Fission Chicken

Fission Chicken is an anarchic anthropomorphic chicken created by Tim Fuller who debuted in the Fantagraphics anthology Critters, becoming a cult figure of the late-'80s indie comics scene with appearances alongside characters like Miyamoto Usagi.

Few characters capture the anarchic spirit of late-'80s Fantagraphics quite like Fission Chicken, who burst onto the scene in Critters #15 in 1987, courtesy of creator Tim Fuller. A product of the Copper Age's wonderfully weird indie comics boom, this fowl figure carved out a small but memorable niche across Critters and the Usagi Yojimbo Color Special, sharing pages with luminaries like Miyamoto Usagi and Lionheart. With only eight catalog appearances, Fission Chicken is a genuine cult curiosity — the kind of offbeat gem that reminds you just how gloriously strange and inventive the Fantagraphics stable could be.