Willy Murphy

Willy Murphy (born October 12, 1936 – died March 2, 1976) was an American underground cartoonist and editor. He produced a series of comix called 'SF Underground Comix'. His favorite targets of humor were the people around in the San Francisco hippie communities. Murphy's work cleared the way for the underground comix scene, influencing several artists, especially Gilbert Shelton and Paul Mavrides. Murphy worked for eight years as a copywriter for two major publishing agencies in New York City. In the last two years of his life, he drew for Arcade and the National Lampoon.