Notorious Norbert the Nark

Born in the countercultural ferment of 1969, Notorious Norbert the Nark slithered onto the underground comix scene via Feds 'N' Heads Comics, conjured by the irreverent talents of Lieuen Adkins and Gilbert Shelton for Rip Off Press. A creature of the Silver Age's wilder fringes, this character has haunted the pages of The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers and even High Times Magazine, keeping company with icons of underground comics like Freewheelin' Franklin Freek and Fat Freddy's Cat across a surprisingly enduring run that stretches all the way to 2024. With six catalog appearances including one key collector issue, Notorious Norbert the Nark is a delicious little artifact of the underground — a reminder that not every memorable comics character wore a cape, and that Shelton's world was populated with gloriously disreputable figures well beyond its famous leads.