Tube Strips

Bill Plympton's singular, scratchy ink style animates Tube Strips (1976–present, Smyrna Press), a single-issue comic that captures his early, pre-animation career work. A dense collection of absurdist, single-panel gags and surreal visual riffs, it's a raw artifact of the underground comix era, showcasing the unhinged humor that would define Plympton's later films.