Joel beck författare
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The comic strip that gave him this historical importance is 'Lenny of Laredo' (1965), a satirical riches-to-rags story about a foul-mouthed comedian obviously modeled after cult humorist Lenny Bruce.
Among his graphic influences are Robert Crumb, Jack Davis, Frank Frazetta, Albert Hurter, Walt Kelly, Harvey Kurtzman and Ronald Searle.
Until his death in 1999, Joel Beck lived in obscurity in Point Richmond, California doing occasional advertising commissions and being looked after by friends.
Beck wrote a personal homage to Robert Crumb in Monte Beauchamp's book 'The Life and Times of R. Crumb. Comments From Contemporaries (St. All are collector's items today.[1]
In 1965, humor magazine editors voted to choose the nation's top college cartoonist and gave the honor to Beck.
Tributes
Kevin Fagan wrote Beck's obituary for the San Francisco Chronicle: Template:Blockquote
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Artist Bio: Joel Beck
When Joel Beck publishedthe Lenny Bruce-inspired comic LENNY OFLAREDO in 1965, he entered intohistory as thecreator of the second underground comic everpublished: Jack Jackson had preceded himwith GOD NOSE, but Beck beat RobertCrumb's seminal ZAP by a good twoyears.
In the early 1960s, he drew studio cards for Box Cards. The San Francisco Chronicle commented:
In 1965, his first full-length comic book, Lenny of Laredo, was published. In January 1966, The Pelican reprinted much of his previous work and labeled him "Man of the Decade".[2] His cartoons also appeared in the Berkeley Barb, and he penned a number of handbills and posters for the Jabberwock coffeehouse on Telegraph Avenue in Berkeley.[1] In addition, he was a founding member and regular contributor to the underground anthology Yellow Dog, published from 1968 to 1973.
In a detailed 1987 self-portrait, Beck depicted himself in an ecstatic state, high on the act of creation, as he labored at his drawing table late into the night, surrounded by his books, artwork, comics, Pepsi and dog.[3]
Fine art
An accomplished fine artist, Beck created many paintings in acrylics, oils and watercolors—artwork now sought by international collectors.
magazine in the'60s. Kinney made a graphic contribution to 'ProJunior’ (Kitchen Sink Press, 1971), a one-shot comic book paying homage to Don Dohler's character ProJunior. Beck's work appeard in several underground comix magazines (Snarf, Comix Book and others) until the late 1970s, when his work disappeared from the scene.
Death
Beck died on September 21, 1999, from complications from alcoholism in Point Richmond, California.
Underground comix
In the early 1960s, Beck moved into a converted closet in a housing unit near the campus of U.C. Berkeley, known as Haste House, and he continued to do cartoons for The Pelican.
He also produced the solo comics MARCHINGMARVIN and THE PROFIT (1966).
Beckmade his first national mark as acontributor "Public Gallery" in HarveyKurtzman'sHELP! Visiting UC Berkeley, he started submitting cartoons to the campus humor magazine, The Pelican, slipping them under the door to editors who believed he was a college student.
Martin's Griffin, New York, 1998).
From: Snarf (1973)
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Biography
Early life
Born in Ross, California, Beck grew up in El Sobrante, California, as an ill and bedridden child, who battled a combination of tuberculosis and spinal meningitis.
Later in his abbreviated life heproduced mainly commissioned drawings and paintingsfor a small circle of friends and connoisseurs.
[Obituary taken in part from fromthe 2000 Harvey Awards ceremony.]
Joel Beck
The Profit
Joel Beck was one of the earliest artists of American underground comix.
Two other books, Marching Marvin and The Profit, followed. He went on to contribute strips to suchalternative California institutions as THEBERKELEY BARB and satirical posters (notably asexy "Odalesque" with a reclining Daisy Duck)and comix such as YELLOW DOG for ThePrint Mint.
Joel Beck was an early and regular contributor tothe Kitchen Sink Press undergroundanthologies SNARF, BIZARRE SEX and DOPECOMIX and the Kitchen/Marvelexperiment COMIX BOOK, as well as the 1978one-shot BANZAI! co-created with KimDeitch and the late Roger Brand.
In the early 1960s Joel Beck had a nine-to-five job working for Roth Greeting Cards.
Other comics of Joel Beck are 'Marching Marvin' (1966) and 'The Profit' (1966). Soon he dropped out of high school and never graduated. Together with Frank Stack ('New Adventures of Jezus', 1962) and Jaxon ('God Nose', 1964), Beck can even be considered the earliest genuine underground comix artist in history (not counting prototypical examples like Ernest Riebe's 'Mr.
During that time he published three underground comic books, Lenny of Laredo, Marching Marvin, and The Profit. He lived for several months in Manhattan in 1962 before returning to the West Coast. His comic book Lenny of Laredo, one of the earliest underground comic books of the 1960s, was the first underground comic book published on the West Coast.