Any Similarity to Persons Living or Dead Is Purely Coincidental

In this two-issue series from Fantagraphics (1985–1986), writer/artist Drew Friedman skewers mid-century pop culture with his signature, meticulously detailed caricature style. The book presents a surreal, satirical parade of real-life celebrities—Bob Hope, Shemp Howard, Tor Johnson, and Vampira among them—cast in absurd, often grotesque scenarios. A cult artifact of 1980s alternative comics, it showcases Friedman’s early, unflinching blend of nostalgia and dark humor, cementing his reputation as a master of the weird and the nostalgic.