DUTCH TREAT HC THE UNDERGROUND COMIX OF EVERT GERADTS (MR) (16 Dec Release)

Born in the Netherlands during the darkest days of WWII¸ Evert Geradts eventually found himself in the center of the underground comix movement in Europe¸ fully embracing the ‘60s lifestyle. His often outrageous and sexually provocative stories were rendered in a “cartoony” bigfoot drawing style¸ making them both more superficially palatable and even more hysterically funny. They appeared in American comix titles such as Snarf¸ Bijou Funnies¸ and Rip Off Comix alongside European ones. Dutch Treat traces his artistic development as well as those of his European colleagues such as Joost Swarte and Peter Pontiac¸ whom he introduced to the world in the magazine he founded¸ Tante Leny Presents. Drawing from his own archives and original art¸ Dutch Treat presents this unsung mad genius and his signature outlandish characters Ma Cow¸ Johnny Sailears¸ and the All-Animal Orchestra as they were meant to be seen: at full size and often in full color. A generous sampling of his art¸ sketches¸ correspondence with other cartoonists¸ and comix covers adds to what has been a long-needed tribute to an overlooked champion of a significant and phantasmagorical art movement.