THOMPSON, JOHN — Tales from the Sphinx / Sphinx Comics #2

Milwaukee, WI: Kitchen Sink Press, 1972. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Comic. This is a comic book. The comic is in Very Good- condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the comic covers have some very light rubbing and wear. The rear cover of the comic has an inch long patch of color loss by the illustration, along with a couple of stray spots of discoloration. The text pages are generally clean and bright, but there is some generalized toning. This is the only issue of this comic and had a publication run of 10,000 copies. "John Thompson has been active as an American erotic illustrator and underground comix artist. He was notable for his erotic and psychedelic posters, illustrations and artwork, all distributed in San Francisco from the late 1960s until the early 1970s. His art has cosmic and mystic themes, combining elements from religion, astronomy, occultism and pseudo-science. He drew the comic books 'Kukawy Comics' (1969) and 'Tales From the Sphinx' (1972-1973) , and was also co-founder of the underground comix magazine Yellow Dog. As an illustrator, he is best known for livening up the pages of Robert Anton Wilson's 'Cosmic Trigger: Final Secret of the Illuminati' (And/Or Press, 1977)." (From Lambiek). Very Good- .