Last Gasp Comix and Stories #4

Last Gasp Comix and Stories #4 brings together underground and alternative voices under a cover by Steven Cerio that is genuinely hard to look away from — a wildly ornate clown-like figure dominates the center, its distorted face topped with a rhino horn and flanked by a swirling halo of fruits and candies, while bug-eyed frog-like creatures crowd the lower corners in a riot of pastel greens and blues. The whole composition pulses with psychedelic energy, that perfect mix of cheerful and unsettling that defined the best alternative comics of 1996. Inside, Brad Johnson handles every creative role solo on "Happiness Village," making this a showcase for singular, self-contained vision.