a lizard mask when appearing during TV performances. Faggioli now owns one of the premier vintage psychedelic poster shops on the internet from his home in Kihei, Hawaii. On his way from Utah to Hawaii, Faggioli spent many years in Portland, Oregon, where he befriended members of the local music scene and collected rock posters. As mentioned above, the two issues of Aardvark seem like a microcosm of the history of underground comics. Aardvark began as a newsprint tabloid paper with non-mainstream comic art (much like the East Village Other or the Berkeley Barb) and featured college-age cartoonists (like the college humor magazines in the '60s). But there was greater exposure to be gained (and more money to be made) in formal comic books, so Faggioli shifted into the comic book form for the next issue (just like so many underground comic creators shifted from the tabloids into comic books). Aardvark also featured a group of young cartoonists looking for a place to see their work in print for the first time and were subsequently published in a comic book. Like so many underground creators, some went on to successful cartooning or art careers (Par Holman and the late Neil Passey), but most were scarcely heard from again. Yet here I am, over 40 years later, writing about them. Aardvark, like many underground comics, was basically an amateur production, but the underground's non-conventional form attracted some talented creators who wanted to jump in on the scene. I imagine that even those who were never heard from again are glad to have gone along for the ride, whether it was with Aardvark or with the hundreds of books that are presented on this site after the first one in the alphabetized library. Aardvark Papers _ Only Printing / 1970 / 32 pages / David Faggioli _ Aardvark Papers was published by David Faggioli when he was a college student at the University of Utah. Faggioli, a music major at the university, did not contribute artwork to either issue, but he put up the money to have them printed. Most of the contributors to the books were also Utah college students, though artists Al Davoren and Rob Brown were not. Davoren was the art director for the outstanding Promethean Enterprises fanzine/magazine from 1969 to '74, for which Brown also contributed several pages of art. This newsprint tabloid is presented like a portfolio for some of the artists, featuring one-page illustrations that are more like fine art pen-and-ink illustrations than cartoons. But it also features comic strips that are mostly of fanzine quality; not surprising given the college age of most of the contributors. Aardvark Papers may not win any "best of" awards, but it's a fine little publication with some solid work. I do wish they had chosen one of the interior illustrations for the front cover art rather than Pat Eddington's work, but that's just me carping. _ HISTORICAL FOOTNOTES: David Faggioli printed approximately 2,000 copies of this comic book. It has not been reprinted. _ COMIC CREATORS: Pat Eddington - 1, 15, 18, 32 Al Davoren - 2, 24 Larry Farrington - 3 Robert Holman - 4-7 Neil Passey - 8, 21-22, 25 Par Holman - 9-10, 26-28 Michael Evans - 11-13 Kent Case - 14, 19-20 Rob Brown - 16-17, 23 Jim Neilson - 29-31 Aardvark #2 _ Only Printing / 1971 / 36 pages / David Faggioli _ Published in Salt Lake City by David Faggioli, Aardvark #2 features several one-pagers and short stories by Al Davoren, Jim Nielson, the late Neil Passey (an accomplished poster artist), the Holman brothers (Par and Robert) and others. This fractured effort features talking lizards, talking inanimate objects and drug-inspired humor. Nothing here really stands out as a classic contribution to the underground oevre, but the woodblock-print-style front and back cover art by Robert Holman is certainly unique to the underground. _ HISTORICAL FOOTNOTES: David Faggioli printed approximately 3,000 copies of this comic book. It has not been reprinted. _ COMIC CREATORS: Robert Holman - 1, 5, 14-18, 28 Jim Nielson - 2 Neil Passey - 4, 11, 26 Robert Brown - 6-10 Par Holman - 12, 13 Al Davoren - 19, 27 Larry Farrington - 20-24 Michael Evans - 25
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Artist/Writer: Robert Holman
Tradition: US Comics
Cover Artist: Pat Eddington
Series Title: Aardvark Papers
Universe: Underground Comix
Publisher: David Faggioli
Intended Audience: Viewer Discretion Advised
Vintage: Yes
Publication Year: 1970
Type: Comic Book
Format: Single Issue
Language: English
Issue Number: 1 & 2
Era: Bronze Age (1970-83)
Style: Partial Color
Features: Complete Series
Genre: Bad Girl, Cosmic, Dream, Drugs, Fantasy, Good Girl, Horror & Sci-Fi, Humor/Satire, Illustration, Monster, Occult, Pin-Up, Supernatural, Underground, Weird
