Heck!: Comic Art of the Late 1980's

Mary Fleener’s Heck! is a vibrant, single-issue showcase of her bold, woodcut-inspired linework, published by Rip Off Press in 1989. As both writer and artist, Fleener delivers a raw, stylized glimpse into the late-1980s underground comix scene, blending autobiographical grit with a distinctive, angular visual language. This self-contained comic stands as a concentrated artifact of Fleener’s singular voice, capturing the era’s DIY spirit and her own emerging legacy as a key alternative cartoonist.