Read more about Flaming Carrot at: Wikipedia Official Site: Dark Horse Comics Flaming Carrot Comics is a surrealist comic book by Bob Burden originally published by Aardvark-Vanaheim, then by Renegade Press and Dark Horse Comics between 1984 and 1993. The book was relaunched in 2005 with Image Comics. The title refers to the protagonist, “The Flaming Carrot,” who first appeared in "Visions #1," the first in a series of magazines produced as part of the Atlanta Fantasy Fair in 1979. Flaming Carrot stories went on to appear in each yearly edition of the magazine through 1987. In 1981 Burden self-published "Flaming Carrot Comics #1" (OVERSIZE), a one-off special. A 4 page, apocryphal Flaming Carrot history in "Visions #4" (1982) convinced Dave Sim of Aardvark-Vanaheim to publish Flaming Carrot as a regular comic. The first issue, "Road Hogs From Outerspace," was published in May 1984. The Flaming Carrot wears a costume that consists of a giant carrot mask, a white shirt, red pants, and flippers on his feet (in case he has to swim). The mask has a continually burning flame at the top and a secret compartment containing a nuclear powered pogo stick. Flaming Carrot also wears a crime fighting utility belt, but unlike that of the Batman, his is filled with silly putty, rubber bands, random playing cards, sneeze powder, and other similarly useless items (which nonetheless can become lethal weapons in his hands). He is not averse to the use of firearms, and can be seen from time to time brandishing a semi-automatic pistol. The Carrot lives in Palookaville, a neighborhood of Iron City (a working-stiff sort of town like Akron, Ohio or Pittsburgh). The origins issue (issue 7) states that "having read 5,000 comics in a single sitting to win a bet, this poor man suffered brain damage and appeared directly thereafter as - the Flaming Carrot!" Non sequiturs within the various issues have led some to speculate that the Flaming Carrot is, in fact, Jim Morrison of the Doors or Frankie Laine. |
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