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|caption = [[Robert Crumb]] cover for ''Gothic Blimp Works'' #2 (1969).
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|publisher = [[East Village Other]]
|date = Feb. 1, [[1969 in comics|1969]] to Sept. 1, [[1969 in comics|1969]]
|issues = 8
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|artists = [[Joel Beck]], [[Vaughn Bodé]], [[Roger Brand]], [[Harrison Cady]], [[Robert Crumb]], [[Kim Deitch]], [[Simon Deitch]], [[Bill Griffith]], [[Larry Hama]], [[Ron Haydock]], R. Jaccoma, Baby Jerry, [[Michael William Kaluta|Michael Kaluta]], [[Richard A. Lupoff|Dick Lupoff]], [[Jay Lynch]], [[George Metzger]], Willy Murphy, Hurricane Nancy, [[Trina Robbins]], [[Spain Rodriguez]], [[Ralph Reese]], [[Joe Schenkman]], [[Art Spiegelman]], [[Bhob Stewart]], [[Steve Stiles]], John Thompson, [[Larry Todd]], [[S. Clay Wilson]], [[Bernie Wrightson]]
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|editors = [[Vaughn Bodé]]<br />[[Bhob Stewart]]<br />[[Kim Deitch]]<br />Van Howell & [[Joe Schenkman]]
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'''''Gothic Blimp Works''''', an all-comics tabloid published in 1969 by Peter Leggieri and the ''[[East Village Other]]'', was billed as "the first Sunday [[underground comix|underground comic]] paper". During its eight-issue run, the publication displayed comics in both color and black-and-white. The first issue was titled '''''Gothic Blimp Works Presents: Jive Comics'''''.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=nG5j0OPA768C&dq=%22gothic+blimp+works%22&pg=PA24 Hignite, Todd. ''In the Studio: Visits with Contemporary Cartoonists''. Yale University Press, 2007.]</ref>

==Contributors and editors==
[[Vaughn Bodé]] was the founding editor but soon stepped down after the first two issues. At Bodé's invitation, [[Bhob Stewart]] became the publication's editor, introducing a line-up of contributing artists and writers that included [[Larry Hama]], [[Michael William Kaluta|Michael Kaluta]], [[Willy Mendes]], [[George Metzger (artist)|George Metzger]], [[Ralph Reese]], [[Steve Stiles]] and [[Bernie Wrightson]]. The first two issues also featured work by Bodé, [[Joel Beck]], [[Roger Brand]], [[Robert Crumb]], [[Kim Deitch]], Simon Deitch, [[Bill Griffith]], [[Ron Haydock]], [[Jay Lynch]], [[Trina Robbins]], [[Spain Rodriguez]], [[Art Spiegelman]], John Thompson, [[Larry Todd]], and [[S. Clay Wilson]].

Stewart and Deitch co-edited the fourth issue. With a front cover by Spain Rodriguez and a back cover reprint by [[Harrison Cady]], it featured interior pages by Baby Jerry, Bodé, Brand, Deitch, Hama, Hurricane Nancy, R. Jaccoma, Kaluta, [[Richard A. Lupoff|Dick Lupoff]], Metzger, Willy Murphy, Reese, Trina Robbins, [[Joe Schenkman]], Stewart, Stiles and S. Clay Wilson. [[Robert Williams (artist)|Robert Williams]] supplied the cover art for issue number 7.

After the fourth issue, Deitch continued as the tabloid's editor. Cartoonists Van Howell and Joe Schenkman were the last co-editors.<ref>Rosenkranz, Patrick. ''Rebel Visions: The Underground Comix Revolution, 1963-1975''. Seattle: Fantagraphics Books, 2008.</ref>

==Archives==
The first six issues are on file at the Syracuse University Library's Special Collections.<ref>[http://discover.syr.edu/iii/encore/record/C|Rb3076650|Sgothic+blimp+works|Orightresult|X5;jsessionid=72F11300B2FCDFA02CFA2374E5CE512D?lang=eng&suite=def "''Gothic Blimp Works'']{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}, Syracuse University Library. Accessed Sept. 19, 2011.</ref>

== See also ==
* ''[[Yellow Dog (comics)|Yellow Dog]]''

== Notes ==
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== References ==
* {{gcdb series|id=52939|title=Gothic Blimp Works}}
* {{comicbookdb|type=title|id=24199|title=Gothic Blimp Works}}

==External links==
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=yYInVE6OLiQC&dq=%22gothic+blimp+works%22&pg=PA76 ''Demanding Respect: The Evolution of the American Comic Book '' by Paul Lopes]
* [http://www.comicvine.com/gothic-blimp-works/49-38004/ Comicvine: All eight covers]

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