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This delightful Janis Joplin poster was one of the few contributions to the concert poster universe by one of the greatest illustrators of the 20th century Jay Lynch. Jay was one of the great American satirists. He was perhaps best known for his contribution to the underground comix movement of the 1960’s but the scope and influence of his work reached far beyond that. Jay Lynch was a colleague of the more famous R. Crumb and collaborated with Crumb when he was editor of the underground comix series Bijou Funnies.
Lynch did a huge amount of work for the Topps trading card company. He was the creative force behind the Wacky Packages and Garbage Pail Kids sticker series. At Topps he worked closely with other top cartoonists like Art Speigelman Kim Dietch Drew Friedman & John Pound. His mainstream work also included contributions to Mad and Playboy Magazine, as well as countless underground papers and humor publications.
This Janis Joplin concert took place in Jay Lynch's hometown of Chicago and he added some of his off-beat comix characters to the design as well. At the time of the concert Janis had broken away from Big Brother & The Holding Company and was now leading her “Kosmic Blues Band” with a new album just released.
Most of these Janis Joplin Chicago Auditorium posters were printed on the back of Ampex stereo tape advertisements and were folded and distributed at Laundromats 7-11s and other locations.
Condition: Factory folds, creases and 1" left edge tear, bottom edge tears, edge wear.
--CRITICAL DETAILS--
--TITLE: Janis Joplin Chicago Auditorium Theatre
--GRADE: EXTRA FINE 65
--PERFORMERS: Janis Joplin
--VENUE: Auditorium Theatre Chicago
--CITY: Chicago
--DATE: 11/23/69
--DIMENSIONS: 21.1875 in. x 17.25 in.
--PRINTING: OP-1; Poster