Merton of the Movement
Last Gasp · 1971 · 1 issue
About the series
Ted Richards’ Merton of the Movement is a single-issue underground comic from 1971, published by Last Gasp, that follows a hapless hippie activist through the counterculture’s political and social upheavals. Richards, who both wrote and drew the series, used Merton’s bumbling adventures to satirize the earnest but often ineffective radical movements of the era. Though brief, this comic stands as a sharp, affectionate snapshot of the late-’60s/early-’70s underground comix scene, capturing its irreverent spirit and DIY ethos.