(Not Only) The Best of Wonder Wart-Hog

Gilbert Shelton’s long-running, scabrous satire of superhero comics and American culture, published by Rip Off Press from 1973 onward. Across its two issues, Shelton single-handedly wrote and drew the adventures of his grotesque, lecherous, and uncouth antihero, a crude parody of the all-American icon. The series stands as a landmark of underground comix, showcasing Shelton’s unapologetic, raucous humor and his razor-sharp critique of hypocrisy and authority.