Gary Panter
Okupant X.
Providence, RI: Diana's Bimonthly Press, 1979. 36 pages.
Booklet, measuring approximately 5.75" x 8.75", is staple bound in original printed and illustrated stiff wrappers. Binding is sound. This work displays very light shelfwear.
This is a rare self-published comic by the artist Gary Panter (b. 1950), one of the most important figures of the new-wave comics era of the 1970s. This 36 page B&W comic (32 pages plus cover) showcases the highly imaginative early work of the originator of "Jimbo" and the future city of "Dal-Tokyo". Only 500 copies produced.
Panter won three Emmys for set design for the popular TV series "Pee-wee's Playhouse" and has shown work in TIME, Rolling Stone and countless other publications and is the subject of a 700 page monograph by PictureBox.