Dennis Eichhorn

Dennis Eichhorn is a semi-autobiographical alter ego of the real Dennis Eichhorn, whose raw, confessional stories draw directly from his own wild life experiences. Appearing in underground alternative comics, his tales blend humor, danger, and unflinching honesty about sex, drugs, and street-level American life.

Few characters in the Copper Age underground feel as genuinely lived-in as Dennis Eichhorn, who burst onto the scene in Weirdo #19 in 1986, brought to life by Mark A. Zingarelli. Rooted in the raw, confessional energy of alternative comics, Eichhorn found his true home in Fantagraphics titles like Real Stuff and Real Smut — publications that wore their unfiltered sensibilities as a badge of honor. The company he keeps says everything about the world he inhabits: Joe Sacco, Chester Brown, Joe Matt, Robert Crumb, and Aline Kominsky-Crumb are among those sharing his pages, placing him squarely at the beating heart of literary alternative comics in the late '80s and early '90s. If you love the era when indie comics were pushing every boundary in sight, Dennis Eichhorn is a name worth tracking down.