He's one of the godfathers of alternative comics now, but Gary Groth was once a fanboy like any other. Well, that's not quite true, as the future Fantagraphics publisher was always a lot more enterprising than most. The illustration above of Groth in the home of Nick Fury artist Jim Steranko comes from Groth's Fantastic Fanzine #11, available for perusal and full download at Comic Attack. The issue dates back to 1970 and chock full of juicy Steranko interviews, Dave Cockrum illustrations, and drawings of shirtless barbarians of both genders. We're a long way from Ghost World, but you've gotta start somewhere!

(via Fantagraphics)