Ron Turner (publisher)
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| Founded | 1970 in Berkeley, California |
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| Founder | Ron Turner |
| Headquarters location | San Francisco, California |
| Distribution | SCB Distributors |
| Key people | Colin Turner |
| Publication types | Books, Graphic novels, Comics |
| Nonfiction topics | Rock music, Art, Poetry |
| Fiction genres | Underground comix |
| Imprints | Hell Comics Cocoanut Comics Priaprism Press Sexploitation Comics Group |
| Official website | www |
Last Gasp is a San Francisco-based book publisher with a lowbrow art and counterculture focus. Owned and operated by Ron Turner, for most of its existence Last Gasp was a publisher, distributor, and wholesaler of underground comix and books of all types.
Last Gasp was established in 1970. Although the company came onto the scene a bit later than some of the other underground publishers, Last Gasp continued publishing comix far longer most of its competitors. In addition to publishing notable original titles like Slow Death, Wimmen's Comix, Binky Brown Meets the Holy Virgin Mary, and Weirdo, it also picked up the publishing reins of important titles — such as Zap Comix and Young Lust — from rivals that had gone out of business.
Last Gasp no longer publishes "floppy" comics; the company publishes art and photography books, graphic novels, fiction, and poetry, producing 10-15 new titles per year.
Last Gasp Eco Funnies was founded in Berkeley, California, in 1970 by San Francisco State University graduate student Ronald E. Turner, with the help of Gary Arlington, to publish the ecologically-themed comics title Slow Death Funnies (in conjunction with the first Earth Day). Last Gasp followed Slow Death Funnies with the all-female anthology It Ain't Me, Babe, spearheaded by Trina Robbins.
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