Editing Comic strip (section)

==Underground comic strips==
The decade of the 1960s saw the rise of [[underground newspaper]]s, which often carried comic strips, such as ''[[Fritz the Cat]]'' and ''The [[Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers]]''. ''[[Zippy the Pinhead]]'' initially appeared in underground publications in the 1970s before being syndicated.<ref>{{cite book | last=Estren | first=Mark James | title=A History of Underground Comics | year=1993 | publisher=[[Ronin Publishing]] | isbn=0-914171-64-X | page=8 | chapter=Foreword: Onward!}}</ref> ''[[Bloom County]]'' and ''[[Doonesbury]]'' began as strips in college newspapers under different titles, and later moved to national syndication. [[underground comix|Underground comic strips]] covered subjects that are usually taboo in newspaper strips, such as sex and drugs. Many underground artists, notably [[Vaughn Bode]], [[Dan O'Neill]], [[Gilbert Shelton]], and [[Art Spiegelman]] went on to draw comic strips for magazines such as ''[[Playboy]]'', ''[[National Lampoon (magazine)|National Lampoon]]'', and Pete Millar's ''[[CARtoons Magazine|CARtoons]]''. [[Jay Lynch]] graduated from undergrounds to alternative weekly newspapers to ''[[Mad (magazine)|Mad]]'' and children's books.