Chicken Slacks

Mary Fleener’s Chicken Slacks (1987–1989) is a raw, four-issue comic series from the alternative-comics underground, written and drawn entirely by Fleener under her own signature. Known for her bold, cubist-influenced linework and autobiographical storytelling, Fleener uses these pages to explore her life in the late-1980s Los Angeles punk and art scenes with a sharp, unvarnished wit. The series stands as an early, vital showcase of her distinctive voice and visual style, cementing her place among the era’s most singular independent cartoonists.