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Bob Burden's Flaming Carrot Gets an Omnibus at Dark Horse in September

Published Thu, 28 Mar 2019 17:26:51 -0500

Last updated Thu, 28 Mar 2019 17:27:06 -0500

It may be a long time, if ever, until we see the Mueller report, but Dark Horse Comics has an even longer, just as highly sought after tome in store for readers. In September, Dark Horse will publish the 400+ page Flaming Carrot Comics Omnibus by Bob Burden, they announced Thursday in a press release which accused Deadpool, Twin Peaks, and Lady Gaga of swiping from the Flaming Carrot:

Hey kids! Check out a comic book series that in recent years, many comic book readers believed to have never existed – being nothing more than a ridiculous legend or an amusing joke.

But before there ever was a Deadpool, Twin Peaks, or Lady Gaga; the Flaming Carrot's madcap madness, manic mayhem, and insolent mischief was delighting intellectuals, confounding critics, and amusing pets as one of the most iconic and seminal vanguards of the 80s' New Wave comic revolution.

Now, out of print for years, Dark Horse Comics brings you Bob Burden's 400-page Flaming Carrot Comics Omnibus, written and illustrated by Bob Burden, taking us right down the rabbit hole of creativity-gone-off-the-tracks and over the rainbow.

Do you consider yourself an intellectual? If so, this omnibus may delight you. If you're a critic, according to the press release, it will confound you, but that's better than being punched in a parking lot, so that's not the worst thing that could happen to you in comics.

Propagating dreamlike surrealism, disturbing violence, sexual adventurism, bar-hopping, and a bizarre and nightmarish costume, the world's first postmodern super-man battled Road Hogs From Outer Space, went on drinking binges with Death, teamed up with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to save the "Umpire State Building", bounced around on a nuclear powered pogo stick, and ordered some of that new Brussels sprout flavored ice cream that wasn't even on the menu yet.

Now, when the industry needs it the most: The world's first surrealist super hero comic returns! The pied piper of fun! The poor man's H-Bomb! The one-man Madis Gras! The further adventures of the strangest man alive! Fresh as cracked wheat! Doctor recommended. Maximum strength formula. New hope for a nation suffocating in the swill of its own mediocrity!

Look for this in stores on September 18.

Flaming Carrot Comics Omnibus goes on sale September 18, 2019, and is available for pre-order on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and at your local comic shop. This whopping 416-page paperback volume will collect Flaming Carrot #1-2, 4-11, 25-27 and will retail for $24.99.