In the beginning was Jesus. “The Adventures of Jesus” published in 1962 is considered by most underground comics historians to be the first underground comic. It was drawn by Frank Stack under the psuedonym of Foolbert Sturgeon to avoid persecution in conservative Texas where Frank attended the university in Austin along with fellow cartoonist Gilbert Shelton.

The stack of publications Stack (pictured above} has contributed to include The Comics Journal, Zero Zero, Blab!, Snarf and several Rip Off Comix anthologies. Stack was born this day in 1937.