The Bunch

The Bunch is an underground comix character created by Spain Rodriguez, debuting in Last Gasp's anthology Arcade the Comics Revue in 1975 as part of the irreverent, countercultural storytelling that defined the era's alternative comics scene.

Born in the freewheeling pages of Last Gasp's Arcade the Comics Revue in 1975, The Bunch is a genuine artifact of the Bronze Age underground comix explosion — a creation of Spain (the legendary Spain Rodriguez) that has quietly persisted across an astonishing fifty years. Rooted in the irreverent, boundary-pushing world of publications like Weirdo and Tales of Paranoia, this character shares ink with some of the most celebrated names in alternative comics history — Robert Crumb, Aline Kominsky-Crumb, and the broader underground pantheon. Seventeen appearances across half a century may be a modest count, but in the underground tradition, every page carries weight, and The Bunch stands as a testament to the enduring vitality of Spain's singular vision.