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dr_hermes (dr_hermes) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-08-08 21:43:00

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creator: gilbert shelton, publisher: undergrounds

The secret origin of snakes
My favorite creator from the Golden Age of Undergrounds, Gilbert Shelton (here aided and abetted by Tony Bell), with Wonder Wart-Hog back in the age of dinosaurs. Not only do we see a Tyrannosaur whose teeth have been knocked out by a fighting-mad super-powered humanoid wart-hog (and how often does THAT happen), not only do we learn how snakes actually lost their legs (it was not millions of years of evolution, as we have been led to believe)... but we see the ancestor of a famous Muppet and the first recorded instance of a famous sound effect. How much history can one page hold?

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	ashtoreth 2009-08-09 02:40 am UTC (link)
	Fiddlesticks! Gonzo is an alien! (Reply to this)

	kamino_neko 2009-08-09 03:30 am UTC (link)
	Wonder Warthog looks more like a cross between a Star-Nosed Mole and a Whammy* than anything else. * The latter of which he, admittedly, predates. I wonder if Savage Steve Holland was a fan. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	dr_hermes 2009-08-09 04:05 am UTC (link)
	I still get all torn up inside when someone mentions Gonzo sniff www.nationalcynical.com/words/gonzo_kills_self.html - (Although I was actually thinking the "pheasant" resembled an ancestor of Big Bird.) (Reply to this) (Parent)

	ulf_boehnke 2009-08-09 03:38 am UTC (link)
	Snakes are the ancestors of Roadrunners? Who knew? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	ficticons.livejournal.com 2009-08-09 04:59 pm UTC (link)
	LOL I know right? That's the first thing I thought of too when I saw the "beep beep". :P (Reply to this) (Parent)