![]() His straight talk, while refreshing, can get him into trouble, as when he was kicked out of heaven for telling God it's "a little corny" in "Mr. Despite his renunciation of the material world, he's an unrepentant sybarite. Crumb's bearded guru is too unapologetic to be called a con man. Usually depicted as slightly overweight (although his size varies), he is bald with a long white beard, and wears a gown which makes him resemble the Old Testament God or a prophet. He has renounced the material world and lives off anything he can get in exchange for his nuggets of wisdom. Natural is a mystic guru who spouts aphorisms on the evils of the modern world and the salvation to be found in mysticism and natural living. Natural's origins: "At first appearance, Mr. I'll defer to online resource Wikipedia for am articulation of Mr. Natural is part prophet and part conman, and always depicted with an extremely long white beard. In adhering to that long time facial hair trope, the sagacious Mr. I bought an original print softcover from 1995 online soon thereafter, and was fortunately not too surprised at how relevant Crumb's underground anti-establishment humor still is. Natural collection (which was recently released as a hard cover). ![]() A few years ago, while browsing graphic novels at a bookstore, I came across Fantagraphics' The Book of Mr. Natural (and what real fanboy doesn't at least have a passing awareness of R. ![]() My introduction to the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers underground peer, Mr. An added bonus was that the guy who owned the comic store I frequented at the time had the same aesthetic appearance. It's blend of "bad behavior" and stories (with drug and sexual references) satirizing the establishment appealed to my 14 year-old sensibilities. As I very young comic book fan, I recall a friend of mine finding and sharing a collection Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers issues (with Fat Freddy's Cat, naturally) found in his father's closet beside nudie magazines. Natural (Fred Natural) is a comic book character created and drawn by 1960s counterculture and underground comix artist icon Robert Crumb. still truckin' after all these years.įor my previous Comic Book Beards post, I dug deep into my back issue long boxes and for today's, I had to go underground.
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