Description: Die Gretchen 1973 Speleo Press Jim Harter Underground Comix 8.0 Very Fine CGC Graded & Slabbed! Beautiful Copy of this RARE Underground Classic! See Pictures of actual item 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 from Comix joint—> Die Gretchen _ Only Printing / 1973 / 32 pages / Speleo Press _ Die Gretchen is a collection of Jim Harter drawings, collages, and photographs, primarily from the early 1970s when he lived in Austin, Texas. Some of this collection reproduces concert posters Harter created for The Old Vulcan Gas Company and Armadillo World Headquarters, two concert venues in Austin. Harter was born in Lubbock, Texas, but he visited San Francisco in 1967 and got an eye-full of psychedelic concert posters, which were ubiquitous in the Bay area at the time. When Harter returned to Austin he was recruited by Jim Franklin to do concert posters for Vulcan Gas. Harter's posters often feature a psychedelic lettering style—borrowed from the likes of Rick Griffin—combined with Harter's photography and/or other artwork. But there is much more in Die Gretchen than Harter's concert posters. He was a skilled if unexceptional illustrator and the book includes several examples of his drawings. There are also samples of his photography and collages. Harter ended up relocating to San Francisco in the mid '70s and produced many collages that were subsequently published in books. Die Gretchen is notable for showing us a variety of concert posters from the legendary Austin music scene in the '60s and '70s. While these posters do not achieve the exceptional quality standards set by the San Francisco poster artists (or even rank with the best of the Austin-based concert posters), they do have a certain charm. Harter's other artwork in Die Gretchen is hit and miss, but overall the book (there are really no comics involved here) is a worthwhile collection of a young artist still seeking his ultimate creative voice. _ HISTORICAL FOOTNOTES: It is currently unknown how many copies of this comic book were printed. It has not been reprinted. _ COMIC CREATOR: Jim Harter - 1-32
Price: 250 USD
Location: Spring, Texas
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Artist/Writer: Jim Harter
Character: Armadillo World Headquarters
Tradition: US Comics
Cover Artist: Jim Harter
Certification Number: 0218131004
Series Title: Die Gretchen
Universe: Underground Comix
Grade: 8.0 Very Fine
Publisher: Speleo Press
Intended Audience: Viewer Discretion Advised
Vintage: Yes
Publication Year: 1973
Type: Comic Book
Format: Single Issue
Language: English
Era: Bronze Age (1970-83)
Style: Partial Color
Professional Grader: Certified Guaranty Company (CGC)
Genre: Animal, Bad Girl, Cartoon, Comedy, Cosmic, Dream, Drugs, Fantasy, Funny Animal, Good Girl, Horror & Sci-Fi, Illustration, Monster, Occult, Pin-Up, Supernatural, Underground, Weird
