{"product_id":"gutter-hunter-4","title":"Gutter Hunter #4 [PRE-ORDER AUGUST]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNOT YET AVAILABLE. Pre-order now. This title is scheduled to arrive in August 2026.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote: release dates and prices are tentative and subject to change at the publisher's whim.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhen pre-ordering with multiple items, remember your order will not ship until the last pre-ordered item is in stock. If you want items to ship separately, place separate orders.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Adults Only Guide To History's Wildest Independent Comics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis comic-sized, annually-published publication is a celebration of the weirdest, most memorable, rarest, and altogether most eyebrow-raising independent comics of all time. Small press, '90s alternative, '80s black \u0026amp; white explosion, '70s and '60s undergrounds – all of the most amazing non-corporate sequential art ever produced is on the table, and being rifled through.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFilled with reviews, comics, essays, interviews and while illustrated and hand-lettered, Gutter Hunter retains the aesthetic of the work it focuses on. Many of these are comics made by outsiders, outlaws, and oddballs, and most of the stories here have NEVER BEEN TOLD BEFORE in any magazine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI have, for 25 years, been peering my investigative eye towards this very topic, but where it resides in the history of cult movies. In the book and magazine series of Cinema Sewer I've been uncovering and unearthing the behind-the-scenes dirt on the making of cult films, tracking down the people that made these cinematic marvels, and getting them to tell their stories. Now I'm turning that same eye, that very same writing style and focusing it on a road even less travelled: on the disrespected, underappreciated, and misunderstood history of indy comix.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGutterhunter #4 is 108 pages, perfect bound on black and white newsprint paper (the paper that feels SO RIGHT for the history of this medium) with each page lovingly hand-lettered and hand drawn by myself and the whole cadre of featured creators. Featured in this issue are:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInterviews with: Mark Bode, Mike McCarthy, Lloyd Dangle, and Dave Cooper. Essays on how Bone changed the way comics are marketed and sold in North America, David Collier, the effect slabbed collector comics have on the hobby, Raven Perez, fat superheroes, comics losing their value, comix as rebellion, Lee Holley's Ponytail, the most important back issue collection buy in comics history (illustrated by Colin Upon), Basil Wolverton, the death of Andrew Ford, \"comics aren't just for kids anymore\", discontinued art supplies, the final issue of Joe Matt's Peepshow, blank page syndrome, sketchbook therapy, AND SO MUCH MORE!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEditor:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eRobin Bougie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eself-published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 108pp\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 6.5 x 10.25\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNotes:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e ADULTS ONLY, \u003c\/span\u003eperfect bound, b\/w\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eSummer 2026\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Robin Bougie","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49095816020224,"sku":null,"price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0053\/3902\/files\/gutterhunter4.jpg?v=1785334499","url":"https:\/\/atomicbooks.com\/products\/gutter-hunter-4","provider":"Atomic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}