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Blab! is an American alternative comics anthology series edited by Monte Beauchamp, first published in 1986. The anthology features contributions from underground and alternative cartoonists, illustrators, and artists whose work blends comics with pop-art and graphic illustration sensibilities. The series has appeared under multiple publishers and has served as a venue for both established and emerging alternative comics artists over several decades.

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What is Blab! and who edited it?

Blab! is an American alternative-comics anthology edited by Monte Beauchamp, mixing comics with illustration, graphic design and lowbrow art. Its first two issues were published in 1986 and 1987 by Beauchamp's Monte Comix imprint ([Blab!](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BLAB%21)).

When did Blab! begin?

The anthology began in 1986, placing it in the first wave of late-1980s alternative-comics publishing. Unlike a single-author comic, each volume brings together work from multiple cartoonists, illustrators and artists ([Blab!](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BLAB%21)).

Is Blab! more like an underground comic or an art book?

It sits between the two: the series uses comics and cartooning but also gives substantial space to illustration, graphic design and pop-art presentation. That mixed format is why Monte Beauchamp's anthology is discussed alongside lowbrow and alternative art, not only traditional comics ([Blab!](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BLAB%21)).

What is unusual about the format of early Blab! issues?

Some early issues used a dos-a-dos structure, with selections from earlier material on one side and new work on the other. That format reinforces the anthology's role as both an archive and a showcase for new artists ([Blab!](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BLAB%21)).

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