Angelfood McSpade

Angelfood McSpade
Angelfood McSpade, from Zap Comix #2 (July 1968). Illustrated by Robert Crumb.
Publication information
Publisher	Apex Novelties, Print Mint, Kitchen Sink Press
First appearance	East Village Other vol. 3, #2 (December 1-15, 1967)
First comic appearance	Zap Comix #2 (July 1968)
Created by	Robert Crumb
In-story information
Species	Human
Place of origin	Earth
Partnerships	Snoid, Mr. Natural

Angelfood McSpade is a comic book character created and drawn by the 1960s counter culture and underground comix artist Robert Crumb. The character first appeared in the East Village Other in 1967, making her comics debut in the second issue of Zap Comix (June 1968).

Angelfood McSpade is a satirical portrayal of a stereotypical black African woman. She is depicted as a large, bare-breasted tribeswoman, dressed in nothing but a skirt made out of palm tree leaves. She is drawn with big lips, golden rings around her neck and in her ears, huge breasts, large round and speaks jive. Her name references the Angelfood cake and the racial slur "spade".

According to the second issue of Zap Comix, she has been confined to "the wilds of darkest Africa", because "civilization would be threatened if she were allowed to do whatever she pleased!" It is not clear whether she was born in Africa or born in the U.S.A. and then sent to Africa. Her type of clothing suggests she is African, but her jive talk suggests she's from the U.S.A.

Angelfood is depicted as a nymphomaniac and open to sexual intercourse. In many of her stories she is accompanied by Snoid, another of Crumb's characters who is portrayed as "a short-statured asshole" known for "his fetishes, sex cravings, and disdain for materialism." Policemen prevent other sexually aroused men from meeting Angelfood. In a later story three men bring her to the United States and promise to "civilize" her. There she is told to lick toilets clean in order to gain success. While she does this, the men push her head inside the toilet and violate her.