Gilbert Shelton (born May 31, 1940, Houston, Texas) is an American cartoonist and underground comics artist. He is the creator of The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers, Fat Freddy's Cat, and Wonder Wart-Hog. May 31 is the 151st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (152nd in leap years), with 214 days remaining, as the last day of May. ... 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Skyline of Downtown Houston from Eleanor Tinsley Park Located in southeast Texas, Houston is the fourth largest city in the United States and one of the two largest economic areas in Texas. ... A cartoonist at work. ... The term underground comics or comix describes the self-published or small press comic books that sprang up in the US in the late 1960s. ... The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers is a series of underground comics originally created in 1968 by the U.S. artist Gilbert Shelton. ... Fat Freddys Cat (aka Fat Freddy Scat) is an orange tabby tomcat nominally belonging to Fat Freddy Freekowtski, one of the Freak Brothers, a trio of hippies who are featured in Gilbert Sheltons underground comix. ...

He graduated from Lamar High School in Houston. He attended Washington and Lee University, Texas A&M University and the University of Texas at Austin where he received his bachelor's degree in the social sciences in 1961. His early cartoons were published in the University of Texas' humor magazine The Texas Ranger. Washington and Lee University (originally Washington College) is a private liberal arts college in Lexington, Rockbridge County, Virginia. ... Texas A&M University Texas A&M University, often Texas A&M, A&M or TAMU for short, is one of the premiere universities in Texas and is the flagship institution of the Texas A&M University System. ... The University of Texas at Austin, often called UT or Texas, is the flagship institution of the University of Texas System. ... 1961 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Directly after graduating, Shelton moved to New York City and got a job editing automotive magazines where he would sneak his drawings into print. The idea for the character of Wonder Wart-Hog, a porcine parody of Superman, came to him in 1961. The following year, Shelton moved back to Texas to enroll in graduate school and get a student deferment from the draft. The first two Wonder Wart-Hog stories appeared in Bacchanal, a short-lived college humor magazine, in the spring of 1962. He then became editor of The Texas Ranger and published more Wonder Wart-Hog stories. City nickname: The Big Apple Location in the state of New York Counties (Boroughs) Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area  - Land  - Water 1,214. ... Superman, nicknamed The Man of Steel, is a fictional character and superhero who first appeared in Action Comics #1 in 1938 and eventually became the most popular comic book hero of all time. ... State nickname: Lone Star State Other U.S. States Capital Austin Largest city Houston Governor Rick Perry Official languages None. ... Conscription is a general term for involuntary labor demanded by some established authority, e. ...

After switching from graduate school to art school (where he befriended singer Janis Joplin) for two years, he was finally drafted, but army doctors declared him medically unfit after he admitted to taking psychedelic drugs. After this, in 1964 and 1965 he spent some time in Cleveland, where his girlfriend at the time was going to the Cleveland Art Institute. He applied for a job at the Cleveland-based American Greeting Card Company (where a fellow underground comic artist Robert Crumb had worked) but was turned down. Janis Joplin on the cover of her posthumously-released live album In Concert Janis Lyn Joplin (January 19, 1943 – October 4, 1970) was an American blues-influenced rock, R&B, and soul singer and occasional songwriter with a distinctive voice. ... This entry pertains to the word psychedelic, its origin and uses. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... The term underground comics or comix describes the self-published or small press comic books that sprang up in the US in the late 1960s. ... Robert Crumb (born August 30, 1943 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an artist and illustrator who signs his work R. Crumb. Crumb was one of the founders of the underground comics movement, and is often regarded as the most prominent figure in that movement. ...

In 1968, Millar Publishing Company, who had been publishing regular Wonder Wart-Hog stories since 1966, published two issues of Wonder Wart-Hog Quarterly. 140,000 copies of each were printed, but distributors did not pick up the magazine and only 40,000 of each were sold.

Around this time Shelton became art director for The Vulcan Gas Company, a rock venue in Austin, Texas. He created a number of posters in the style of contemporary California poster artists such as Victor Moscoso and Rick Griffin. After a year of this, he moved to San Francisco in the summer of 1968. A Venue is commonly the scene of an event or action (especially the place of a meeting). ... City nickname: Live Music Capital of the World Location within the state of Texas State Texas Mayor Will Wynn Area  - Land  - Water 669. ... Victor Moscoso is an American illustrator and comic artist, especially noted for his work in the late 1960s as a designer of psychedelic concert posters and a contributor to underground comix (he is among the artists who regularly appear in Zap Comix). ... Rick Griffin, American politician, is a candidate for the United States House of Representatives. ... This article is about the city in California. ...

Gilbert created his most famous strip, The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers, in 1968 and Fat Freddy's Cat in 1969. He was last known to be living in Paris. 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ...

Resources

• "Gilbert Shelton Interviewed by Frank Stack". The Comics Journal (http://www.tcj.com/2_archives/i_shelton.html). Retrieved Sep. 23, 2004.