Description: "Secret Of San Saba: A Tale Of Phantoms And Greed in the Spanish Southwest" by Jack Jackson published by Kitchen Sink 1989 appears to be a first edition. Written and Illustrated by Jack Jackson. Jack Edward Jackson (May 15, 1941 – June 8, 2006), better known by his pen name Jaxon, was an American cartoonist, illustrator, historian, and writer. He co-founded Rip Off Press, and some consider him to be the first underground comix artist, due to his most well-known comic strip God Nose.Jackson was born in 1941 in Pandora, Texas. He majored in accounting at the University of Texas and was a staffer for its Texas Ranger humor magazine, until he and others were fired over what he called "a petty censorship violation". CareerIn 1964, Jackson self-published the one-shot God Nose, which is considered by some to be the first underground comic[1] in the modern sense, discounting “Tijuana bibles”. He moved to San Francisco in 1966, where he became art director of the dance-poster division of the Family Dog psychedelic rock music-promotion collective. In 1969, he co-founded Rip Off Press, one of the first independent publishers of underground comix, with three other Texas transplants, Gilbert Shelton, Fred Todd, and Dave Moriaty. Despite this, most of his underground comics work (heavily influenced by EC Comics) was published by Last Gasp, including frequent contributions to the Last Gasp anthology Slow Death. (Jaxon left his affiliation with Last Gasp in c. 1991.)In addition to Slow Death, Jackson contributed to a selection of other underground comix, including Barbarian Comics (California Comics) and Radical America Komiks (Radical America Magazine). In the 1980s Jaxon contributed historical comics to Fantagraphics' Graphics Story Monthly and a number of Kitchen Sink Press titles, including BLAB! and the 11-part, 126-page "Bulto… The Cosmic Slug," about a space creature's effect on the people of the ancient Southwest, which was serialized in Death Rattle. Jackson did freelance work for Marvel Comics as a colorist from 1988–1991.Jackson was also known for his historical work, documenting the history of Native America and Texas, including the graphic novels Comanche Moon (1979), Recuerden El Alamo (1979), Los Tejanos (1982), The Secret of San Saba (1989), Lost Cause (1998), Indian Lover: Sam Houston & the Cherokees (1999), El Alamo (2002), and the written works like Los Mesteños: Spanish Ranching in Texas: 1721–1821 (1986), Indian Agent: Peter Ellis Bean in Mexican Texas (2005), and many others. Personal lifeJackson died in Stockdale, Texas on June 8, 2006, in an apparent suicide after being diagnosed with prostate cancer. Highly recommended.Excellent art work! Published on high quality paper. All pages tight and clean. No remainder marks, no price stickers. Very light dust spots on the upper edge. Measures 8" x 11", 151 pages. See scans of the front and back cover for additional details. Selling for over $130.00 on other sites in this brand new condition!
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Book Series: Historical
Narrative Type: Fiction
Original Language: English
Inscribed: No
Intended Audience: Adults
Modified Item: No
Edition: First Edition
Vintage: No
Personalize: No
Type: Illustrated Book
Unit Type: Unit
Era: 17th Century
Special Attributes: 1st Edition
Personalized: No
Cultural Region: American Literature
Features: 1st Edition
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Unit Quantity: 1
Publisher: Kitchen Sink Press, Incorporated
Book Title: Secret of San Saba
Topic: General
Publication Year: 1989
Number of Pages: 152 Pages
Language: English
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Fiction
Author: Jack Jackson
Format: Trade Paperback
