FLAMED OUT FUNNIES
flamed out funnies
Rip-Off Press 1975-76
Though his volume of comic work doesn’t quite match those of his major contemporaries, Willy Murphy was one of the more gifted underground cartoonists around. He was about a decade older than many of his fellow creators, but that didn’t stop him from gaining great admiration from nearly everyone that knew him. Prior to arriving on the scene, Murphy worked for eight years as a copywriter for two New York City advertising agencies, which surely helped him craft his writing skills. Along with Robert Crumb and Gilbert Shelton, I consider Murphy to be one of the funniest comic writers in the underground.