12. VIPER (Rip Off Press, 1985) Internet Archive
A great opportunity to explore our transgressive comix history can be found on the Internet Archive. There are hundreds of underground comix from world famous to regional amateurs. This one turned out to be a good first choice. Edited by Erick Gilbert of the French version of Viper, this Rip Off Press version has a wide selection of international and US cartoonists. Kicked off by a highly unusual cover effort from Carol Lay, continuing with UK legend Mike Matthews' scatalogical excretions to an early English-language appearance of Spanish cartoonist Max.
13-15. CAPTAIN GUTS 1-3 (Print Mint, 1969-71) Internet Archive
It's not surprising Larry Welz gained fame for Cherry Poptart (still being published on kickstarter, btw) rather than this character! Even by underground standards, a superhero powered by beer and with the stereotypical racism and misogyny of a hard working blue collar white guy of the 60s is a hard sell (not to mention his superpowered hard on). The outrageous second issue with "Captain Guts Meets Black Power" rises above these fairly average efforts with Captain Guts battling Ambrosia Sweetmeat, while definitely ringing the bell of the title of this blog.
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