Hurricane Nancy

This book is a retrospective of underground comix artist Nancy Burton, a significant and under-appreciated artist in the history of comics, as well as a first-person account of a fascinating moment in counter cultural America.

Publisher Marketing: At its heart, this is work coming straight out of the '60s counterculture at its very nexus... These are highly uninhibited flowing lines, oozing and spilling across the page about protest, outrage, sex and simply being alive.-- "Comics Grinder" Review Quotes : The collection demonstrates the fluid divide between underground comix and other contemporary artistic movements, making it a valuable addition for scholars wishing to broaden discussions of female underground artists and the nature of the underground comix movement itself.-- "International Journal of Comic Art" Brief Description : "Fantagraphics underground"--back cover. Publisher Marketing : Nancy Burton was among the earliest underground cartoonists, creating comic strips that appeared in The East Village Other ("Gentle's Tripout") and Gothic Blimp Works ("Busy Boxes") in 1966. Under the pen names "Panzika" and "Nancy Kalish" and most importantly, "Hurricane Nancy," she contributed to many notable underground comix including It Ain't Me, Babe . Drawing on abstract expressionism, art nouveau and formline art, working in parallel to the psychedelic art movement and outsider artists like Consuelo "Chelo" Amezcua, Burton's comics feature birds and people, dreamlike landscapes, and psychedelic imagery that grows darker as the 1960s come to a close, reflecting the darkening mood of the era and her uniquely personal vision of the world.

Format: Paperback | Pages: 112 | Publication Date: 2024-06-04