Bakersfield Kounrty Komix (Underground - Restored)
- Type:
- Other > Comics
- Files:
- 1
- Size:
- 42.62 MB
- Tag(s):
- Bakersfield Country Larry Welz Larry Sutherland Last Gasp Comic Book Underground
- Uploaded:
- Sep 21, 2012
- By:
- LeonardTSpock
'Bakersfield Kountry Komix' Last Gasp, 1973 Written and Illustrated by Larry Welz and Larry Sutherland For those who don't know, Bakersfield is a city in the agricultural heartland of Central California. Evidently it's nickname is California's Country Music Capital, or Nashville West (I've lived in California for 2/3 of my life and I've never heard such a thing. But then I don't listen to country music, either). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakersfield,_California Bakersfield is a major city near the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley in Kern County, California. It is roughly equidistant between Fresno and Los Angeles 110 miles (180 km) to the north and south respectively. In the 2010 census, the cityΓÇÖs population was 347,483, making it the 9th largest city in California and the 51st largest city in the United States. It is also the third largest inland city in California, behind Fresno and Sacramento. The city is currently in a state of rapid growth. Over the 40-year period between 1970 and 2010, it has grown 400% (from 70,000 to 347,000), making it one of the fastest growing cities in California. Bakersfield is the focal point of the larger Bakersfield-Delano Metropolitan Statistic Area (MSA). In 2010, it had a population of 839,631, making it the 62nd largest metropolitan area in United States. The city is also the county seat for Kern County, the third largest county in California by landmass (which encompasses the entire MSA). Bakersfield has a very diverse economy. It is the most productive oil producing county, and the fourth most productive agricultural county (by value) in the United States. Other industries include natural gas and other energy extraction, aerospace, mining, petroleum refining, manufacturing, distribution, food processing, and corporate/regional headquarters. In 2010, the Bakersfield MSA had a GMP (Gross Metropolitan Product) of $29.466 billion, making it the 73rd largest metropolitan economy in the United States. In 1990, Bakersfield was one of ten U.S. communities to receive the All-American City Award from the National Civic League.
LeonardTSpock at 2012-09-21 07:38 CET:
'Kounrty'? Really?! lol Oh well, chances are pretty good nobody will ever be searching for this one anyway.
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Part of the 'Restoration' process is done to make it possible to enlarge these images. As such, after you have opened the files in a comic book reader some of you may actually need to shrink them down a bit to improve the image quality.
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After it was pointed out to me that people were getting a GonVisor popup, I am now creating these books in such a way as to have stopped that from happening. No GonVisor popup will appear on any 'Restorations' in the future.
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I have almost 1500 Underground comic books in a digital format. I will be restoring and uploading many of my favorites over the coming months. Any requests, just say the word.
So what does 'Restored' mean? Well, with respect to all the work the scanners have done in order to make these books available, the pages were not yellow when first printed. Newsprint? Yes, often they were. Cheap paper? Yeah, that too. But not yellow.
In most cases, the changes make the books look better than they did when they were originally printed. By turning the newsprint or cheap paper they were printed on to a bright white, with crisp, clear greys and solid blacks on top, they look very much like a new b&w comic you would buy right off the shelf today.
This is accomplished by running the b&w pages through the PhotoScape Batch Editor. The Filters applied to the pages are; Grayscale (changes the image to greyscale); a 'Middle' of 'High' setting on Auto Level (greatly improves the blacks); a 'Low' or +1 Sharpen (barely noticeable, even if you watch the changes take place); 'Deepen' is used if there is bleed through from the image on the back of the page or to improve the overall look or color or b&w pages. Occasionally 'Brighten' or 'Darken' are used if needed. Color covers, back or interior pages are 'Restored' on a page by page basis.
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Part of the 'Restoration' process is done to make it possible to enlarge these images. As such, after you have opened the files in a comic book reader some of you may actually need to shrink them down a bit to improve the image quality.
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After it was pointed out to me that people were getting a GonVisor popup, I am now creating these books in such a way as to have stopped that from happening. No GonVisor popup will appear on any 'Restorations' in the future.
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I have almost 1500 Underground comic books in a digital format. I will be restoring and uploading many of my favorites over the coming months. Any requests, just say the word.
So what does 'Restored' mean? Well, with respect to all the work the scanners have done in order to make these books available, the pages were not yellow when first printed. Newsprint? Yes, often they were. Cheap paper? Yeah, that too. But not yellow.
In most cases, the changes make the books look better than they did when they were originally printed. By turning the newsprint or cheap paper they were printed on to a bright white, with crisp, clear greys and solid blacks on top, they look very much like a new b&w comic you would buy right off the shelf today.
This is accomplished by running the b&w pages through the PhotoScape Batch Editor. The Filters applied to the pages are; Grayscale (changes the image to greyscale); a 'Middle' of 'High' setting on Auto Level (greatly improves the blacks); a 'Low' or +1 Sharpen (barely noticeable, even if you watch the changes take place); 'Deepen' is used if there is bleed through from the image on the back of the page or to improve the overall look or color or b&w pages. Occasionally 'Brighten' or 'Darken' are used if needed. Color covers, back or interior pages are 'Restored' on a page by page basis.
This is Great I was in High School then and soon off to the Nam , Can't wait to see it.Bakersfield Ca. (called little nashville) home of Buck Owens , Meryl Haggard , Bill Woods , the Blackboard , T.V.'s Hee Haw ,also known for our county's prisons the most in 1 county in the world ! Ed Jagles former D.A. sent more innocent pople to prison than anyone in history (watch out for that guy he wants to be the states attorney general) our air quality is close to the worst in the entire United States not to mention the cancer cluster citys or the Valley Fever !Socked in with dirt 24/7/365 is horrible take my word for it.A lot of Hollywood movies are filmed here but no locals are hired.Thx UL'er look forward to seeing this.
LeonardTSpock at 2012-09-21 09:49 CET:
Man, and it's 'Komics', too. Not 'Komix'. My head was clearly planted firmly up my arse while uploading this one. Geez.
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Very cool EdgyGuy. You're most welcome. I certainly didn't expect to get any comments on this one. Glad it looks interesting to you, and thanks for the info!
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Very cool EdgyGuy. You're most welcome. I certainly didn't expect to get any comments on this one. Glad it looks interesting to you, and thanks for the info!
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