This first volume, Pirates in the Heartland contains all of Wilson's underground comic stories from ZAP Comix, Snatch, Gothic Blimp Works, Bogeyman, Felch, Insect Fear, Pork, Tales of Sex and Death and Arcade magazine as well as the many adventures of the Checkered Demon, Star-Eyed Stella, Captain Pissgums and even his earliest collaborations with William Burroughs. Also featured are selections from Wilson's teenage and college years, both in comics and painting form.