His comics moved away from hippie-flavored shock value and into Texas history well before nonfiction cartoonists such as Joe Sacco galvanized the form. Jackson, who died June 8 in Stockdale, published the underground comic book "God Nose" in Austin in 1964, three years before alternative funny books sprang forth half a continent away in San Francisco.įive years later, he founded San Francisco's seminal Rip Off Press, which would become a staple of the burgeoning countercultural economy. To his friends and admirers, Jack "Jaxon" Jackson was an artist's artist, an historian's historian, a Texan's Texan.Īnd to his artistic credit and financial detriment, Jackson was always a little too ahead of his time. Photo by Kathy Doyle, copyright 2006 Kathy DoyleĪhead of his time, this creator of comics and histories managed to transform both
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