Southern Fried Fugitives. By Kim Deitch (b. 1944).

2-page story from Nickelodeon Magazine comic book, April 1998, pages 40-41, originally published in color (see below).

The original art is done in black ink on heavy white paper. The pages are 11” x 14”. Unframed. Signed on the second page.

Note: “Southern Fried Fugitives is one of the comics featured in Nickelodeon Magazine. Created by Simon and Kim Deitch, it followed the serialized adventures of four pieces of fried chicken that come to life during thunderstorm in a Mad Scientist’s lab. The quartet, Chester the breast; Wingnut the wing; Legs the thigh; and Boom Boom the drumstick, now are on the run from humans who either want to eat them or exploit them.”

(See, also, Waldo in “The Penny Pinchers From Outer Space”.)

(See, also, Hands Off Time Leary.)