Comic Creator Interview - Barbara 'Willy' Mendes

We're going back to the early days of comics outside of the mainstream and talking to an originator of the underground comix movement! The Squares were honored to have Barbara "Willy" Mendes on the show. Barbara was one of the earliest underground comix artists/writers of the 1970s. She shares tales of those wild days, including her journey from fine art to comics to fine art and back again, as well as what it was like being a woman in comics both then and now. We also talk about her newest comic from Red 5 Comics, "Queen of the Cosmos Comix" and much more! Here's the official description of "Queen of the Cosmos Comix": "An autobiographical tale spanning time and space, from creation to the present and onward, renowned artist Willy Mendes' female futurism holds a mystical mirror up to reality. Presenting her first new comic work in decades, the consciousness expanding Queen of Cosmos, plus reprinting for the first time several of her classic underground comix from the 1970s." You don't want to miss out on the amazing artwork and storytelling of Willy Mendes! You can buy the book (now in its second printing!) here: https://www.red5comics.com/trade-paperbacks/queen-of-cosmos-comix-2nd-printing Please don't forget to like and subscribe! And you can also find us on YouTube! See all Comic Book Squares links here: https://linktr.ee/comicbooksquares