Don Donahue (b. 1942)

Born: 1942 May 18 in United States

Died: 2010 October 27 in Berkeley, California, United States

Biography: Donald Richard Donahue was a comic book publisher, operating under the name Apex Novelties, one of the instigators of the underground comix movement in the 1960s.

Donahue published numerous influential comics from that movement, including the first run of Zap Comix and a number of other highly regarded comics by Robert Crumb, such as Your Hytone Comics (1971) and Black and White Comics (1973). Other creators associated with Apex Novelties include S. Clay Wilson, Jay Lynch, Victor Moscoso, Art Spiegelman, Rory Hayes, Spain Rodriguez, Rick Griffin, Michael McMillan, Kim Deitch, Shary Flenniken, Justin Green, and Gilbert Shelton. In 1974, Donahue and his publishing partner Susan Goodrick edited The Apex Treasury of Underground Comics, one of the first book collections to highlight the underground comix era.

Notes: To be confirmed against the Who's Who entry.

Name:

    Don Donahue Type: Common Alternative Name
    Given name: Don Family name: Donahue

Other Names:

  1. Donald Richard Donahue Type: Name at Birth
    Given name: Donald Richard Family name: Donahue

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