Fritz the Cat

Few underground comics characters carry as much countercultural weight as Fritz the Cat, Robert Crumb's irreverent feline antihero who burst onto the scene in 1972's Fritz Bugs Out and became one of the defining figures of Bronze Age alternative comics. Born from Crumb's gloriously unfiltered imagination, Fritz inhabits a world where the rules of polite society are gleefully ignored, sharing panels with icons like Mr. Natural, Freewheelin' Franklin Freek, and Fat Freddy Freekowtski — a rogues' gallery of underground comix royalty that tells you everything about the anarchic, anything-goes world he calls home. Published by Fantagraphics, his catalog spans a remarkable arc documented across titles like The Life and Death of Fritz the Cat and The Comic Book History of Comics, cementing his place as a genuine piece of comics history. If you've ever wanted to understand where alternative comics got its soul, Fritz is essential reading.