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"Mineshaft is one of the best kept secrets of the magazine world. ...You'll find in its pages some of the most uncompromising artist/cartoonists and writers working today." -Andrei Codrescu, The Exquisite Corpse
"That magazine is a bonafide, world-of-comics treasure; a new issue is a celebratory moment." -Tom Spurgeon, critic and writer, The Comics Reporter
Mineshaft is an underground art, comics, and literary magazine bringing you exciting art from some of the world's greatest artists. Regular contributors are R. Crumb (who designed our logos), Billy Childish, Christoph Mueller, Andrei Codrescu, Mary Fleener, Aline Kominsky Crumb, Aleksandar Zograf, Nina Bunjevac, William Crook Jr., Pat Moriarity, Jay Lynch, Sophie Crumb, Robert Armstrong, Peter Poplaski, Kim Deitch, Bruce Simon, Dennis Eichhorn, J.R. Helton, & many more! The magazine was started in 1999, comes out twice a year, and is printed on offset press the old fashioned way. Back Issues are still available! Subscribe TODAY! Read what folks are saying about Mineshaft! Submissions are welcome!
February 11, 2012 UPDATE: Mineshaft #27 is here!! Featuring a Special R. Crumb orange centerfold section, Crumb back cover, plus more amazing stories from Robert Crumb's "Dream Diary"! Beautiful front cover art & a new Zorka story by Nina Bunjevac! PLUS Peter Poplaski!!! Jim Blanchard's "ICON SOUP"! Excerpts from Christoph Mueller's Journal! New work by Pat Moriarity, Rika Deryckere, Mary Fleener, Dennis Eichhorn, Aleksandar Zograf, William Crook Jr., & More! Order Today! Mineshaft #28 is coming in the summer, 2012 featuring an amazing 6 page story, "Aline's Workout" by R. Crumb & Aline Kominsky Crumb! Charcoal drawings by Billy Childish! Beautiful front cover art by Christoph Mueller! San Diego in the 1960's, photos & text by Brad Barrett! Photos by Luca Donnini! Andrei Codrescu! Pat Moriarity! Aleksandar Zograf! And lots more!
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