| Dictionary: last-gasp |
| Idioms: last gasp |
The moment before death; also, the end. For example, "Fight till the last gasp" (Shakespeare, 1 Henry VI, 1:2), or He was determined to stay at the party until the last gasp. This idiom alludes to taking one's last breath, literally (first example) or figuratively (second example). [Late 1500s]
| Wikipedia: Last Gasp |
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| Type | Comic publisher, distributor |
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| Founded | 1970 |
| Founder(s) | Ron Turner |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California |
| Industry | Comics, Music, Art |
| Website | LastGasp.com |
Last Gasp is a book and underground comix publisher and distributor based in San Francisco, California.[1]
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Founded in 1970 by Ron Turner[2][3][4] to publish the ecologically-themed comics magazine Slow Death Funnies, followed by the all-female anthology It Ain't Me Babe, Last Gasp soon became a major part of the underground comics/comix movement. Notable artists published by Last Gasp include Tim Biskup, Robert Crumb, Ron English, Camille Rose Garcia, Justin Green, Bill Griffith, Spain Rodriguez, Mark Ryden, Dori Seda, Larry Welz, Robert Williams, and S. Clay Wilson. In the early 1980s Last Gasp published some of the first books about the West Coast punk rock scene.
Last Gasp today publishes few comic books. The company publishes art and photography books, graphic novels, fiction, and poetry. Last Gasp operates as a publisher, distributor, and wholesaler for books of all types, often with a lowbrow art and counterculture focus.[5]
This is a partial list of underground comix published by Last Gasp.
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