Zippy

Bill Griffith’s Zippy began in 1980 from Last Gasp, centering on the surreal, pinhead-headed Zippy the Pinhead as a lens for absurdist social commentary. Griffith writes and draws the series, which has run for a single issue, establishing the deadpan, pun-filled tone that would define the character across decades. It matters as the foundational spark for one of alternative comics’ most enduring and idiosyncratic voices.