DIY baby! Back in the 1980's, before the internet got made, comic book authors who weren't on the big inprints had to find an alternative paper-based method of disseminating their genius. Many of them turned to low-budget self-publishing, a.k.a. the Xerox machine. What followed was a boom in the underground comics scene and widespread creativity on an unprecedented level. Newave! "The Underground Mini Comix of the 1980s" is a new book from Fantagraphics Publishing that reprints much of the best of this work. At half the size this would be an insane value for the dollar, but at 900 pages (!!) this collection is literally the deal of a lifetime. Get it and your brain will thank you.