Ace Backwords
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Ace Backwords is a former underground cartoonist
based in the United States
.
Backwords published a punk rock
tabloid from 1982 to 1984 featuring interviews with Johnny Rotten, Jello Biafra
, Henry Rollins
, Charles Bukowski
, R. Crumb, and Charles Schulz. A collection of his comics, Twisted Image, was published by Loompanics
in 1991. In 2001 Loompanics published a non-fiction book by Backwords, a sort of how-to guide for street bums titled Surviving on the Streets: How To Go Down Without Going Out.
Presently Backwords is working on his next book, Acid Heroes, about '60s
icons John Lennon
, Ram Dass
, Alan Watts
, Hunter S. Thompson
, R. Crumb, and Jerry Garcia
.
Ace Backwords has written for the San Francisco Herald
.
Cartoonist
A cartoonist is a person who specializes in drawing cartoons. This work is usually humorous, mainly created for entertainment, political commentary or advertising...
based in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
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Backwords published a punk rock
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
tabloid from 1982 to 1984 featuring interviews with Johnny Rotten, Jello Biafra
Jello Biafra
Jello Biafra is an American musician, spoken word artist and leading figure of the Green Party of the United States. Biafra first gained attention as the lead singer and songwriter for San Francisco punk rock band Dead Kennedys...
, Henry Rollins
Henry Rollins
Henry Rollins is an American singer-songwriter, spoken word artist, writer, comedian, publisher, actor, and radio DJ....
, Charles Bukowski
Charles Bukowski
Henry Charles Bukowski was an American poet, novelist and short story writer. His writing was influenced by the social, cultural and economic ambience of his home city of Los Angeles...
, R. Crumb, and Charles Schulz. A collection of his comics, Twisted Image, was published by Loompanics
Loompanics
Loompanics Unlimited was an American book seller and publisher specializing in nonfiction on generally unconventional or controversial topics, with a philosophy considered tending to a mixture of libertarian and left wing ideals, although Loompanics carried books expressing other political...
in 1991. In 2001 Loompanics published a non-fiction book by Backwords, a sort of how-to guide for street bums titled Surviving on the Streets: How To Go Down Without Going Out.
Presently Backwords is working on his next book, Acid Heroes, about '60s
1960s
The 1960s was the decade that started on January 1, 1960, and ended on December 31, 1969. It was the seventh decade of the 20th century.The 1960s term also refers to an era more often called The Sixties, denoting the complex of inter-related cultural and political trends across the globe...
icons John Lennon
John Lennon
John Winston Lennon, MBE was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music...
, Ram Dass
Ram Dass
Ram Dass is an American contemporary spiritual teacher and the author of the seminal 1971 book Be Here Now. He is known for his personal and professional associations with Timothy Leary at Harvard University in the early 1960s, for his travels to India and his relationship with the Hindu guru Neem...
, Alan Watts
Alan Watts
Alan Wilson Watts was a British philosopher, writer, and speaker, best known as an interpreter and popularizer of Eastern philosophy for a Western audience. Born in Chislehurst, he moved to the United States in 1938 and began Zen training in New York...
, Hunter S. Thompson
Hunter S. Thompson
Hunter Stockton Thompson was an American journalist and author who wrote The Rum Diary , Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72 .He is credited as the creator of Gonzo journalism, a style of reporting where reporters involve themselves in the action to...
, R. Crumb, and Jerry Garcia
Jerry Garcia
Jerome John "Jerry" Garcia was an American musician best known for his lead guitar work, singing and songwriting with the band the Grateful Dead...
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Ace Backwords has written for the San Francisco Herald
San Francisco Herald
The San Francisco Herald is a newsletter/website in San Francisco, California, founded by Gene Mahoney. It was a newspaper from its debut in July 1998 until January 2008. As the newspaper/magazine industry rapidly crumbled due to declining advertising and readership, the Herald became a newsletter,...
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