Bru-Hed

Few characters wear their personality so boldly in their title — Bru-Hed, America's Favorite Blockhead, burst onto the indie comics scene in 1994, the brainchild of creator Mik Pascal and a proud product of Schism's outside-the-mainstream sensibility. This is copper/modern age humor comics at its most unapologetically gonzo, with a run that stretched through the late '90s and spawned gloriously titled spin-offs like Bru-Hed's Guide to Gettin' Girls Now! and Bru-Hed's Bunnies, Baddies & Buddies — proof that Pascal had a whole comedic universe to explore around his blockheaded creation. A lovable relic of small-press ambition, Bru-Hed is exactly the kind of character that reminds you how much fun comics can be when someone's just swinging for laughs with zero corporate safety net.