In New York City , during the late 1960s , he became a contributor to the '' East Village Other , '' which published his own comics tabloid , '' Zodiac Mindwarp '' ( 1968 ) . He covered the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago as a reporter for the '' East Village Other '' , adventures which were chronicled in '' My True Story '' ( Fantagraphics Books , 1994 ) . One of his earliest strips , " Manning , " featured a hard-boiled , over-the-top cop and was later cited as an influence on the British comic Judge Dredd
1968 Democratic National Convention
1968 Democratic National Convention
Spain Rodriguez