Editing Underground comix (section)

====Antecedents====
Between the late 1920s and late 1940s, anonymous underground artists produced counterfeit [[pornography|pornographic]] comic books featuring unauthorized depictions of popular [[comic strip]] characters engaging in sexual activities. Often referred to as [[Tijuana bible]]s, these books are often considered the predecessors of the underground comix scene.<ref name="Sabin-35">{{cite book |last=Sabin |first=Roger |year=1996 |title=Comics, Comix & Graphic Novels: A History Of Comic Art |chapter=Comical comics |publisher=[[Phaidon Press]] |location=[[London]], [[United Kingdom]] |isbn=0-7148-3008-9 |page=[https://archive.org/details/comicscomixgraph00sabi/page/35 35] |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/comicscomixgraph00sabi/page/35}}</ref><ref>Les Daniels, ''Comix: A History of Comic Books in America'', 1971, chapter 8</ref>

American comix were strongly influenced by 1950s [[EC Comics]] and especially magazines edited by [[Harvey Kurtzman]], including ''[[Mad (magazine)|Mad]]'' (which first appeared in 1952).<ref name="Sabin-92"/> Kurtzman's ''[[Help! (magazine)|Help!]]'' magazine, published from 1960 to 1965, featured the works of artists who would later become well known in the underground comix scene, including R. Crumb and [[Gilbert Shelton]].<ref name="Sabin-92"/> Other artists published work in [[student publication|college magazines]] before becoming known in the underground scene.<ref name="Sabin-92"/>