fear & laughter

Kitchen Sink September 1977
Scott Shaw is one of those guys who can do a lot of things very well. He produced hundreds of TV commercials as the Senior Art Director at Ogilvy and Mather in L.A.; won four Emmies for his work on Jim Henson’s Muppet Babies TV show; worked as an inker, writer and penciller for Marvel Comics; and is an accomplished conductor of concert music. In the ’70s he produced a number of stories for underground comics and served as mastermind and editor for this book here.

Fear and Laughter is a parody of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson’s book Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas. In 14 short stories, we follow Dr. Hunter S. Toxin through a variety of drug-induced, profanity-laced adventures written and illustrated by an army of comic book pros. Funny stuff and well worth tracking down.

Scott Shaw (editor) – 2, 8(s,i), 18-20(a,s+), 21(s), 28-29(s), 30-31(s,i), 35(i), 36 • William Stout – 1, 3-5(s,p) • Bill Wray – 3-5(i), 8(i) • Bob Foster – 6-7 • Carl Taylor – 8(p) • Carol Lay – 8(l), 18-21(l), 28-29(s,a), 30-31(l) • Barry Siegel – 9-10+ • Bruce Simon – 9-10+ • Rick Geary – 11-17 • David Scroggy – 18-20(s+) • Roger Freeman – 18-20(s+) • Rick Hoover – 21(a) • Barry Alfonso – 22-23(s) • Dave Stevens – 22-23(a) • Bud Gutz – 22-23(l) • Larry Todd – 24-27 • Carl Macek – 28-29(idea) • Marc Schirmeister – 30-31(a) • David Clark – 32-34(s) • John M. Pound – 32-34(a) • Lord Stephen Garcia – 35(s,p) • Raoul Duke – 35(l)
2 – Kill The Body and the Head Will Die • 3 – In A Comic • 6 – Fear and Leisure in Lost Vegas • 8 – King Fear • 9 – God Hell • 11 – An Unsolved Murder • 14 – Teen Queen Dark Angels • 18 – Pills Before Swine • 21 – Trauma in Tinsel • 22 – My Greatest Adventure, “Showdown in the Sewers” • 24 – Lucky Dog • 28 – Terrorvision • 30 – Savage Sports • 32 – A Separate Unreality • 35 – Percy the Ice-Pick Poodle • 36 – Kitchen Sink Enterprises Ad