Slow Death Zero, 2020 Ron Turner / Last Gasp. 1st print. Unread high grade copy. IMO, the best current modern-day underground comic out there, combining the old and the new. I did not want to open the book very much to disrupt, so pictures are not the greatest. Last 2 pictures are after opening slightly to make pictures for this listing. VF/NM to NM uncirculated new copy.

If you're familiar with the original Slow Death series that ran from 1970-80, this is like a new and current slow death, but still VERY MUCH has the old slow death vibe. Many original series artists and underground greats still represent, and there are a couple of gems from the late Greg Irons, and others, that are featured here, but were intended to be in the original series, but for some reason didn't make it. There's also many 'new' underground artists and just great comic artists in general from the Bronze Age until now-here is a description of the artists within from editor Jon B. Cooke:

"Representing the “Old School” Slow Death crew, we have cover artist William Stout, Tim Boxell, Bryan Talbot, Errol McCarthy, and even (gasp!) ol’ man Gore himself, Richard freakin’ Corben, this time teamed with frequent Creepy/Eerie collaborator, Bruce Jones, himself a horror comics anthologist of terror-ific taste!

As a bonus, there’s a rarely-seen Greg Irons page that somehow missed being included in Slow Death #11.

There’s also a whole bunch o’ talents herein who came to prominence a tad later, including Rick Veitch (who actually got his start, back in 1973, in the Last Gasp comic book Two-Fisted Zombies) and Hunt Emerson (whose debut in underground British comix dates to the mid-’70s), plus Weirdo mag alumni Peter Bagge, Drew Friedman, Carel Moisewitch, Savage Pencil, Rick Altergott, and (almost-Weirdo) Danny Hellman, plus work by cartoonist vets Peter Kuper, Bob Fingerman, Mike Diana, and Kellie Strom.

Relative newbies include Max Clotfelter, Cody Goodfellow, Mike Dubisch, Cameron Forsley, Kevin Jackson, Megan Jeffery, John Lucas, Charles Schneider, Garret Shanley, Skinner, Shane Oakley, Toufic El Rassi, M. Yafa, and especially Pat Moriarity, who, as usual, went the extra mile. (Sorry for any mis-characterizations here.)

Hat’s off to good ol’ Gaspar, the Friendly Host, Slow Death’s mascot/chattering skull who, for some of the stories within, turned over horror-host narrating duties ish to Cap’n Ronzo himself, our fearless leader who founded this darn comic book five decades ago!

Combined shipping on multiple orders, with prompt shipping in a rigid Gemini book mailer.