The Collected Adventures of Harold Hedd

Rand Holmes’s The Collected Adventures of Harold Hedd is a landmark of underground comix, first serialized in Vancouver’s The Georgia Straight and collected into a single issue in 1972. Created by Holmes, the series follows the counterculture misadventures of its titular, long-haired protagonist, a satirical figure navigating the psychedelic and political upheavals of the era. Its unflinching, often controversial humor and Holmes’s detailed, expressive art helped define the West Coast underground scene, cementing it as a vital artifact of 1970s alternative comics.