Underground Comix creator Frank Stack passed away on Sunday. He was 88 years old.
"Working under the name Foolbert Sturgeon to avoid persecution for his work while living in the Bible Belt, Stack published what is considered by many to be the first underground comic, The Adventures of Jesus, in 1964.[3][4]
"Stack's main artistic influences were Gustave Doré, Roy Crane, and V. T. Hamlin.[5] He is widely known as a printmaker, specializing in etchings and lithographs, and his sketchy comics style evokes Stack's background as an etcher."
-- Wikipedia
From cartoonist Michael T. Gilbert:
"RIP FRANK STACK...
"I
was very sad to hear of the recent passing of cartoonist and fine
artist Frank Stack (aka Foolbert Sturgeon). In 1964 Frank published what
is considered by many to be the first underground comic, The Adventures
of Jesus. He began serializing his satirical Jesus comics beginning in
1962 in the campus humor magazine The Texas Ranger and other
counterculture papers. He also illustrated the acclaimed nonfiction
graphic novel Our Cancer Year, written by Harvey Pekar and his wife
Joyce Brabner, which won the 1995 Harvey Award for best original graphic
novel. Frank earned an Inkpot Award in 2011 and was recently inducted
into the 2025 Eisner Hall of Fame.
"Frank's daughter, Joan Stack wrote:
"'One
of the greats has passed. RIP to my father Frank Stack. He passed
peacefully in his sleep just after 7pm central time on Sunday, April 12.
He was 88. I will post about a celebration of life soon. It will likely
take place in a few days so that my brother Bob can be at the service.
Bob came from Ireland on Saturday and was able be with him before he
passed. This photo was taken last spring.
— feeling heartbroken.'
"As are we, Joan."
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