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Book and Periodical PublishingCalifornia, United States11-50 Employees

Last Gasp is a publisher based in San Francisco, California, specializing in graphic novels, manga, art books, photography, and other works connected to popular culture and underground comix. The company was founded in 1970 by Ron Turner, with the release of Slow Death Funnies, an ecological underground comic anthology created for the first Earth Day. Over more than five decades, Last Gasp has published landmark works, including the first all-women comic book and Zap Comix, among hundreds of other comics and books. The publisher serves readers and collectors drawn to counterculture, art, and niche publishing, offering access to work that blends graphic storytelling with alternative perspectives. Positioned within the book and periodical publishing industry as a longstanding independent press, Last Gasp has contributed to the development of underground and outsider comics for many years. Recent projects include Ultra Heaven, a psychedelic manga by Keiichi Koike, illustrating ongoing exploration of boundary-pushing material.

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