Bobby London (1950 - ) is an underground comix and mainstream comics artist. He created the first "hip" situation comedy in any medium, his underground newspaper strip Merton, in his native New York in 1969 and the raunchy comic strip Dirty Duck in 1971. Dirty Duck had been originally published by The Los Angeles Free Press and subsequently in books like Air Pirates Funnies, and The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers. His non-duck work also appeared in underground titles such as Merton, Douglas Comics, Facts O' Life Funnies and El Perfecto Comics. In 1972 London moved Dirty Duck to the original National Lampoon where it was a regular monthly feature until 1976; it has continued to run in Playboy for over 25 years. Mr. ... Dirty Duck is an underground comic strip created by Bobby London. ... The Air Pirates were a group of cartoonists who created two issues of an underground comic called Air Pirates Funnies in 1971. ... The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers, 1st issue, 1971, by Gilbert Shelton The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers are a trio of underground comic strip characters created by the U.S. artist Gilbert Shelton. ... January 1973 cover of National Lampoon National Lampoon was an American humor magazine that began in 1970 as an offshoot of the Harvard Lampoon. ... For other uses, see Playboy (disambiguation). ...

In 1975, a film entitled Dirty Duck was released, but it had absolutely nothing to do with London's comic strip. However, London viewed the film as a rip-off of his work, and tried to sue Roger Corman and New World Pictures, but was unable to find anyone to take his case.^[1] In 1978, London won the Jury Yellow Kid Award for Best Artist-Writer, contributed illustrations to The New York Times Op-Ed page from 1976 to 1981 and wrote and drew the Popeye syndicated daily comic strip for King Features from 1986 to 1992. In the summer of 2000, he finally unveiled a family-oriented comic feature for Nickelodeon Magazine entitled Cody, co-wrote and storyboarded episodes of Dexter's Laboratory and The Powerpuff Girls for Cartoon Network in 2004 and contributed character designs for King Neptune and Mindy of The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie. He returned to comic books for the first time in 30 years with contributions to the Grammy-nominated box set from Rhino Records, Weird Tales Of The Ramones, in 2005. Dirty Duck is an X-rated animated film directed by Charles Swenson, and starring Flo & Eddie (Mark Volman and Howard Kaylan). ... Roger Corman Roger William Corman (born April 5, 1926), sometimes nicknamed King of the Bs for his output of B-movies (though he himself rejects this appelation as inaccurate), is a prolific American producer and director of low-budget exploitation movies. ... // New World Communications Company Info •This company no longer exists. ... Mickey Dugan, better known as The Yellow Kid, was the lead fictional character in Hogans Alley, one of the first comic strips and the very first to be printed in color. ... The New York Times is a daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed internationally. ... For other uses, see Popeye (disambiguation). ... King Features Syndicate is a syndication company owned by The Hearst Corporation; it distributes about 150 comic strips, newspaper columns, editorial cartoons, puzzles and games to thousands of newspapers around the world. ... Nick Magazines current logo. ... Dexters Laboratory (Dexters Lab for short) is an American animated television series created by Genndy Tartakovsky. ... The Powerpuff Girls is an American animated television series about three little girls in kindergarten who have superpowers. ... For Cartoon Network outside of the United States, see Cartoon Network around the world. ... The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie is a feature film based on Nickelodeons hit TV show SpongeBob SquarePants. ... Grammy Award statuette The Grammy Awards, presented by the Recording Academy (an association of Americans professionally involved in the recorded music industry) for outstanding achievements in the recording industry, is one of four major music awards shows held annually in the United States (the Billboard Music Awards, the American Music... Rhino Entertainment is a specialty record label originally known for releasing retrospectives of famous comedy performers, including Stan Freberg, Tom Lehrer, and Spike Jones. ... The Ramones (L-R, Johnny, Tommy, Joey, Dee Dee) on the cover of their debut self-titled album (1976), cementing their place at the dawn of the punk movement. ...

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External links

• Bobby London and the Air Pirates Follies
• Interview
• Biography
• mrcranky.com