Flamed Out: The Underground Adventures and Comix Genius of Willy Murphy

Flamed Out:The Underground Adventures and Comix Genius of Willy Murphy

Molly and I went to the San Francisco Cartoon Art Museum on Sunday for the presentation and book signing of Flamed Out: The Underground Adventures and Comix Genius of Willy Murphy by authors Nicki Michaels and Mark Burstein. 

 

Mark Burstein during the presentation at the SF Cartoon Art Museum. I didn’t get a shot of Nicki Michaels.

 

Nicki was the wife of Willy; Mark has authored and edited numerous books including the biography book on cartoonist Dave Sheridan, various Pogo collections and scads of books pertaining to Alice in Wonderland. (The third co-author of Flamed Out is the late underground cartoonist and close friend of Willy, Ted Richards).

Authors Nicki Michaels, Ted Richards and Mark Burstein. Photo from the book.

 

Flamed Out: The Underground Adventures and Comix Genius of Willy Murphy is about as thorough and comprehensive as one could want. I’m pleased someone finally gave this greatly talented cartoonist his due.   Here are a couple of examples:

Willy’s cover from San Francisco Comic Book #4, 1973
 

From the San Francisco Sunday Paper 1972 

Here’s a remembrance from the Artists in Print publication Graphiti from 1976:

Flamed Out is published by Fantagraphics. You can find it at their website, other online sites-- or even better--your local bookstore.