Strip AIDS U.S.A.

A single-issue benefit comic from 1988, Strip AIDS U.S.A. was published by Last Gasp to raise funds and awareness for AIDS research and care. Assembled by Harvey Pekar and Paul Mavrides, it gathered an array of underground and alternative cartoonists of the era, offering a raw, unflinching collection of strips on the crisis. Though brief, the book stands as a vital artifact of the comics community's early, urgent response to the epidemic.