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Publisher: The Print Mint Inc
Years in Operation: 1966 - 1978
Disclose Detail
Country: Flag United States Web Site: Brands: 1 Indicia Publishers: 4 Series: 63 Printings: 176 (123 Issues) Disclose Notes: Don and Alice Schenker started The Print Mint as a picture-framing shop and retailer of posters and fine art reproductions on Telegraph Avenue in Berkeley, California, in December 1965. Schencker's first comics job was a reprint of Joel Beck's Lenny of Laredo, published by the Print Mint in April 1966.

Beginning in 1968 publishing and distribution of underground comics became The Print Mint's major endeavor. With their partners the Ritas, Don did the organizing, editing and layout of the books, working with the artists. Bob and Peggy Rita and Alice handled the distribution and the day-to-day operations of the business. Alice also oversaw the Berkeley store. The company's main office was located at 830 Folger Avenue in Berkeley.

The first comix Print Mint published was the (initially) weekly tabloid Yellow Dog, edited by Don Schencker. Eventually, the Print Mint published such underground comix notables as Robert Crumb, Trina Robbins, Rick Griffin, S. Clay Wilson, Victor Moscoso, Gilbert Shelton, Spain Rodriguez, and Robert Williams. Titles they published included Zap Comix, Junkwaffel, Bijou Funnies, and Moondog. In addition they published one of the first ecologically themed comics, The Dying Dolphin, a solo effort by rock poster artist Jim Evans with contributions by Ron Cobb and Rick Griffin.

As the first publisher to invest heavily in the underground comix movement (and its distribution), the Print Mint was instrumental in the form's popularity and widespread reach in the late 1960s and early 1970s. As they were growing the market and putting money in the hands of the cartoonists, however, their business practices were called into question by a number of the more popular artists. A few of those, including Gilbert Shelton and Frank Stack, broke off in early 1969 to form their own publisher, Rip Off Press, taking some of the more established cartoonists (like Crumb) with them. From that point on, the Print Mint focused more on bringing new talent into the burgeoning underground industry.   Does this data need corrections? Become an editor.
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Series Name and Issue # View Issue Images Icon Publication Date Content Items
All Girl Thrills #1 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon March 1971 14 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Arcade the Comics Revue #1 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 January 1975 28 (20 stories, 1 cover)
Arcade the Comics Revue #2 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 January 1975 30 (22 stories, 1 cover)
Arcade the Comics Revue #3 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon January 1975 33 (21 stories, 1 cover)
Arcade the Comics Revue #4 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon January 1975 35 (22 stories, 1 cover)
Arcade the Comics Revue #5 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon January 1976 30 (19 stories, 1 cover)
Arcade the Comics Revue #6 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon January 1976 36 (27 stories, 1 cover)
Arcade the Comics Revue #7 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon January 1976 32 (23 stories, 1 cover)
Bent #[nn] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon May 1971 7 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Bijou Funnies #1 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon January 1968 1 (0 stories, 1 cover)
Bijou Funnies #2 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 2/1 January 1969 30 (25 stories, 1 cover)
Bijou Funnies #3 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 January 1969 23 (19 stories, 1 cover)
Bijou Funnies #4 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 2/1 January 1970 16 (12 stories, 1 cover)
Book of Raziel #[nn] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 December 1969 16 (12 stories, 1 cover)
The Captain #[nn] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 January 1972 6 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Captain Guts #1 [Second/Third Printing] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon January 1971 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Captain Guts #[nn] [unnamed variant] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 January 1969 5 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Captain Guts #2 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon January 1970 13 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Captain Guts #3 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 2/1 March 1971 7 (3 stories, 1 cover)
The Collected Cheech Wizard #[nn] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon January 1972 8 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Coochy Cooty Men's Comics #1 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 December 1970 11 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Despair #[nn] [unnamed variant] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon January 1969 18 (15 stories, 1 cover)
Despair #[nn] [Fifth Printing] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon January 1976 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Deviant Slice Comics and Funnies and Stories, Etc. #[nn] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 March 1972 9 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Deviant Slice Comix #2 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 2/1 January 1973 6 (3 stories, 1 cover)
The Dying Dolphin #[nn] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 July 1970 12 (7 stories, 1 cover)
El Perfecto Comics #[nn] [unnamed variant] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 2 January 1973 34 (29 stories, 1 cover)
El Perfecto Comics #[nn] [Second Printing] (Comic Book) January 1975 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Feds 'N' Heads Comics #[nn] (Comic Book) January 1968 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Feds 'N' Heads Comics #[nn] [0.60 - 12th/13th print] (Comic Book) 0/1 January 1975 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Feds 'N' Heads Comics #[nn] [2nd-3rd printing] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon January 1969 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Feds 'N' Heads Comics #[nn] [0.50 4th-11th print] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 2/1 January 1969 16 (12 stories, 1 cover)
Girl Fight Comics #[1] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 January 1972 8 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Girl Fight Comics #2 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 October 1974 10 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Googiewaumer Comics #[nn] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 2/1 February 1969 10 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Guano Comix #4 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 January 1972 24 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Heavy Tragicomix #1 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 February 1970 12 (7 stories, 1 cover)
High-Flyin' Funnies Comix & Stories #[nn] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon January 1970 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Hit the Road v1 #1 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon June 1972 11 (8 stories, 1 cover)
The Human Drama #[nn] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon January 1978 10 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Illuminations #[nn] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon January 1971 1 (0 stories, 1 cover)
Insect Fear #1 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon ? 1 (0 stories, 1 cover)
Insect Fear #2 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon March 1970 10 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Insect Fear #3 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 January 1972 12 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Junkwaffel #1 [2nd print, 75c] (Comic Book) January 1976 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Junkwaffel #1 [First Printing] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 2/1 January 1972 10 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Junkwaffel #2 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 February 1972 10 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Junkwaffel #3 [0.75 USD 2nd print] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon January 1976 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Junkwaffel #3 [1st Printing] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 2/1 August 1972 9 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Junkwaffel #4 [unnamed variant] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 November 1972 11 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Junkwaffel #4 [Second Printing] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon January 1976 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
The Kingdom of Heaven Is Within You Comix #1 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon July 1969 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Lemme Outa Here #[nn] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon January 1978 10 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Lenny of Laredo #1 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon January 1966 1 (0 stories, 1 cover)
Light Comitragies #[nn] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 June 1971 4 (1 story, 1 cover)
The Man #[nn] [Third Printing] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon January 1975 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
The Man #[nn] [Second Printing] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 2/1 June 1972 3 (1 story, 1 cover)
Manhunt #[1] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 2/1 July 1973 17 (13 stories, 1 cover)Age Restricted
Mean Bitch Thrills #[nn] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon September 1971 3 (1 story, 1 cover)
Meef Comix #1 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 January 1972 8 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Meef Comix #2 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 May 1973 12 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Mom's Homemade Comics #1 [3rd printing] (Comic Book) February 1970 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Mom's Homemade Comics #1 [2nd printing] (Comic Book) October 1969 1 (0 stories, 1 cover)
Mom's Homemade Comics #2 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon January 1970 1 (0 stories, 1 cover)
Moondog #[nn] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 2 March 1969 5 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Moondog #2 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 April 1971 6 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Moondog #3 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 January 1973 6 (3 stories, 1 cover)
(Not Only) The Best of Wonder Wart-Hog #3 [2nd Printing] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 2/1 January 1973 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
(Not Only) The Best of Wonder Wart-Hog #3 [1st Printing] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon January 1973 8 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Occult Laff-Parade #1 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 August 1973 12 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Radical America v3 #1 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon January 1969 15 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Real Pulp Comics #1 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 January 1971 12 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Real Pulp Comics #2 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 January 1973 8 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Rubber Duck Tales #1 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 March 1971 13 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Rubber Duck Tales #2 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 November 1972 4 (3 stories, 1 cover)
San Francisco Comic Book #4 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 October 1973 25 (21 stories, 1 cover)
Savage Humor #1 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon January 1973 10 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Show + Tell #[nn] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 October 1973 14 (11 stories, 1 cover)
Snatch Comics #[nn] [Fourth or Fifth Printing] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon June 1972 31 (12 stories, 1 cover)
Snatch Comics #[nn] [Sixth Printing] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon January 1973 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Snatch Comics #2 [Sixth Printing] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon January 1973 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Snatch Comics #2 [Fourth Printing] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon June 1972 30 (18 stories, 1 cover)
Snatch Comics #3 [Second Printing] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon June 1972 21 (11 stories, 1 cover)
Snatch Comics #3 [Fourth Printing] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon January 1973 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Softcore #[nn] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 January 1973 11 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Spaced Out #[nn] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 2/1 November 1972 8 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Sphinx #3 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 June 1973 5 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Spiffy Stories #1 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 January 1969 1 (0 stories, 1 cover)
Suds #[nn] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon January 1969 1 (0 stories, 1 cover)
Tales from the Ozone #2 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 July 1970 21 (17 stories, 1 cover)
Tales from the Tube #1 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon January 1973 16 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Tales of Sex and Death #1 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 April 1971 10 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Tales of Sex and Death #2 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 December 1975 9 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Tales of Toad #1 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 April 1970 16 (13 stories, 1 cover)
Tales of Toad #2 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 January 1971 14 (11 stories, 1 cover)
Truckin' #1 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 2/1 April 1972 10 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Truckin' #2 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 3/1 March 1974 8 (6 stories, 2 covers)
Tuff Shit #[nn] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 2/1 March 1972 13 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Uneeda Comix #[nn] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon August 1970 12 (11 stories, 1 cover)
Yellow Dog #1 [2nd printing] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 2 January 1973 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Issues: 1 to 100 of 176 found.
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