Scott Shaw is one of those guys who can do a lot of things very well. He produced hundreds of TV commercials as the Senior Art Director at Ogilvy and Mather in L.A.; won four Emmies for his work on Jim Henson's Muppet Babies TV show; worked as an inker, writer and penciller for Marvel Comics; and is an accomplished conductor of concert music. In the '70s he produced a number of stories for underground comics and served as mastermind and editor for this book here.

Fear and Laughter is a parody of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson's book Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas. In 14 short stories, we follow Dr. Hunter S. Toxin through a variety of drug-induced, profanity-laced adventures written and illustrated by an army of comic book pros. Funny stuff and well worth tracking down.



HISTORICAL FOOTNOTES:
Kitchen Sink printed approximately 10,000 copies of this comic book. It has not been reprinted.

COMIC CREATORS:
Scott Shaw (editor) - 2, 8 (script, inks), 18-20 (art, script collaboration), 21 (script), 28-29 (script), 30-31 (script, inks), 35 (inks), 36
William Stout - 1, 3-5 (script, pencils)
Bill Wray - 3-5 (inks), 8 (inks)
Bob Foster - 6-7
Carl Taylor - 8 (pencils)
Carol Lay - 8 (lettering), 18-21 (lettering), 28-29 (script, art), 30-31 (lettering)
Barry Siegel - 9-10 (script)
Bruce Simon - 9-10 (art)
Rick Geary - 11-17
David Scroggy - 18-20 (script collaboration)
Roger Freeman - 18-20 (script collaboration)
Rick Hoover - 21 (art)
Barry Alfonso - 22-23 (script)
Dave Stevens - 22-23 (art)
Bud Gutz - 22-23 (lettering)
Larry Todd - 24-27
Carl Macek - 28-29 (concept)
Marc Schirmeister - 30-31 (art)
David Clark - 32-34 (script)
John M. Pound - 32-34 (art)
Lord Stephen Garcia - 35 (script, pencils)
Raoul Duke - 35 (lettering)