Back in the Sixties, one of the popular art forms was the independently made comic book that became known as underground comix. Mainly they covered the lifestyle of hippies-- drugs, sex, & rock'n'roll. Remember The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers? Zap Comix started by R. Crumb? Soon there were hundreds of titles & half a dozen comix companies like Rip Off Press, the Print Mint, Last Gasp Eco-Comix, & Krupp Komix Works. In 1976, to satirize the upcoming bicentennial celebration of the USA, Bicentennial Grossouts was published.
Among the satire was a story about one of America's first overseas forays into colonialism. I never heard this mentioned in my high school history classes, as stated on the last page.
What's interesting about this story is that apparently the Philippine War was the first American counter-insurgency war, & the only one that was successful. More
here.
Bicentennial Grossout can be bought on
Amazon.com.
William Stout went on from underground comix to a career in mainstream fantasy comics, films, & painting dinosaur murals. His website is
The Worlds of William Stout.
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