[Illbay]

I used to collect some of those! What were your favorites?

I liked the one (can't remember the name of it) about the guy whose head was open, like a coffee mug, and instead of a brain he had a chicken roosting up there.

[pollwatcher]

I vaguely remember that character. I liked all the more graphically "artistic" ones - not the overly gross, stoopid or political one, natch!

I found out that one of my college drawing instructors was published in some old underground rag. He was a friend of "Foolbert Sturgeon" ("Adventures of Jesus")- who I later met - AND the infamous (and RICH) Gilbert Sheldon ("Freak Brothers").

Anymore, these days, I'm learning a new appreciation for the early MAD artists (who probably started it all). And I'm also now inspired to look at some of the old Abner strips. Capp was a good artist too (and even had Frank Frazetta work w/ him).