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Jay Lynch, Snarf issue 2 cover, Kitchen Sink 1972

Artist: Jay Lynch (All)

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Jay Lynch, Snarf issue 2 cover, Kitchen Sink 1972 Comic Art

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Title:	Jay Lynch, Snarf issue 2 cover, Kitchen Sink 1972
Artist:	Jay Lynch (All)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Cover
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	240
Likes on CAF:	3 4
Comments:	2
Added to Site:	5/18/2024
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From the original Jay-Z - Jay "Jayzey" Lynch - comes this amazing early underground cover. From Comixjoint.com:

In the span of a few months in 1972, Kitchen Sink launched three major underground comics anthologies: Snarf, Bizarre Sex and Death Rattle. The first of those was Snarf, which debuted in February with work from Tim Boxell, Evert Geradts and Wendel Pugh among others (including Kitchen). The second issue added Peter Poplaski, Richard "Grass" Green and featured an awesome Jay Lynch cover. The first four issues came out in a little over a year, added Joel Beck and Howard Cruse as contributors, and scored a major triumph with front-cover art by Will Eisner (featuring the Spirit).

Snarf didn't come out with its sixth issue until two years after its fifth, but bouyed by brand recognition it resumed publishing a new issue about once a year through the '70s, though at half the print volume of the first three issues. As busy as Kitchen Sink was with these projects, it seems almost accidental that Snarf took a six-year break between its 9th and 10th issues, but it returned in 1987 with a fantastic Will Elder cover.

For a time, it seemed Snarf would become a regular title again, as it put out its last five issues over the span of 21 months. But the series ended in 1990, a generation (18 years) after it began.

But of course, 30 years of publishing had left behind quite a legacy, not the least of which was Snarf. Snarf was one of those rare underground titles that evolved from being a truly underground comic title into a truly alternative comic title.

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Mark V
Member Since 2021

Posted on 5/18/2024

Incredible and historic piece!

Marcus Wai
Member Since 2005

Posted on 5/19/2024

The quality of this is out of this world and leans more towards sci-fi illustration than comics. Tentacles are given so much more shape and form shown through the fine Lynch stippling look!

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