Dirty Pictures

About the Author

Brian Doherty was a journalist and cultural critic whose work explored the intersections of politics, art, and counterculture. He was a senior editor at Reason magazine and the author of several acclaimed books, including This Is Burning Man: The Rise of a New American Underground, a definitive chronicle of the festival's origins and ethos. With Dirty Pictures, Doherty brought his signature blend of rigorous reporting and narrative drive to the story of underground comix, capturing the artists, ideas, and conflicts that reshaped American comics and challenged the boundaries of free expression. Doherty's reporting, essays, and reviews appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, Mother Jones, and Fantagraphics's The Best American Comics Criticism, among others.