Spain Rodriguez

Manuel Rodriguez March 2 1940 November 28 2012 better known as Spain or Spain Rodriguez was an American underground cartoonist who created the character Trashman His experiences on the road with the motorcycle club the Road Vultures MC provided inspiration for his work as did his leftwing politics Strongly influenced by 1950s EC Comics illustrator Wally Wood Spain pushed Woods sharp crisp black shadows and hardedged black outlines into a more simplified stylized direction His work also extended the eroticism of Woods female characters Robert Crumb and Rodriguez share influences