The "X" also emphasized the X-rated contents of the publications. These titles were termed "comix" in order to differentiate them from mainstream publications. Underground comix often featured covers intended to appeal to the drug culture, and imitated LSD-inspired posters to increase sales. The underground comix scene had its strongest success in the United States between 19, with titles initially distributed primarily though head shops. The United States underground comics scene emerged in the 1960s, focusing on subjects dear to the counterculture: recreational drug use, politics, rock music, and free love. Long after their heyday, underground comix gained prominence with films and television shows influenced by the movement and with mainstream comic books, but their legacy is most obvious with alternative comics. Punk had its own comic artists like Gary Panter. Robert Crumb, Gilbert Shelton, Barbara "Willy" Mendes, Trina Robbins and numerous other cartoonists created underground titles that were popular with readers within the counterculture scene. They were most popular in the United States in the late 1960s and 1970s, and in the United Kingdom in the 1970s. They differ from mainstream comics in depicting content forbidden to mainstream publications by the Comics Code Authority, including explicit drug use, sexuality, and violence. Underground comix are small press or self-published comic books that are often socially relevant or satirical in nature.
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