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Encyclopedia > Frenchy the Clown

Frenchy the Clown was the titular misanthrope of National Lampoon's "Evil Clown Comics", which ran in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Misanthropy is a general dislike of the human race. ... National Lampoon is a humor magazine that began in 1970 as an offshoot of the Harvard Lampoon. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... See also 1990s, the band The 1990s decade refers to the years from 1990 to 1999, inclusive, sometimes informally including popular culture from the very late 1980s and from 2000 and beyond. ...

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Nick Bakay created the Evil Clown storyline for National Lampoon Magazine utilizing Alan Kupperburg as the illustrator. Frenchy the Clown, the comic strip's main charactor, was not only bitter and evil, but had a "way with the ladies" and was often depicted in fairly sexually explicit scenes. According to Bakay's official website, he wrote these comics when he was "ever so slightly embittered and mad at the world". It was humorous, and even pushed to envelope of National Lampoon Magazine's lack of political correctness, having one submission, and one panel in a subsequently published story, refused publication by the magazine's lawyers. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1216x1650, 516 KB) From illustrator Alan Kupperburg This image is a single panel from a comic strip or the interior of a single issue of a comic book and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1216x1650, 516 KB) From illustrator Alan Kupperburg This image is a single panel from a comic strip or the interior of a single issue of a comic book and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher... Nick Bakay (born October 8, 1964, Buffalo, New York) is an American actor and writer. ... National Lampoon is a humor magazine that began in 1970 as an offshoot of the Harvard Lampoon. ...


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