George Metzger

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George Metzger was an underground comics (comix) artist in the early 70s in California.

He lived In San Jose, CA for many years, very near the college campus. In the mid to late 60's he also worked at Hambley Studios in Santa Clara near by. There he was a production serigraph printer for fine art print production of such notable artists as Sister Mary Corita, the artist Nun.

He was very much an eccentric 'character' who dressed and looked like the old western themed characters he drew. Obsessively drawing every night on the continuing saga of his comic strip.

He was friendly with all the UNDERGROUND Comix artists of the day and also many bluegrass and country musicians around the Bay Area.

His most famous creation was Moondog, a sci-fi fantasy series which ran from 1969 until 1973 published by Print Mint, notable for its sophisticated art and elaborate imaginative framework. In 1978, Kitchen Sink Press published Metzger's Mu, the Land that Never Was. He later became an animator.