Tales from the Berkeley-Con

A single-issue anthology from 1974, Tales from the Berkeley-Con captures the scrappy, DIY energy of the early West Coast convention scene. Published by Rip Off Press and Last Gasp, it collects stories and illustrations by underground comix regulars Michael J. Becker and Shelby Sampson, among others, offering a time-capsule glimpse into the fan culture that gathered around the Berkeley Comic Art Convention. Though it never continued past that first issue, it stands as a charming artifact of a moment when fandom and the underground comix movement briefly overlapped.