Editing Underground comix (section)

====1982–present====
In 1982, the distribution of underground comix changed through the emergence of specialty stores.<ref name="Estren-7"/>

In response to attempts by mainstream publishers to appeal to adult audiences, [[alternative comics]] emerged, focusing on many of the same themes as underground comix, as well as publishing experimental work.<ref name="Sabin-177"/> Artists formally in the underground comix scene began to associate themselves with alternative comics, including Crumb, Deitch, Griffith, [[Lynda Barry]], and [[Justin Green (cartoonist)|Justin Green]].<ref name="Sabin-177"/>

In the 1980s, sexual comics came into prominence, integrating sex into storylines rather than utilizing sexual explicitness for shock value.<ref name="Sabin-177"/> The first of these features was ''[[Omaha the Cat Dancer]]'', which made its first appearance in an issue of the [[zine]] ''Vootie''. Inspired by ''[[Fritz the Cat]]'', ''Omaha the Cat Dancer'' focused on an [[Anthropomorphism|anthropomorphic]] feline stripper.<ref name="Skinn-71">{{cite book |last=Skinn |first=Dez |year=2004 |title=Comix: The Underground Revolution |chapter=Can't Get Enuff |publisher=Thunder's Mouth Press |isbn=1-56025-572-2 |pages=71, 73}}</ref> Other comix with a sexual focus included ''[http://www.ego-comme-x.com/spip.php?article757 Melody]'', based on the life story of [[Sylvie Rancourt]] and ''[[Cherry (comics)|Cherry]]'', a comedic sex comic featuring art similar in style to that of ''[[Archie Comics]]''.<ref name="Sabin-177"/><ref name="Skinn-71"/>

In 1985, Griffith's comic strip ''[[Zippy the Pinhead]]'' — which originally appeared in underground titles — was syndicated as a daily feature by [[King Features]].<ref name="Estren-7"/> Between 1980 and 1991 Spiegelman's graphic novel ''[[Maus]]'' was serialized in ''[[Raw (comics magazine)|Raw]]'', and published in two volumes in 1986 and 1991. It was followed by an exhibition at the [[Museum of Modern Art]] and a [[Pulitzer Prize]] for Spiegelman in 1992. The novel originated from a three-page story first published in an underground comic, ''[[Funny Aminals]]'' [''[[sic]]''],<!--"Aminals" is the correct spelling, not a typo.--> (Apex Novelties, 1972).<ref name="Estren-7"/>

[[Alternative comics|Alternative cartoonist]] [[Peter Bagge]] was strongly influenced by underground comics,<ref name="Sabin-177"/> and was reciprocally admired by Crumb, for whom Bagge edited [[Weirdo (magazine)|''Weirdo'']] magazine in the 1980s; he could be considered part of a "second generation" of underground-type cartoonists, including such notables as [[Mike Diana]], [[Johnny Ryan]], [[Bob Fingerman]], [[David Heatley]], [[Danny Hellman]], [[Julie Doucet]], [[Jim Woodring]], [[Ivan Brunetti]], [[Gary Leib]], [[Doug Allen (cartoonist)|Doug Allen]], and [[Ed Piskor]]. Many of these artists were published by [[Fantagraphics Books]], which was founded in 1977 and through the 1980s and '90s became a major publisher of alternative and underground cartoonists' work.

As of the 2010s, reprints of early underground comix continue to sell alongside modern underground publications.<ref name="Estren-7"/>

The 2010s ''[[Foreskin Man]]'', a comic book published to protest against [[circumcision]], has been referred to as "comix" by some reviewers.<ref name="foreskinman">{{cite web |title=San Francisco Circumcision Intactivist's Anti-Semitic Comix |date=6 June 2011|url=http://reason.com/blog/2011/06/05/san-francisco-circumcision-int|last=Cavanaugh|first=Tim|publisher=Reason}}</ref>