After/Shock: Bulletins from Ground Zero

In 1981, cartoonist Fanny Tribble launched After/Shock: Bulletins from Ground Zero as a single-issue comic from Last Gasp, a raw, personal dispatch from the front lines of the nuclear age. Through Tribble’s singular, unflinching voice as both writer and artist, the book channels the era’s pervasive anxiety into a stark visual manifesto—a lone, potent bulletin that captures a moment of collective dread and defiance. More than a historical artifact, it stands as a testament to the power of underground comix to confront global crisis with intimate, handmade urgency.