NOT OF THIS PLANET ART GARY ARLINGTON: The Art of Gary Edson Arlington - Softcover

"It seems that Gary Arlington was the best artist of us all." -- Paul Mavrides

"Gary made a cultural contribution in San Francisco in the late '60s through the '70s, '80s and '90s that was more significant than he himself realizes, I'm sure." -- Robert Crumb

"San Francisco was the capitol of comix culture in the 60's and early 70's; and Gary Arlington's hole-in-the-wall shop was, for me, the capitol of San Francisco." -- Art Spiegelman

"I Am Not of This Planet" is a series of drawings and paintings from an early figure in the underground comix scene, Gary Arlington. Contains works of art made during the early 1970s as well as recent creations. Ninety pages jam packed with eye popping art and photos of Gary. Contains snippets of pages from his unpublished diaries.Gary Arlington, 72, has spent his entire life in the San Francisco Bay Area. He opened the first comic book shop in America in San Francisco in the 1960s. His shop became a meeting place for young artists and helped inspire and launch the careers of many famous figures in underground comix.