Snappy Sammy Smoot

Snappy Sammy Smoot is Jay Lynch's irreverent underground comix character, debuting in Bijou Funnies #5 during the counterculture movement of 1970. A freewheeling figure at home in adult humor anthologies and High Times Magazine, Sammy embodies the anarchic, satirical spirit of the underground comix scene.

Jay Lynch introduced Snappy Sammy Smoot to the world in Bijou Funnies #5 in 1970, right at the heart of the underground comix revolution, and this Kitchen Sink Press creation has kept a foothold in the catalog all the way through 2021 — a remarkable 51-year stretch for a character born in the Silver Age counterculture. Sammy's natural habitat spans Bijou Funnies, Blab!, and the pages of High Times Magazine, which tells you something about the freewheeling, irreverent spirit of the comics he calls home. Along the way he's shared ink with an eclectic crowd that ranges from classic funny-page fixtures like Andy Gump to pulp icons like The Phantom, making for some wonderfully unexpected company. If you love the raw, hand-drawn energy of underground comix and the artists who dared to do something completely different, Snappy Sammy Smoot is a name worth knowing.