Flaming Carrot Comics

From 1981 onward, Bob Burden’s Flaming Carrot Comics—published by Kilian Barracks—introduced readers to a uniquely absurd superhero whose adventures blend deadpan humor, surrealism, and DIY indie-comic charm. Burden, the sole writer and artist, crafted a cult-classic world where a man in a giant flaming carrot mask fights crime with a mix of nonchalance and genuine strangeness. Though the series spans just one issue, its influence on offbeat, creator-owned comics is lasting, paving the way for the same off-kilter sensibility that later defined Burden’s Mystery Men.