Spain Rodriguez

Spain (1940-2012) grew up in a Buffalo, New York and later lived in New York City. He attended the Silvermine Guild School, an art and design school in Connecticut. After living in New York with fellow artists Kim Deitch and Trina Robbins, Spain moved to San Francisco where he became involved in the thriving underground comix movement. Spain's comics were in the groundbreaking Zap comix along with R. Crumb, Victor Moscoso, Gilbert Shelton and others. He was posthumously inducted into the Eisner Hall of Fame in 2013.

"[Spain] Rodriguez is the real deal, utterly devoted to political and cultural revolution, and taking numerous licks from the billy clubs of officers to prove it." – The Hartford Advocate

See also:
• The New York Times obituary
• Artist Bio
• Blog posts relating to Spain on FLOG! The Fantagraphics Blog