Young Lust

Launched in 1970, "Young Lust" was an underground comix anthology created by Bill Griffith (creator of Zippy the Pinhead) and Jay Kinney. It explicitly parodied the clean, innocent romance comics of the 1950s and 60s. The comix featured irreverent, sexually explicit, and satirical stories reflecting the counter-cultural attitudes of the era.

Beyond the founders Bill Griffith and Jay Kinney, "Young Lust" featured artwork from other prominent underground cartoonists. Contributors included legends like Robert Crumb, who frequently lent his talents to similar counter-cultural anthologies. The collaborative nature of the zine captured the diverse, boundary-pushing art styles of the underground movement.

The core run of "Young Lust" spanned six issues, primarily published in the early 1970s. During this time, it became one of the most recognizable and controversial titles in the underground comix scene. The explicit content often led to it being sold under the counter or targeted by local obscenity laws.

Like most underground comix of the 1970s, "Young Lust" bypassed traditional newsstand distributors. Instead, it was distributed through the "head shop" network—stores that sold drug paraphernalia, counterculture literature, and psychedelic posters. This allowed the creators complete freedom from the restrictive Comics Code Authority.