Description: Fantagor #1 FIRST PRINTING (only 1,500) RICHARD CORBEN’s Underground Comix Fanzine 1970 Self-Published by Corben SIGNED BY RICHARD CORBEN! EXTREMELY RARE! Great Shape! Some Wear. See Pictures of actual items you will receive! Bagged & Boarded! 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 comixjoint—> Fantagor _ 1970-1983 / Richard Corben - Last Gasp - Rip Off - Fantagor Press _ Richard Corben has enjoyed a long and successful career as a comic illustrator, but his success did not come quickly or easily. He was nearly thirty years old before he was published in small-circulation publications and eventually by underground comic publishers. Before that, Corben worked in construction with his father and for many years at Calvin Studios, a Kansas City commercial animation company. His first published work appeared in the fanzine Voice of Comicdom in 1968. In 1970, he had finally saved enough money to self-publish three sci-fi stories in the first issue of Fantagor, which started as a magazine-size fanzine. He expected great success, but the book sold poorly through mail order. Corben didn't appear to be particularly interested in the underground comic revolution and never got the bug to move out to the West Coast and join the fray. But Gary Arlington, founder of the legendary San Francisco Comic Book Company, contacted Corben after seeing his work and encouraged him to get together with some underground publishers. Corben ended up contributing to several undergrounds before Last Gasp reprinted Fantagor #1 in comic book form at the end of 1971, which sold very well. From 1970 through 1972, Corben produced a lot of content for several other underground comic books and also contributed single stories to anthologies like Slow Death and Skull. After Fantagor #4 and Grim Wit #2 (1973), Corben moved away from the underground comic book genre, though he later contributed a pair of great covers for Bizarre Sex. The bulk of his subsequent work appeared in Warren Publishing's horror magazines; Creepy, Eerie and Vampirella, and later in the landmark anthologies Metal Hurlant and Heavy Metal. In the early '80s, Corben revitalized his old Fantagor Press insignia and published the last issue of Fantagor, which delivers the second half of a space fantasy story, "Brood." Brood was not one of Corben's better sellers, but Fantagor Press went on to publish several of his greatest works in the '80s and early '90s, including Children of Fire, Den and Densaga, From the Pit, Horror in the Dark, Mutant World and Tales of the Black Diamond. Fantagor #1 _ 1970 / 32 pages / Richard Corben _ Richard Corben self-published Fantagor #1 in 1970, two years after his first published work appeared in the fanzine Voice of Comicdom. The 1st printing of Fantagor was 8.5x11 inches and the cover and interior paper is heavier and higher grade than subsequent printings. Corben contributes two of the three feature stories, though one was written by Starr Armitage. Herb Arnold and Armitage collaborated on the third story. _ HISTORICAL FOOTNOTES: There are four printings of this comic book. The 1st printing (approximately 1,500 copies) was self-published by Corben and does not have a cover price (it was priced at $1.50). The 2nd (20,000 copies), 3rd and 4th (10,000 copies each) printings were all printed by Last Gasp Eco-Funnies, all had 50-cent cover prices and are believed to be indistinguishable from each other. _ COMIC CREATORS: Richard Corben - 1, 2, 3-12, 13-21 (art), 31 Starr Armitage - 13-30 (script) Herb Arnold - 22-30 (art), 32 Info from muuta.net—> Fantagor #1 (reprints) 2nd: 1970 (actually Dec. 1971). Last Gasp Eco-Funnies. 7″x10″. $.50. 32[+4] pages. Cover: glossy color. Guts: newsprint. [id,oug,ober]2nd & 3rd & 4th. On the 2nd edition, on the bottom of the page 1, name tag “Richard V. Corben” isn’t there. In the 3rd edition printing, it is. 4th edition has the name tag but the price is .75 cents. “Razar Kicks” Front Cover Art-Richard Corben. Color. “Twilight of the Dogs” Back Cover Art [art1, pg 9, CI-card #24]-Richard Corben. Color. “Razar’s Map” 1 pict: pg 19. a-Richard Corben. B&W. Fantagor Intro #1: “Fantagor and Uk” [SYNOPSIS]. 1 pict: Inside Front Cover. s/a-Richard Corben. B&W. B&W reprint in Richard Corben Complete Works #2 (1986) and color reprint in Son of Mutant World #2 (1990). “Twilight of the Dogs” [SYNOPSIS]. 10 pgs: pgs 1-10. s/a-Richard Corben. B&W. Reprinted in Richard Corben’s Funny Book (1976), Gasm #4 (1978), Richard Corben Complete Works #1 (1985) and Son of Mutant World” #3 (1990). “Razar the Unhero” [SYNOPSIS]. 8 pgs: pgs 11-18. s-Starr Armitage. a-Richard Corben. B&W. B&W reprint in The Odd Comic World of Richard Corben (1978) and Richard Corben Complete Works #2 (1986). Reformed B&W reprint in Fantagor Presents Brood (1983) and same in color in Children of Fire #1 (1987). Fantagor Epilogue #1: “Inna Pit” [SYNOPSIS]. 4 pgs: pgs 29-32. s/a-Richard Corben. B&W. B&W reprint in Richard Corben Complete Works #2 (1986), Color reprint in Son of Mutant World #2 (1990). Others: Starr Armitage (11-28/s), Herb Arnold (20-28/a, Inner Back Cover)
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Artist/Writer: Richard Corben, Vaughn Bodé, Jan Strnad
Signed By: Jan
Tradition: US Comics
Cover Artist: Richard Corben
Series Title: Fantagor
Universe: Underground Comix
Publisher: Last Gasp Comix & Stories
Intended Audience: Viewer Discretion Advised
Vintage: Yes
Story Title: Fantagor
Publication Year: 1970
Type: Comic Book
Format: Single Issue
Issue Number: 1
Language: English
Era: Bronze Age (1970-84)
Style: Partial Color
Features: First Printing
Genre: Bad Girl, Cosmic, Dream, Drugs, Fantasy, Good Girl, Gothic, Horror & Sci-Fi, Monster, Pin-Up, Science Fiction, Supernatural, Underground, Weird, Humour
