Dirty Duck (comix character)

Dirty Duck is a fictional character created by underground comix artist Bobby London. He first appeared in an unsigned "basement" strip that ran underneath Dan O'Neill's syndicated Odd Bodkins strip in 1970, and later in Air Pirates Funnies #1 (July 1971).

Publication history

London created the Dirty Duck character when he apprenticed with syndicated cartoonist Dan O'Neill in late 1970, drawing a small gag strip featuring the character which was printed underneath the Odd Bodkins story, and leaving the strip unsigned to conceal the fact that it was not the work of O'Neill. Dirty Duck appeared in his first full length story in the infamous first issue of Air Pirates Funnies. The strip also ran in the Los Angeles Free Press in 1971.^[1] Shortly afterwards, London was contacted by the publishers of National Lampoon, where the strip ran monthly for several years alongside the work of London's wife Shary Flenniken, who was drawing Trots and Bonnie for them. London moved the strip to Playboy magazine around 1976, where it ran until 1987.^[1] "Dirty Duck" later returned to Playboy and continues to run there as of 2011.^[2]

Characters

The main characters are two anthropomorphic animals, a cigar-smoking duck (usually referred to as "Mr. Duck") and his assistant, Weevil. They live in human society and are often seen in the company of naked human women. In the comic strip running in Playboy, Mr. Duck is a wealthy and elderly gentleman with a lecherous streak and a sharp (if sardonic) wit. Weevil is his long-suffering butler.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Grandinetti, Fred M. (2004). Popeye: An Illustrated Cultural History. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland. pp. 16. ISBN 078641605X. http://books.google.com/books?id=W-D3lR0eOC4C&pg=PA16&dq=%22dirty+duck%22+london#PPA16,M1. Retrieved 2008-11-22. 
2. ^ London, Bobby (March 2011). "Dirty Duck". Playboy: p. 100. 

External links

• Official site
• Dirty Duck at Don Markstein's Toonopedia