George DiCaprio is an American comic book writer, editor, and major west coast underground comic book distributor. A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ...

DiCaprio was born in 1943 to an Italian American father and a German American mother.^[1] He met Irmelin Indenbirken, a German immigrant, in college; the two later married and moved to Los Angeles.^[1] The couple had one son, American actor Leonardo DiCaprio, and divorced shortly after. An Italian-American is an American of Italian descent either born in America or someone who has immigrated. ... German Americans are citizens of the United States of German ancestry. ... It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles accessible from a disambiguation page. ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ... Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio (born November 11, 1974[1]) is a three-time Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe Award-winning American actor well known for his roles in blockbuster movies such as William Shakespeares Romeo + Juliet (1996), Titanic (1997), Catch Me If You Can (2002), Gangs of New York...

As a comic book author, DiCaprio is frequently associated with fellow underground comics artists Dori Seda, Robert Crumb, Rick Griffin, Gilbert Shelton, Victor Moscoso, Paul Mavrides and Harvey Pekar, and author Hubert Selby Jr..^[2] He also helped publish the underground comic Yama Yama/Ugly Head by Robert Williams and S. Clay Wilson in 1981. The term underground comics or comix describes the self-published or small press comic books that sprang up in the US in the late 1960s. ... Dori Seda (1951–February 25, 1988) was an artist best known for her underground comic book work of the 1980s. ... Robert Dennis Crumb, often credited simply as R. Crumb (born August 30, 1943 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a U.S. artist and illustrator recognized for the distinctive style of his drawings and his critical, satirical, subversive view of the American mainstream. ... Richard Alden Griffin (June 18, 1944 - August 18, 1991) was an American artist and one of the leading designers of psychedelic posters in the 1960s. ... Gilbert Shelton (born May 31, 1940, Houston, Texas) is an American cartoonist and underground comics artist. ... Victor Moscoso is an American illustrator and comic artist, especially noted for his work in the late 1960s as a designer of psychedelic concert posters and a contributor to underground comix (he is among the artists who regularly appear in Zap Comix). ... Paul Mavrides (born 1945) is an American artist, best known for his critique-laden comics, cartoons, paintings, graphics, performances and writings that encompass a disturbing, yet humorous, catalog of the social ills and shortcomings of human civilization. ... Harvey Pekar on the cover of American Splendor: Portrait of the Artist in his Declining Years Harvey Pekar (born October 8, 1939 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American underground comic book writer. ... Hubert Selby, Jr. ... Robert Williams Robert Williams is a famed, controversial painter and editor of Juxtapoz Art & Culture Magazine. ... S. Clay Wilson is a comic artist, a central figure in the underground comix movement. ...

Bibliography

• Baloney Moccasins 1970
• Greaser Comics #1 1971
• Greaser Comics #2 1972
• Forbidden Knowledge Comics #1 1975
• Arcade: The Comics Revue #5 (Anthony and the Temptations) 1976
• Forbidden Knowledge #2 1978

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